Steam Punk/Alternative Market Thread

[hobo finds]

Nice! Less than .10 at the scrap yard and over $10.00 on Ebay! Crazy

[Thogey]

I'm in this stuff about $15

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121064517981?ss ... 1561.l2649

I'm into these keys about$20. Not great but still a profit

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121062471792?ss ... 1561.l2649

[Thogey]

OK I paid 10 bucks for this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120959505450?ss ... 1555.l2649

2 views in the first minute

Well I got 41 bucks. I'm sure I would have done better If Id listed in smaller lots. But it was an easy score and I'm ready to do more.
I bought more stuff. I'm into this 67 bucks. There are some really cool old gas fixtures in here.

The buggle and mouth piece are worth something as instruments. not sure about the buggle, but the mouth piece appears to go to a trombone, and those go for 40-60 new.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121062756436?ss ... 1561.l2649

[Hawkeye]

This is a great thread. I have got to start paying attention to all the random stuff I usually pass up or look at as just scrap.

[hobo finds]

http://www.wildwildwestcon.com/d/

I may have to check this out.

[Thogey]

I just found a few more possibilities for profit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Industr ... 2c6d196db5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Industr ... 2c6d196db5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CREEPY-Plastic- ... 7675.l2557

[blackrabbit]

Old metal boxes and ugly plastic heads! Who knew?

[PennyPauper]

I sometimes forget the world is upside down. Thanks for the reminder. This will make yard sales and auctions way more interesting now.
This genre is going to explode. Reality and game shows,movies. Thanks Thogey! You found the next cash cow. Bully to ya.

[Thogey]

Another Alert!

Don't scrap your bow rakes!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Iron-Garden ... 7675.l2557

[Thogey]

I'm sure you can find crappy old bow rakes for a buck of so at a yard sale.

They get between $10-25 plus shipping on e-bay

[Hawkeye]

That is truly insane. I probably have 3 of those sitting in my shed. $$$

[Thogey]

It looks like people use them for stemware racks.

So imagine you are living in a NYC apartment and you want to hang your wine glasses on a unique rack, such as a rusty bow rake.

Paying $25 bucks for one on e-bay will be infinitely cheaper then trying to find one yourself.

For every ass there is a saddle!

[AGgressive Metal]

Nice work Thogey - love the brainstorming on how to get more for "scrap" items.

[cesariojpn]

It looks like people use them for stemware racks.

So imagine you are living in a NYC apartment and you want to hang your wine glasses on a unique rack, such as a rusty bow rake.

Paying $25 bucks for one on e-bay will be infinitely cheaper then trying to find one yourself.

For every ass there is a saddle!

"Yes, this Vermouth is tart and......rusty? And why is there brown chunks in this?"

[Thogey]

It looks like people use them for stemware racks.

So imagine you are living in a NYC apartment and you want to hang your wine glasses on a unique rack, such as a rusty bow rake.

Paying $25 bucks for one on e-bay will be infinitely cheaper then trying to find one yourself.

For every ass there is a saddle!

"Yes, this Vermouth is tart and......rusty? And why is there brown chunks in this?"

Don't freat my dear it is chelated iron, and very good for your Ph.

Drink up.

[Thogey]

Keep your eyes open for good quality pencils

I paid $2 for these. Let's see how it goes.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121124454967?ss ... 1555.l2649

[Thogey]

Got $20.50 for the pencils

Don't walk by old home movies, These were almost free, they came with a box o stuff
$39.00 shipped score
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121124418298?ss ... 1561.l2649


Don't forgo the opportunity to buy old keys
$35.00 shipped for 2 pounds of brass. I paid 10 bucks and still have some skeleton keys left.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Over-2-pounds-o ... true&rt=nc

[messymessy]

Selling the keys and the pencils impresses me, but the old home movies just baffles me. Who in the world would buy old home movies?

[Dr. Cadmium]

I imagine old home movies could provide a great insight into a specific time period or geographic location. If someone was doing research for a novel or film, they could be very useful.

Some people also collect almost anything related to a certain region or their home town/city. Whenever selling items like this on eBay, if you can identify the town, city and/or state in the title and listing you will often get more bids and higher offers.

[AGgressive Metal]

Selling the keys and the pencils impresses me, but the old home movies just baffles me. Who in the world would buy old home movies?

Maybe film students or artists who can use the non-copyrighted material somehow for a project? Or maybe even for retro clip to put in a nostalgic commercial. That or just weirdos

[hobo finds]

Monster energy tabs!

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... abs&_rdc=1

[BlackOut]

Monster energy tabs!

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... abs&_rdc=1

Nice. I save mine because you can cash them in for t-shirts, etc. hafty shipping charge but still cheaper than buying outright. Love my monsters...

[fasteddy]

The fam and I went to a local production of "Sweeney Todd" before we left my 17 yr old said, "Dad, do you know what steam punk is?" Well hell ya I says thanks to Thogey! Let my go get my gears and skeleton keys...I thought he was going to dump right there...the look on his face was priceless!

Thanks Eric.

[Verbane]

I recently sold a lot of ladies jeweled watch movements on ebay. Listed twice and couldn't get a bid at $1.00 a piece. Third time I listed the lot I added "Steampunk" to the description, and sold the lot at $2.50 per piece!