coley
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Post by coley on Apr 13, 2007 10:43:18 GMT -4
Tiffany, jewelry or housewares, always sells well, and I'm sure Cartier would sell well too.
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dragonfly80
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Post by dragonfly80 on Apr 13, 2007 11:20:47 GMT -4
I still haven't gotten paid, so it makes me nervous. Well, it won't be shipped until I get paid, which is what I said, nicely, in my "thank you and congratulations for winning the auction" note on the invoice. Since the bid came in at the very last minute he was either sitting at his computer (like I was) or he had one of those sniper programs. I was going to send him an email as soon as the item ships to tell him the tracking number and things plus lots of thank yous. I want the good rating so that I can sell some more. I've been pulling things out of my drawers and cupboards and have the following. Please let me know what you think will sell well on eBay if you don't mind, Senseis! - 10" Waterford lead crystal vase, I think it's Killarney pattern
- Four-piece Tiffany demitasse/espresso cup and saucer set, white china with gold rim
- Large Gorham crystal vase
- 8-piece Gorham crystal wine glasses
- 8-piece crystal water goblet set
- Cartier amythest pinkie ring - silver and gold (I bought it in the NYC 5th Avenue store in the 80s)
- Silver and gold chain link Tiffany bracelet (also purchased at the NYC store, but in the 90s)
I also have assorted Kirk & So. silver jewelry. I don't know how that would sell though. I've looked at past sales but some of the stuff above wasn't shown. Thank you, Your GrasshopperGo to the Replacements Limited website and you can have them verify your exact Waterford/Gorham/Miscellaneous Crystal patterns & brands if needed, that can help drive the price up. I've sold some Depression era glass on Ebay and having the information really helped. A few months back I sold an entire set of Noritake on Craigslist, because I didn't want to deal with shipping that much and breaking it up. I think all of the glasswear/china will do well, that's how my mom fills in her collection when something breaks or she needs a new place setting. What size is the ring? You should post a pic of it here, you might find a Greecie willing to buy it and then you don't have to pay Ebay any fees.
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pamster
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Post by pamster on Apr 13, 2007 11:41:19 GMT -4
I only buy things from people who do PayPal and I'm right there payin' for it as soon as the auction is over. Of course, my purchases are rarely over $30.00. And in the instructions to seller (as I mentioned before), I always ask 'em for acknowledgement of payment and then notification of shipment.
If I don't hear anything for a few days, I forward the Paypal payment invoice to the seller with a pleasant little "why the hell haven't you sent me my stuff I want it NOOOW!" note.
But I'm cheap, anal and impatient. I collect old china plates and have been buying earrings lately.
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grumpygirl
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Post by grumpygirl on Apr 13, 2007 12:03:53 GMT -4
Go to the Replacements Limited website and you can have them verify your exact Waterford/Gorham/Miscellaneous Crystal patterns & brands if needed, that can help drive the price up. I've sold some Depression era glass on Ebay and having the information really helped. A few months back I sold an entire set of Noritake on Craigslist, because I didn't want to deal with shipping that much and breaking it up. I think all of the glasswear/china will do well, that's how my mom fills in her collection when something breaks or she needs a new place setting. What size is the ring? You should post a pic of it here, you might find a Greecie willing to buy it and then you don't have to pay Ebay any fees. I have to find out what size the ring is as I can't remember. It was the cheapest thing in the Cartier store and is really cute. I found that pinky rings really annoy me though. I can't wear bracelets either because they hit the keyboard and just generally annoy the crap out of me. Will Replacements.com verify the patterns for me or would I just be able to look at their pages? The Tiffany's pattern is retired, but the set is cute to just use on its own when you have coffee. I just find that our lifestyle is so casual that I never use it. Plus I got a whole set of china and crystal when my parents broke up housekeeping and another set of china from my grandmother's estate, so I'm kind of dished and crystalled out. And we use paper plates or Ikea dishes, so there you have it.
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dragonfly80
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Post by dragonfly80 on Apr 13, 2007 12:08:20 GMT -4
With Replacements.com you can do a search and then look through the results and see what matches, and they do have a good search engine. Another method is that you send in pictures and in some case measurements and they come back with your exact pattern. It's pretty cool & free and it's really helpful when you've been looking for hours and all the patterns start to blur together. They will also buy patterns off you but they don't offer much $$.
