trippys
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posted on December 28, 2001 07:15:32 AM new
We've got a couple of very old sets of dishes to list. In your experience, which way has given you the best results - all at once, a place setting at a time all at once with the serving pieces separate - or do you have a better idea? We'd really appreciate your help on this one, trying to get the best results! Thanks to you all!
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dixiebee
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posted on December 28, 2001 08:05:05 AM new
I have sold a few sets of dishes over the years and have found I got the best results by listing each piece individually. I toyed around with the idea of doing a dutch auction on the like pieces (all of the dinner plates for example) but eventually decided that a piece at a time was better. That is mainly because of the confusion that arises when a bidder wants all that you have and at the last minute someone outbids them on one of them. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) a bidder can back out of the deal if they don't get the quantity they wanted in a dutch auction.
Good luck!
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nycyn
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posted on December 28, 2001 08:36:38 AM new
Yesterday I was looking at a pair of tables. They were listed seperately. I didn't want to be in a position of getting only one so I didn't bother bidding at all.
I'd keep them complete as sets, but then I'd need to know a lot more about them before I could really say.
Good luck!
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holdenrex
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posted on December 28, 2001 10:13:34 AM new
Usually, it's best to break up the sets and sell the special dishes (gravy boats, creamers, etc) seperately, and sell the commons (plates, bowls, etc) in small lots. If you sell the lots seperately, make sure to cross-promote them by letting the bidders know that you have more pieces from the same set up for auction at the same time.
Nycyn has a point about a drawback when selling by the piece, but many dish buyers are buying individual pieces to fill an already existing partial set. That's why the odd pieces tend to receive competitive bidding. Selling them as a group tends to keep away the collectors because they don't want to end up with a pile of plates they already have just to get the salad bowl they don't have. Full sets are frequently purchased at lower total prices by dealers who will later price them individually and sell them out of a shop.
And as always, I recommend checking the closed auctions to see which strategy seems to be working best for people selling the identical set.
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Valleygirl
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posted on December 28, 2001 10:19:03 AM new
A lot would depend upon the manufacturer and the pattern name. I collect china, if you will give me that info, maybe I can help you research this.
JJ
Not my name on ebay.
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nycyn
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posted on December 28, 2001 11:09:42 AM new
Once I got 35 bucks for a lid only! Boy was that ever fun!
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mrspock
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posted on December 28, 2001 11:15:21 AM new
sell buy the piece or in small lots
there peaple are filling in sets for the most part.
I could go on and on about the sets we have bought off ebay broken up and done well on .
spock here......
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barbkeith
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posted on December 28, 2001 11:45:21 AM new
I agree with holdenrex. I have usually found people are just trying to complete a set.
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Valleygirl
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posted on December 28, 2001 12:28:43 PM new
I once paid over $100 for a lid. But it was the right lid and extremely rare. And that was a steal. The lid made my item worth over $500.
Not my name on ebay.
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toybuyer
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posted on December 28, 2001 02:58:46 PM new
A lot would depend upon the manufacturer and the pattern name.
I have to concur with ValleyGirl. Didn't we have a similiar discussion just before the Holidays? October to just the beginning of December has always the best for me to sell China pieces because of the Holidays. Manufacturer and pattern name is the initial ground to start with. I've done better selling Noritake by splitting the completer pieces and selling some place settings rather than by individual plates. On some china, depending on manufacturer, good luck in just selling the entire set.
not toybuyer on ebay
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