Monday, May 30, 2022

Family Channel Pinback Button

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

Royal Canadian Air Force Lapel Pin

Sold: $14.99 Fees: $2.54 Profit: $12.45

Spam Puzzle


Sold: $14.99 Fees: $2.40 Profit: $12.59

I'm really not sure who wants a Spam-themed puzzle, but I'll take the sale.

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:
Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55
Sale Profit to Date: $3,929.98
Gross Profit: $3,189.43
Our respective profit to date: $1,5894.72

Two Saskatchewan Lapel Pins

Sold: $9.98 Fees: $2.64 Profit: $7.34

Aerial View of Canadian National Exhibition Postcard

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

Canada Post CP Pinback Button

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.93 Profit: $8.06

1989 New Kids on the Block Party Supplies

Sold: $39.99 Fees: $6.03 Profit: $33.96

These were part of a lot that I purchased at auction a few months ago. I hope someone throws an 80's themed party and uses these. 

Maple Leaf Village Niagara Falls Pinback Button

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

Friday, May 27, 2022

1995 Empire The Legend of Fantasy Fillies Prisma Unicorn

Sold: $74.99 Fees: $10.65 Profit: $64.34

I purchased a lot of toys at an auction for $20, and this was one of them. I had no idea the value of this figured when I bought the lot, and was quite surprised when I researched it. It appears to have been sold by a small company for a short period of time and is rather rare, and I guess people like unicorns. 

Nova Scotia Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

Niagara Falls Flyers Pinback Button

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.93 Profit: $8.06

I recently listed a large lot of buttons that I got at auction last year. This one was for a now defunct OHL hockey team in Niagara Falls. 

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Barkerville BC Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

2 Good Housekeeping Cook Books


Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.65 Profit: $8.34

I had a set of 6 of these cook books, but someone wanted to buy just these too. They were local and picked them up, so was an easy sale. 

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:
Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55
Sale Profit to Date: $3,917.39
Gross Profit: $3,176.84
Our respective profit to date: $1,588.42

Angostura Aromatic Bitters Keychain

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $3.50 Profit: $16.49

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Engineer Wing Lapel Pin

Sold: $14.99 Fees: $2.54 Profit: $12.45
 
This was in a lot of military items I purchased at auction earlier this year. 

Hasbro Stikfas Figures Super Hero & Samurai Warrior

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $39.99 Fees: $6.05 Profit: $33.94
Chris's 10% Commission: $3.39

These were part of a lot of these Stikfas that Chris purchased at VV. These were the last to sell, and I've already made back my investment so this sale was entirely profit. 

Adventure Time The Totally Radical Official Sticker Book

Bought: $6.77 Sold: $24.99 Fees: $4.18 Profit: $14.04
 
I picked this up at VV. A bit on the pricey side, but I was pretty confident it would sell. An easy item to photograph, list and store. 

5 Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Cookbooks


Sold: $39.99 Fees: $6.55 Profit: $33.44

While not a complete set, these still sold pretty well.

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:
Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55
Sale Profit to Date: $3,909.05
Gross Profit: $3,168.50
Our respective profit to date: $1,584.25

Kugluktuk Nunavut Coppermine NWT

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.93 Profit: $8.06
 
Coppermine Northwest Territories is now Kugluktuk Nunavut. This pin was part of a large lot of pins I purchased at auction a few months ago. 

Friday, May 20, 2022

Richmond BC Lapel Pin

Sold: $2.99 Fees: $1.22 Profit: $1.77

Paint with Water Books

Sold: $14.98 Fees: $2.62 Profit: $12.36

Victora RCA Dog Mascot Hand Mirror

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.15 Profit: $7.84

This is a small pocket mirror. It was part of a large random lot of items I purchased at an auction. 

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Star Wars Shadows of the Empire Kenner Special #1

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.29 Profit: $7.70

This was part of a lot of Star Wars items I picked up at an auction a few months ago. This comic sale paid for half the investment of the lot. 

Four Buttons

Sold: $17.96 Fees: $4.01 Profit: $13.95

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Panter 10 Panatellas Cigarette Metal Tin

Sold: $19.99 Fees: $3.99 Profit: $16.00

This was included in a lot of pins I purchased at auction. I bought the lot for the pins, but it is always nice when it includes something like this that I can sell for a bit of extra profit. 

