24 Tender Leaf Premium Tea People Of Many Lands Ceramic Figures

Sold: $29.99 Fees: $7.01 Profit: $22.98

These figures were included in boxes of tea, and there were 24 in the series. Thankfully the set was complete and in pretty good condition. 

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Sale Profit to Date: $196.28

Gross Profit: -$544.27

 

Marvel Posters Rogue & Wolverine

Sold: $32.00 Fees: $4.22 Profit: $27.78

 This is one of the few remaining posters from the large lot of comics/statute/posters that Chris and I purchased off of someone selling the contents of a storage locker a number of years ago. 

1953 Welcome to Canada Button

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.27 Profit: $3.72

In a recent auction I purchased a lot of Royalty souvenirs. There was a bag with 20 of these pins. If these pins all sell, it'll more than cover the cost of the entire lot. 

Street Rodder '89 Magazine

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.88 Profit: $3.11

Another of the Hot Rod magazines that I had listed on eBay before I auctioned off the rest.

Popeye & Olive Oyl Salt & Pepper Shakers

Sold: $49.99 Fees: $7.04 Profit: $42.95

The storage locker's previous owner had a large collection of salt and pepper shakers. I still need to go through them closer to determine which ones are worth selling on eBay, but on my first quick glance this was an obvious set to take and list. It sold within a week. 

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Sale Profit to Date: $173.30

Gross Profit: -$567.25

Saga #17

Sold: $1.99 Fees: $1.16 Profit: $0.83

Science Fiction Analog Magazine July 1971

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.51 Profit: $3.48

This was part of the lot of 110 short story magazines I purchased a few years ago. While not huge profits, these continue to slowly sell. 

 

Elastoplast Elastic Adhesive Plaster Tin

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $2.77 Profit: $17.22

Vintage medical items can sell. In the storage locker was an old first aid kit with a number of old medical items which I've listed. These sold in a couple days. $20 isn't bad for a couple old tins of medical tape.

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Sale Profit to Date: $130.35

Gross Profit: -$610.20

Fat Fendered Streed Rods Magazine Vol 3 No 3 Summer July August 1993

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.84 Profit: $3.15

This was from the large lot of Hot Rod magazines I purchased a few years ago. I auctioned the vast majority of these off earlier this year, but any that I had already listed on eBay before the auction I just left listed. This was one of them.

 

Johnnie Walker Black Label Scotch Whiskey Lapel Pin

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.76 Profit: $7.23

Vintage Penguin Admat 8K Gold Cigarette Lighter

Sold: $32.67 Fees: $4.69 Profit: $27.98

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Profit to Date: $113.13

Profit: -$627.42

Carleton Place Curling Club Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.27 Profit: $3.72

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Profit to Date: $85.15

Profit: -$655.40

War Machine Ashcan Edition #1

Sold: $1.99 Fees: $1.27 Profit: $0.72

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,532.35

Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition HORDES OF THE ABYSS

Bought: $16.94 Sold: $99.99 Fees: $13.98 Profit: $69.07

Chris's 10% Commission: $6.91

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Photogrpahs by Donald McKague

Sold: $29.99 Fees: $6.13 Profit: $23.86

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Profit to Date: $81.43

Profit: -$659.12

15 Vintage 1974 Red Rose Tea Indians of Canada Card

Sold: $14.99 Fees: $2.68 Profit: $12.31

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Profit to Date: $57.57

Profit: -$682.98

Final Fantasy World Map Nintendo Poster

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $2.33 Profit: $17.66

This was an odd thing to find. The storage locker was clearly the former property of an elderly woman, and so I was quite surprised when I found this poster which was from a video game. There were no other video game items in the locker, unfortunately, so finding this was odd indeed. 

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Profit to Date: $45.26

Profit: -$695.29

Black Horse Ale Stubby Beer Bottle

Sold: $24.99 Fees: $5.10 Profit: $19.89

This is the second item to sell from the storage locker Chris and I purchased this summer. 

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:

Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55

Profit to Date: $27.60

Profit: -$712.95

The Punisher War Zone #36

Sold: $3.99 Fees: $1.51 Profit: $2.48

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,531.63

Calgary Export Beer Plastic Bottle Opener

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.27 Profit: $3.72

Cracked Magazine Monster Party #41 Fall 1998

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.63 Profit: $3.36

Staedtler-Mars 944-25 Engineering Slide Rule

Bought: $3.60 Sold: $29.99 Fees: $4.20 Profit: $22.19

Chris's 10% Commission: $2.22

I've always had pretty good luck with slide rules. This sold within an hour of being listed, so maybe I listed it too cheap, although there is not a huge market for these, so it is quite likely that the right buyer was just looking for it. I've happy with the quick sale and fast profit.

