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Monday, January 3, 2011

December Recap

Well lets take a moment to see how the numbers are looking.......

Item
Paid
 Costs
Total
SOLD
ROI%
CASH
Black Americana Sheet Music
35
5.1
40.1
5.95
85.16
-34.15
Penny and Dime
7
7
14
52
271.43
38
TOTALS
42
12.1
54.1
57.95
7.11645
3.85



Took an extremely heavy hit on the sheet music, but have bounced back into the black with the coins.  WHEW, that feels good!  Currently up 7% on everything...fells good to be in the positive and gives me confidence that there are more deals out there to be had!!


Coins are money......in more ways than one!



Remember those two fancy dancy old coins from the police auction?











kaching cling cling ding ding bing ( sound of money(obviously))

SOLD for a total of $52

Definitely a great return!  I will no doubt keep an ear to the ground, and an eye open for old collectible coins.  It is however (like most collectibles) all in the eye of the beholder.  If you can know exactly what people are looking to buy, you can hyper-focus your search leading to a great buy/sell!

Oh the Holidays

As with most people the time around the holidays is busy with making great memories and sharing old ones.  I continued to look around to get a new piece to help try to turn this investment around!
I had been watching a listing of some old glass insulators on craigslist.  They were used on telegraph poles throughout the US and Europe. It was for a large grouping of them various styles and qualities.  I started doing some research and found that some of these can be quite collectible and valuable.  The average selling price of these on ebay were around 8-10 dollars.  The listing was for almost 200 hundred of them, at $50. Thats a $.25 a piece!  Seemed like a steal, even if there were a bit of a drive.

I made an appointment to take a look at them, but unfortunately holiday things came up, didn't have the time, and had to cancel the appointment.

Without a large selection of pieces to browse around the holidays, I will have to sit tight for the right deal!!