Ok, today is not a rant. Instead, it's me grinning like a madman. Why do you ask?
I have been looking over my collection of items, and noticing that there are some rather... expensive things I own now. At least, expensive in the view of eBay. Let me explain why.
I buy the occasional piece from Dragonsite, who does the fantasy figurines and dragons. One of the pieces I managed to get was the "Faery of Ravens" figure and wall plaque which were the first items they did from Nene Thomas. I seem to recall that I paid $50 for the figurine and $40 for the plaque, and they're pretty things I like viewing. Mind you, I bought them when they were released in 2003.
Fast forward to today. I was doing a little hunting on eBay, mostly for Dragonsite figures I might have missed at the local store. And I notice that there were a few offerings in the past for "Faery of Ravens" on eBay. When I look at the selling price... I had a cow.
$800. Sold. $376. Sold.
This was just for the figurine. The plaque? Sold for up to $250+.
AIEE!!
I have been looking over my collection of items, and noticing that there are some rather... expensive things I own now. At least, expensive in the view of eBay. Let me explain why.
I buy the occasional piece from Dragonsite, who does the fantasy figurines and dragons. One of the pieces I managed to get was the "Faery of Ravens" figure and wall plaque which were the first items they did from Nene Thomas. I seem to recall that I paid $50 for the figurine and $40 for the plaque, and they're pretty things I like viewing. Mind you, I bought them when they were released in 2003.
Fast forward to today. I was doing a little hunting on eBay, mostly for Dragonsite figures I might have missed at the local store. And I notice that there were a few offerings in the past for "Faery of Ravens" on eBay. When I look at the selling price... I had a cow.
$800. Sold. $376. Sold.
This was just for the figurine. The plaque? Sold for up to $250+.
AIEE!!
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That's pretty cool! In only 4 years too!
Reminds me of the Terrie Prints I sold on Furbid in late 2002.
I had been out of work since October '01 and I couldn't find anything in that post-9/11 climate. I wasn't getting much from the EDD.
I had bought a lot of Smith prints in '95 and '96 because they were pretty to look at, and at $7 a pop, they weren't too expensive.
(No, no Chesters. Nothing but fems.)
I didn't want to sell them, and I figured I wouldn't get much for them, but I preferred a roof over my head and food on my plate.
So I started auctioning them off, and boy was I wrong about not getting much for them.
Most of the prints sold fo $40 or $50, which is pretty nice when you think about it.
Some of them sold for more. A lot more.
I had one go to $200.
Another went for $300.
And the winner and still champion!!
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!
I'm still boggled at this.
I mean, sure, the prints were made in sets of 20 and 30 only with no reprints.
But these were basically color photocopies on normal paper.
Crazy...