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grumpygirl
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Post by grumpygirl on Apr 13, 2007 12:47:35 GMT -4
With Replacements.com you can do a search and then look through the results and see what matches, and they do have a good search engine. Another method is that you send in pictures and in some case measurements and they come back with your exact pattern. It's pretty cool & free and it's really helpful when you've been looking for hours and all the patterns start to blur together. They will also buy patterns off you but they don't offer much $$. Thanks, I'm hooked! ETA: Still no payment and since I'm the world's most impatient person, it's bugging me. I keep checking. GAH. Oh, and most of the stuff that I have to sell is from gifts from my job as a convention manager. For some reason hotels and convention bureaus used to REALLY like it when I'd bring 30,000 people conventions to their cities and would give me all kinds of stuff like Tiffany and Waterford stuff. Crazy, eh? Considering what they charged to rent their convention centers though, I guess it was worth it to them. The best part is that I have no emotional attachment to any of this stuff so it's easy to sell.
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fairfox
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Post by fairfox on Apr 13, 2007 19:15:02 GMT -4
Oh, those are beeyootiful. I'm happy there's another Fire King whore on here. I am obsessed with the white restaurant ware but I also buy the odd non-white/rw piece because it's so lovely. I also have a minor thing for Cornish Ware. Have you heard of that? So sweet! GG - I would like to see a photo of the ring, too! As for your buyer, he's not communicating very well but it's too early to freak out. Give him another day or two and then send a gentle reminder.
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grumpygirl
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Post by grumpygirl on Apr 13, 2007 21:50:27 GMT -4
GG - I would like to see a photo of the ring, too! Here you all go, it's just a simple pinkie ring, maybe a size 4 but I'll have to check. I still have the Cartier box but for some reason not the velvet ring box that was in it. I've had it since the 80s though, so who knows what happened to that box since then. It was funny, I was in NYC with my mom and we always go into places like Tiffanys and Cartier just to look around. Anyhow, they had a case with silver jewelry and I asked to see the ring and it wasn't that expensive, so I splurged and got it. I know that it was less than $100. Anyhow, having a Cartier shopping bag REALLY changes the amount of attention you get in other stores. I highly recommend just carrying one around even if it has a sandwich in it! In honor of the amethyst I'm using purple links (how fae!). The Tiffany bracelet is silver with gold accent links. Ring from frontRing from sideRing on boxTiffany bracelet Tiffany bracelet 2ETA: I just sent an email to Cartier and asked if they could identify the designer of the ring which has an "M" or "W" etched inside the band. I'll look forward to hearing back from them as I don't have any of the paperwork from when I bought it. Who knew that I'd hate pinkie rings and bracelets? Do you guys think these things would sell? Oooh, I found a Cartier pin on eBay with the same design -- Item 170101189562. I wish that they had information on the designer. It's so funny that the person selling the pin calls it an antique. I got mine in the 1980s, I don't think that something 20 years old can be considered an antique, right?
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pamster
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Post by pamster on Apr 15, 2007 8:51:33 GMT -4
Some people want to get their stuff included in as many searches as possible, so they use allll the words. Like if you were looking for a Tiffany something and you checked the box that said search titles and descriptions in a general search, if somebody put "Tiffany blue" in a description of say, chair upholstery, it'd get in your search.
Your 1980s ring legitimately could be called "vintage", I bet.
You could also Google something like "Cartier silver jewelry designer M or W" and you might come up with a lead on the designer. Google can get you to an amazing range of trivia.
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grumpygirl
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Post by grumpygirl on Apr 15, 2007 9:06:43 GMT -4
Some people want to get their stuff included in as many searches as possible, so they use allll the words. Like if you were looking for a Tiffany something and you checked the box that said search titles and descriptions in a general search, if somebody put "Tiffany blue" in a description of say, chair upholstery, it'd get in your search. Your 1980s ring legitimately could be called "vintage", I bet. You could also Google something like "Cartier silver jewelry designer M or W" and you might come up with a lead on the designer. Google can get you to an amazing range of trivia. Thanks pamster, I'm scurrying off Google. Hopefully Cartier will answer my email. If not, I'll take the ring to the Cartier store here and ask them if they know anything. I guess it depends how long they've worked there. It's hard to believe that something I bought 20 years ago is vintage, but then again, so am I. Vintage sounds nicer than middle-aged. ;D ETA: Duh, I realized that the matching pin that is for sale on eBay was being sold by a jeweler, so I emailed them to see if they knew the designer or more about the pin! You have to scroll down pretty far on the page for photos of the pin.
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