NES The Goonies II

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.04 Profit: $3.95

One of the few actual video games I'm managed to list from the video game lot.

Marvel Tales #50

Sold: $3.99 Fees: $0.93 Profit: $3.06

Another one of the comics from the Kemptville auction. 

Nintendo Power Magazine #44 January 1993

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.55 Profit: $8.44

Another issue of Nintendo Power from the video game lot sold.

New Mutants #10

Sold: $1.99 Fees: $0.73 Profit: $1.26

An early issue of The New Mutants.

Current profit off the comic auction: $945.03

Kapok Tree Inn Postcard

Bought: $1.57 Sold: $1.99 Fees: $0.42 Profit: $0.00

Another postcard from the large lot I purchased at Talize in Kingston. I have almost paid for the lot.

Flipping Experiment #2: Storage Locker - Month #6

September 27th - LMFAO Party Rock CD

Sold for: $4.99 Fees: $1.04

Another one of the CDs from the storage locker. I would never buy CDs to resell, but I'll take $5 for this as it was free.

The Numbers:

Initial Cost: $326.29 

Number of items sold in September: 2

Number of items sold overall: 40

Gross Profit for September: $24.98

Fees to eBay: $4.50

Net Profit for September: $20.48

Net Overall Profit: $346.67

September 4th - Scientific Calculator

Sold for: $19.99 Fees: $3.46

Just a scientific calculator from the locker. With this sale, I have officially doubled my investment on this locker. With fees and taxes I paid $326.29, and I have sold items for $669.01 after fees, leaving me with a net profit of $342.72! Not bad for a hoarder's storage locker.

Klix Double Dragon Tiger Pocket Travel Game

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $25.00 Fees: $3.81 Profit: $21.19

This is a handheld game board based on the video game Double Dragon. I picked this up in a large lot of handheld games at VV a couple years ago. The rest have all sold, and this is the last remaining one. 

Smart Serve Pin

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.34 Profit: $8.65

A pin featuring the logo for Ontario's Smart Serve. 

Daredevil the Man without Fear #1-5

Sold: $14.99 Fees: $2.94 Profit: $12.05

This is a complete Daredevil mini-series called The Man Without Fear. Despite being an excellent mini-series it isn't all that valuable, but I'll take what I can get, especially as this sale made another lot profitable. My total is now at 19 profitable lots out of 32. 

Current profit off the comic auction: $943.77

Batman #256

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $2.59 Profit: $17.40

This is the last Silver Age Batman comic from the auction to sell, aside from one issue that has been send to be slabbed and graded. Love selling a single comic for $20.

Current profit off the comic auction: $931.72

Nth Man The Ultimate Ninja #1 & 3

Sold: $1.99 Fees: $0.73 Profit: $1.26

These two issues are not particularly valuable, but glad they sold since I'd ideally be left with no comics at the end. I'll take what I can from these less valuable comics.

Current profit off the comic auction: $914.32

Grandfather's Estate: Heavy Metal Magazine #10

Sold: $14.99 Fees: $3.33 Profit: $11.66

My 50% Commission: $5.83

My father had a huge collection of Heavy Metal issues. I am hoping that by selling them individually, as opposed to lot, will net a larger profit over time. We shall see, but I'm happy to see that they are starting to sell.

Chatelaine Magazine December 1987

Sale Price: $9.99 Fees:$1.55 Profit: $8.44

This magazine was in among the book lot I purchased in the Cornwall auction over a year ago. This issue has an article on the Queen mother, and considering all the royalty trinkets I purchased at the same auction, I assume that is why the previous owner owned this issue. 

Grandfather's Estate: Two Pulp Novels

Sold: $54.98 Fees: $7.43 Profit: $47.55

My 50% Commission: $23.78

Someone in Seattle bought two of my grandfather's old pulp novels. 

SCOTT Minuteman Stamp Album

Bought: $5.64 Sold: $38.00 Fees: $3.60 Profit: $34.40

This is a stamp album with blank sheets designed for specific stamps. This is from 1976 and was unused. Not a bad price for a binder filled with paper.

Roman Angel on Your Shoulder Pin Guardian God

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $4.99 Fees: $0.83 Profit: $4.16

A pin that came with the back card. 

Commissioned Sale: McDonald's Pin

Sale Price: $9.99 Fees:$2.58 Profit: $7.41

My 30% Commission: $2.22

This sold as we were just leaving our driveway for our vacation. They will have to wait two weeks before I send this out, but I'm glad I'm still making a few sales while I'm gone. 

Lot of 38 Comics

Sold: $205.03 Fees: $28.43 Profit: $176.60

A seller bought 38 comics/magazines. Three of the items (listed previously on the blog) were from other pickups, but the rest were from the large comic lot pickup and three from the Kemptville auction. A great sale, love making over $200 on comics in one sale, and this may be my last sale before I put my store on vacation mode for 2 weeks so I'm glad it is a large one.

Current profit off the comic auction: $913.06

Full Color Guide to California's Redwood Highway

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $0.75 Profit: $4.24

This was another item that sold as part of the 38 comics/magazines. This is a travel souvenir of the Redwood Highway in California, and this was part of the travel souvenir lot I acquired at auaction a number of months ago.

Tarot Witch of the Black Rose #1

Bought: $1.12 Sold: $19.99 Fees: $0.75 Profit: $18.12

This sold as part of the large lot of 38 comics. It is the second printing of Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose #1. I picked this up at VV. Not a bad return on a comic.

American Curves Magazine

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $0.75 Profit: $9.24

Sold a large lot of 38 comics/magazines to a buyer in California, and this was one of them. This came from the large lot of adult magazines I picked up earlier this year.

