The purpose of setting up an Etsy site was to clean out some of my "collections". In 3 weeks, I have made a bit of a dent. I have sold 11 items to 5 different customers for a little under $100. The following items are all gone!
These buttons were from the 1940's---one woman had one button for $5 on Etsy. I sold mine for $15.
The first sale I made was to Noel---3 wedding dress sleeves (each was different) from turn of the century and also some trim from sheets and a pillow case. I did inherit the sleeves. Mom said they came from "Mom" Curran---I think they were probably dress maker's samples. I have had them for over 30 years and never could figure out what to do with them. There was nothing out there like this so it was hard to set a price. Since I had two buyers at the same time, I priced them too cheaply, but, then, they are gone and I made a first sale!
Next, I sold three patterns to the same buyer---all were designer patterns. I had bought them at a garage sale years ago probably for a dime and sold them for $10-15 each.
I sold this one to a different person and advertised it as being like on Mad Men. When I did a search of Mad Men dress patterns. . . .I was shocked how many were promoting the patterns this way!
I sold the Life Magazine for $5---the envelope cost 2.50. By the time I added the Etsy and Paypal fees, I made $1----not sure if it is worth Dave's gas to sell these magazines.
I was tempted to keep these gloves---but I sold them---washable suede
and they are beautiful! Leah asked what I was going to do if I ran out
of stock. Well, that gave me permission to go shopping, right?
Although I have been to a few garage sales, I haven't really bought
anything. I have bought a few things at Thrift Stores, though.
Above are 4 scarves I bought at Good Will last weekend. Soon, some of them will find their way to Etsy. One is an Anne Klein, one Ellen Tracy and one Escada, but one is a no name that I bought for myself. I guess you'll have to go to my Etsy site to see what is for sale and what isn't! Remember it is
Oma's Trunk!
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