Comments on: Collectibles: Selling http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2009/07/03/collectibles-selling/ Where Hunters Gather Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2009/07/03/collectibles-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-160264 Sharon Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:52:39 +0000 http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/?p=8515#comment-160264 My grandfather was head photographer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and I recently came across some of his glass plates. Most noteworthy of these are Eleanore Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart. There are many other plates of the Cleveland Indians during training. I’d like to scan these negatives and share them on this Website to see if there’s a collector interested in purchasing them at a fair price. Can you please tell me if I should scan these glass plates with a regular scanner (Canon Pixma MP500) then upload them to the market place or do you recommend another route? Thank you in advance. My grandfather was head photographer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and I recently came across some of his glass plates. Most noteworthy of these are Eleanore Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart. There are many other plates of the Cleveland Indians during training. I’d like to scan these negatives and share them on this Website to see if there’s a collector interested in purchasing them at a fair price.
Can you please tell me if I should scan these glass plates with a regular scanner (Canon Pixma MP500) then upload them to the market place or do you recommend another route?
Thank you in advance.

]]> By: Collin David http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2009/07/03/collectibles-selling/comment-page-1/#comment-160031 Collin David Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:13 +0000 http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/?p=8515#comment-160031 Note that Etsy has specific policies about selling items. You can't just go on there and sell your old collectibles - they need to be either sold as a) supplies to make art out of, or b) some kind of art that you, personally, have created. For my money, BigCartel is an AMAZING service that enables you to do the same thing, but inventory creation and management is way, way smoother and superior. Listing anything on Etsy is a Kafkaesque nightmare. I've had so many problems with deadbeat bidders on eBay lately that it's taken 3 months to resolve one $500 issue, during which I couldn't even use PayPal or eBay safely. Still, despite eBay changing their policies to protect deadbeat bidders and leave sellers in a position where they're regularly abused, it's pretty much the only game in town if you want your stuff to sell with minimal promotion. Note that Etsy has specific policies about selling items. You can’t just go on there and sell your old collectibles – they need to be either sold as a) supplies to make art out of, or b) some kind of art that you, personally, have created.

For my money, BigCartel is an AMAZING service that enables you to do the same thing, but inventory creation and management is way, way smoother and superior. Listing anything on Etsy is a Kafkaesque nightmare.

I’ve had so many problems with deadbeat bidders on eBay lately that it’s taken 3 months to resolve one $500 issue, during which I couldn’t even use PayPal or eBay safely. Still, despite eBay changing their policies to protect deadbeat bidders and leave sellers in a position where they’re regularly abused, it’s pretty much the only game in town if you want your stuff to sell with minimal promotion.

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