Hunted Detective Story Magazine No 1 December 1954

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $3.21 Profit: $16.78

This was part of the large lot of 110 short story magazines I picked up at a VV a couple years ago. I've long made back my investment, and this was one of the better valued ones.

Talisman of Dominance Magic the Gathering Card

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.27 Profit: $3.72

I picked up a baggie of magic cards at VV sometime last year. I've long made my profit back, so this one is pure profit.

 

Captain Power Hawk Masterson Lt & Tank Ellis

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $4.45 Profit: $15.54

These were in a lot of random action figures I picked up at an auction a few years ago. I paid $20 for the whole lot, and these were the last ones to sell. I made about $200 overall, which is a pretty good ROI on $20.

Vintage OC Transpo Pinback Button

Sold: $14.99 Fees: $2.44 Profit: $12.55

2 Verein Teutonia Society of Windsor Club Lapel Pins

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $3.03 Profit: $16.96

Battles of the Hundred Days The Waterloo Campaign

Sold: $24.99 Fees: $5.46 Profit: $19.53

This is a war game manual. This was part of a large lot of war gaming manuals I got at an auction a few years ago. 

Quantum Leap #9

Sold: $1.99 Fees: $1.34 Profit: $0.65

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,529.15

Fightin' Army #81

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.51 Profit: $3.48

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,528.50

Mouse Guard Labyrinth and Other Stories

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.51 Profit: $3.48

This was one of the free comics given out on Free Comic Book Day in 2012. I picked it up then, but having no interest in the series put it up for sale. 9 years after I got it for free I made $3! What a ROI!

Chicago Black Hawks Banner

Bought: $2.25 Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.09 Profit: $5.65

Chris's 10% Commission: $0.57

This wasn't the best pickup, but I still made money. When Chris found this at VV, all I could tell was that it was a Chicago Blackhawks banner. When I did some research I realized that it was given away inside Molson Canadian 24's, and so was never very expensive. At least it sold quickly, and made a small profit.

Two Lapel Pins

Sold: $9.98 Fees: $2.20 Profit: $7.78

Nexus Alien Justice #1-3

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.51 Profit: $3.48

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,525.02

The New Adventures of He-Man DVD Box Set Volume 1 and 2

Bought: $14.44 Sold: $199.99 Fees: $26.36 Profit: $159.19

Chris's 10% Commission: $15.92

While most DVDs aren't worth trying to resell, there are some exceptions. These two box sets of this 1990's animated cartoon are one of those exceptions. Chris found these last week, and I listed them almost immediately and they sold in under a week. Love sales like this.

Two Comics

Sold: $7.99 Fees: $1.98 Profit: $6.01

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,521.54

The Warlord #14

Sold: $2.99 Fees: $1.39 Profit: $1.60

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,515.53

Lot of 8 DYMO Label Writer CD DVD Labels

Bought: $31.94 Sold: $39.98 Fees: $8.04 Profit: $0.00

Chris found 40 of these new in box labels. I lotted them in lots of 8, and sold two of the lots to the same buyer, which almost paid for all 40 of them.

 

Batman The Last Angel

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.51 Profit: $3.48

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,513.93

City of Toronto 1994 Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.27 Profit: $3.72

Sonic the Hedgehog Action Figure

Bought: $5.41 Sold: $39.99 Fees: $7.72 Profit: $26.86

Chris's 10% Commission: $2.69

Chris picked this up at VV last week. Now that we're in Phase 2 of reopening, thrift stores have reopened, although at limited capacity. I listed this yesterday morning before work and it sold before the end of the day. 

Vintage Proud to be Canadian Diversity & Unity Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.45 Profit: $3.54

Suncom GamePort 2 Plus Dual Joystick Analog Input Card

Sold: $29.99 Fees: $4.55 Profit: $25.44

Chris's 50% Commission: $12.72

This was in the lot of Lego and RC cars that Chris picked up at an auction and that he asked me to sell for him. It is a vintage video game card unused in its original box. 

June 2021 Recap

I sold 21 items.
I spent $122.77 on those items.
I sold those items for $1,022.80
I made a profit of $749.09

From the comic/statue storage locker purchase I did with Chris:
We sold 2 thing for a profit of $14.60, meaning I made a profit of $7.30

From my various auction and storage locker pickups:

I made $138.77 profit.

From my lot of comics:

I sold 28 lots with a profit of $127.52, and I've made an overall profit of: $8,510.45

From my grandfather's estate:

I had 3 sales, and my 50% commission was: $19.76

My total profit this month was $1,042.44

June was another slow month. I barely broke $1,000. Between the usual summer slow down in sales, combined with me not being able to source for over a year now is taking its toll. I'm really hopeful that come fall sales will pick up and I'll be able to source again. I'm expecting sales to continue to be slow for July and August at the very least.