Monday, May 16, 2022

Vintage Kinsmen Kinette Logo Lapel Pins


Sold: $24.99 Fees: $4.00 Profit: $20.99

Fraternity items can often do well, and any sale adds up. 

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:
Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55
Sale Profit to Date: $3,875.61
Gross Profit: $3,135.06
Our respective profit to date: $1,567.53

McDonald's Christmas Muppet Babies Plush

Sold: $14.99 Fees: $2.57 Profit: $12.42

Part of a lot of McDonald's items that I purchased at auction. Not a huge profit, but considering that Miss Piggy was missing her clothes, I'm happy with the sale.

Framed RCAF High Flight Poem

Sold: $49.99 Fees: $7.78 Profit: $42.21
 
This poem, High Flight, is often framed for military use with pilots. This one is framed with the RCAF logo. I got this in a lot of military items at auction, and this sale easily paid for the entire lot. Surprisingly this didn't sell to someone in Canada, but rather to the US. 

3 Vintage Molson Beer Bottle Openers

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.29 Profit: $7.70

These were part of a lot of bottle openers that I got at auction. 

The Punisher War Zone #34


Sold: $1.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $0.67

Current profit off the wedding comic auction: $8,816.48

1986 McDonald's Muppet Babies Pinback Button

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.22 Profit: $7.77

This was included in a lot of McDonald's items from the 1980's that I purchased at auction. 

Son of Godzilla DVD

Bought: $9.03 Sold: $49.99 Fees: $8.03 Profit: $32.93
Chris's 10% Commission: $3.29

Older Godzilla movies can sell quite well. This was a part of a box set that Chris picked up, but it only had 2 of the 3 movies, so I listed them individually. Despite that this DVD still sold quite well on its own. 

Wintario Lapel Pin

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.93 Profit: $8.06

I had never heard of this early Ontario lottery game, but I figured someone would want this souvenir. 

Kelowna British Columbia Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

From a lot of pins I purchased at auction in December. 

Friday, May 13, 2022

Paddington Bear Button

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $2.09 Profit: $7.90

Royal Canadian Air Force Lapel Pin

Sold: $9.99 Fees: $1.93 Profit: $8.06
 
This was in a lot of lapel pins that I've long since made a profit on. 

1988 Food Fighters Short Stack

Sold: $34.99 Fees: $7.30 Profit: $27.69

This was in a lot of vintage toys I picked up at auction. I'd never heard of Food Fights action figures before, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well they sell. I'll be keeping my eyes out for more of these in the future.

Thursday, May 12, 2022

McDonald's Ghostbusters 2 Placemat

Sold: $24.99 Fees: $3.90 Profit: $21.09

 I purchased a lot of a number of McDonald's placemats at an auction. I only had enough to list one complete set of these Ghostbusters placemats, which I already sold. I listed all the others individually, and this was the first individual one to sell. 

District of Chetwynd Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

 This pin is from a lot of pins I purchased at auction a couple years ago. This is a good example of the value of these lots. I paid $130 for the lot of pins, and so far have sold $419 worth of them, leaving me with a profit on this lot of $288, and I still have 100s of pins from the lot to sell. Each pin only sells for a few dollars, but it adds up over time.

Edible Garden Weeds of Canada


Sold: $14.99 Fees: $5.84 Profit: $9.15

A bit of an odd cookbook, but the cookbooks from this storage locker continue to sell and are doing much better than I had originally anticipated. 

June 2021 Storage Locker Purchase With Chris Progress:
Initial Purchase Cost: $740.55
Sale Profit to Date: $3,854.62
Gross Profit: $3,114.07
Our respective profit to date: $1,557.04

Quesnel BC Lapel Pin

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67

From a lot of pins purchased at auction a few months ago. I only started posting the pins from this lot, so I'm still paying off the investment. 

Monday, May 9, 2022

Religious Coin Token

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.32 Profit: $3.67
 
I'm so glad to see this sell. This came in a log of pins I purchased in 2017. It took 5 years to sell, but it finally sold!

Manitoba's Pelissier's Brewery Bottle Opener

Sold: $4.99 Fees: $1.40 Profit: $3.59

This was part of a lot of vintage branded bottle openers I picked up at auction for cheap. None of them were all that valuable, but the sales add up. I've already made back 4 times my investment on the lot with still a number of openers left to sell.