Commissioned Sale: Disney Pin

Sale Price: $4.99 Fees:$1.66 Profit: $3.33

My 30% Commission: $1.00

More Disney pin sales!

Amazing Spider-Man #189

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.55 Profit: $8.44

Another comic from the Kemptville auction comic lot.

Dazzle Video Capture Device

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $2.45 Profit: $17.54

This is a video capture device, allowing you to connect a number of video inputs to USB. This was in one of the boxes of stuff in the garage at the Kemptville auction.While I donated most of the stuff in the garage, this single item paid for the entire contents of the garage and I've already profited over $100 off the items.

Archie's Madhouse #19 Comic

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.55 Profit: $8.44

One of the comics from the Kemptville auction. 

PSAC Pin

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $4.99 Fees: $0.83 Profit: $4.16

This is a pin celebrating 40 years of the PSAC existing. 

High Fantasy

Sold: $49.99 Fees: $6.40 Profit: $43.59

This is one of the items in the war gaming book lot that I picked up at auction a few weeks ago. This lot keeps on giving!

Flipping Experiment #1: Comic and Anime statues, comics and posters - Month #29

September 18th - Marvel Psylocke Statue

Sold: $160.00 Fees: $26.55

This is one of only two Marvel statues that was in the lot, and despite this it took forever to sell. I was hoping for more, but took a best offer since it's all just profit at this point and it's a big box out of storage.

September 18 - Best Digital Art of Cobra Girls

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $5.16

One of the art books from the lot finally sold.

The Numbers:

Initial Cost: $2,000 

Number of items sold in September: 3

Number of items sold overall: 175

Gross Profit for September: $199.99

Fees to eBay: $35.01

Net Profit for September: $164.98

Net Overall Profit: $5,395.52

Chris and I have recouped our initial investment, and each made a profit of $2,697.76

September 3rd - Purgatori Vs Chastity Comics

Sold: $20.00 Fees: $3.30

This is two different special editions of the comic Purgatori Vs Chastity. Sold to someone in France, so hopefully they make it there safely.

Commissioned Sale: Disney Pin

Sale Price: $4.99 Fees:$1.66 Profit: $3.33

My 30% Commission: $1.00

Another Disney pin sold!

Grandfather's Estate: Magazine

Sold: $59.99 Fees: $10.67 Profit: $49.32

My 50% Commission: $24.66

One of the magazines from my grandfather's collection from 1972. 

Telluride Colorado Avalanche Postcard

Bought: $1.57 Sold: $1.99 Fees: $0.42 Profit: $0.00

Another postcard from the ones I bought at Talize in Kingston. I have almost broken even on the investment. 

Commands & Colors: Ancients Board Game

Bought: $10.00 Sold: $74.99 Fees: $9.22 Profit: $55.77

Chris's 5% Commission: $2.79

Chris found an ad on Kijiji for a guy selling 5 board games for $50, or $10 each. This was one of them, and since Chris found the ad he gets 5%. Not a bad turn ROI.

Grandfather's Estate: Pulp Novel

Sold: $40.00 Fees: $7.82 Profit: $32.18

My 50% Commission: $16.09

Another one of the pulp novels. 

Grandfather's Estate: Pulp Novel

Sold: $24.99 Fees: $4.66 Profit: $20.33

My 50% Commission: $10.17

Another pulp novel from my grandfather's collection.

The Illustrated Roger Zelazny

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.69 Profit: $7.30

A trade paperback from the comic lot.

Current profit off the comic auction: $743.00

Electronic Gaming Monthly Magazine #89 December 1996

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.66 Profit: $3.33

Another magazine from the video game lot sold. 

Commissioned Sale: Disney Pin

Sale Price: $9.99 Fees:$2.32 Profit: $7.67

My 30% Commission: $2.30

This is a Disney Pin featuring Mickey Mouse as a hot air balloon. 

Two Star Trek Trade Paperbacks

Sold: $19.98 Fees: $3.10 Profit: $16.88

These are two Star Trek trade papebacks that were part of the comic lot.

Current profit off the comic auction: $735.70

Storage Locker #2

September 15 - PS2 Jak and Daxter

Sold for: $4.99 Fees: $1.04

Another of the PS2 games sold.

The Numbers:

Initial Cost: $412.91

Number of items sold in September: 2

Number of items sold overall: 28

Gross Profit for September: $44.99

Fees to eBay: $1.04

Net Profit for September: $43.95

Net Overall Profit: $228.26

September 13 - Coffee Table

Sold for: $40.00 Fees: $0.00

This coffee table came out of the storage locker from Brockville. This took a lot longer to sell than I thought it would, but it finally sold to some students for full asking price. 

Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual

Sold: $44.99 Fees: $5.88 Profit: $39.11

This is another of the books that was part of the wargame book lot I got at auction a few months ago, a nice early edition of the AD&D Monster Manual. 

The Ed Sullivan Show Rock N Roll Classics DVD 9 Disc Box

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $99.99 Fees: $12.06 Profit: $87.93

This DVD set was one of the things that my parents were throwing out when they did spring cleaning at the cottage. I gladly took it, and made a decent profit.

The Willow Board Game

Bought: $4.51 Sold: $30.00 Fees: $4.72 Profit: $20.77

Chris's 10% Commission: $2.08

This is a board game based on the movie Willow. Obscure to say the least, but obscure does not always mean desired. I've had this for over a year with no interest until today. Everything will sell eventually though, just need to be patient.

Tin Litho Toy Skiier

Sold: $60.99 Fees: $6.67 Profit: $54.32

Another of the tin litho toys from the Kemptville auction. 

Grandfather's Estate: Canada Post Blue Jays Victory Seals

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.21 Profit: $3.78

My 50% Commission: $1.89

This was in a box of Toronto Blue Jays memorabilia.