OK, the Beanie Babies aren't the only "rage" in town...let's hear it for Cabbage Patch Kids from 1983 !

The first pic is from San Francisco. Asking $50 on clist.



Number 2 is from Memphis, TN area. Asking $24 for 3 Kids on clist.



Number 3 is from Memphis, TN area. Asking $10 for 1 kid on clist.



Number 4 is from Chicago. Forget what the price was on clist.



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Like any other collectible, the "in the box" tend to bring better prices.
Now how about that NASCAR collectible trend ? Vroom, Vroom !

Here are a couple of more Beanie options. If you do a clist search in Memphis, some 16 opportunities will come up. Here are two that are east of Memphis .

webs.lanset.com/rjsmovie/images/cordova300for300.jpg

The one directly above is 300 beanies for $300.

webs.lanset.com/rjsmovie/images/cordova34for600.jpg

The one above here is for 34 beanies (some in cases) for $600.

You have to know your beanies !

After a beanie baby discussion in the Post your Pics thread, I found this offering in a central California Craigslist offering.


webs.lanset.com/rjsmovie/images/bennie.jpg

Maybe the seller of the above batch is having trouble selling because he called them "bennie" babies.

Then I found another where the seller was trying to line up 800 babies on his/her couch for a pic; I think that person wanted $1K for the babies.

Mr. A told me that the ones he is able to sell for big bucks are the rare ones, with the plastic heart intact and in the plexiglass case. I don't think either of the two examples above  meet those requirements. I took a batch of 2 dozen to the flea market last weekend; all clean, with heart tags, no plastic containers; sold 2 for $2 (total) and took other 22 to Goodwill.

This is a rare one; seller is asking $999.99 as starting bid:

webs.lanset.com/rjsmovie/images/beanie.jpg

Take a look at this link. I saw this ad here on the forums.

Looks like it is in its infancy, but will be interesting to see what develops.

storageauctiondepot (dot) com/index.php?option=com_bids&task=listauctions&liststyle=list_detail&Itemid=2

I posted the sax on Ebay for kicks  with a buy it now for $100... it sold within an hour.. geesh... guess someone didnt think it was worthless.....lol.

Yep, any sax, trumpet, clarinet I have gotten goes right on to eBay. I've never had one that hasn't sold in the first listing.  People who buy these at the flea market are taking them right to eBay if they have gotten them at a good price at the flea.

Take it to the flea....hundreds of people might see it, but how many want a sax?  Put it on ebay, anyone who sees it is acutally looking for a sax.

Partial quote from above:

Given all this, my takeaway from your ealier post still applies.  It behooves us to stick around at the end because a locker that interests us just might once again become available.

Yes, sticking around DOES seem like a good idea as I have seen the person not have money a few times.
And if I DID stick around, I PROBABLY would go ahead and buy it.

On the other hand, I have bid what I thought was a good price for a lkr only to have someone go up another 50 or so, and I bail. People have said, "what's an extra 50?" but of course the next bid I would place would be 50 or so higher than THAT, now I'm at $100 more than I wanted to bid. I bail; and I MIGHT bail on the deal we've been talking about IF I had second thoughts...and I've had those in just a regular bidding situation, so hard to tell exactly what any of us would do "in the moment".

TonyT....

The lookers who bug me are what I call the "bicycle boys". These guys are usually down on their luck...or always have been...and like the 100 pound guy, they would have a hard time hauling away a 5 drawer file cabinet full or empty.
Yes, they could get someone's help too, but they are taking up space and I have NEVER seen one bid let alone win a locker.

Now as to the old guy. I have a little more sympathy for people age 70 and up...especially UP. These folks are also just looking for something to do and they suck air and time from us, but they are sometimes hard of hearing too and I've found a tap on the shoulder helps them to focus on what's happening behind them.

One older couple...mid-70s bought a couple of lockers the other day and I heard they had them on pallets out in the south 40 covered with tarps. They no more need to be in this biz than the man in the moon (IMHO).

Going to a sale today with just 4 lkrs and in a bad part of town, but I did get one good one here before that had the leftovers of the former lkr owner's GOVERNMENT surplus items. He had bought a gov auction, stored a lot of bulk office type stuff there (not furniture) and didn't pay his bill. So far that lkr has brought in 3x and I still have stuff left.

Will modify this post in about 3 hours with the crowd results for today, March 9, 2011.

Edit:

The auction I went to with 4 lkrs had only about 20 people with 13 of them being newbies. The other 7 were regulars all hoping to make even a minor score at this low-end facility.

One newbie (A) liked the look of a locker I would have paid $50 for at the most. He got into it a bit with another newbie (B) and it escalated from $40 to $100 with newbie (A) at $100. (B) went to $125 and (A) made his PLAY and “WON” the locker at $200. You go guy!