So I guess I learned Avon isn't all that special. My husband's step dad (who passed a long time ago) had a lot of boxes of Avon collectibles. I just spent the better part of today doing inventory on about half of them. Hoping to just sell them all local as a "lot". Worst case it will be a good grouping for the antique/vintage fair by us. I hope. So far I've accounted for about 112 pieces, which is maybe only half of what's there. Ugh...
We have all been there in the beginning. It may not have been Avon bottles, but everyone of us found something we thought was wonderful until we did the research. If you continue down this rabbit hole , you will find that you eventually can spot the wheat from the chaff a little better with out having to research every little thing. BTW I just checked out some sold Avon over the last 6 months. If you happen to have the chess bottle set & board they seem to do pretty good.
I remember first seeing the boxes and all the cool car bottles and I was like "heck yeah! Load up the truck!" Wasn't til about halfway home that I started googling and I felt like a little child whose ice cream melted in her hand!
The main problem with Avon bottles is they came with Avon perfume.(LOL) Avon jewelry is the same way. A few pieces from a few lines are worth something. The rest is best sold as a lot somewhere, or at a flea market where you can throw it in an "anything in this basket $3" bin.
Avon put out nice products, but for some reason the minute people see it is Avon, they put it down. There are a few items that sell. Avon's Cape Cod dishes. Not so much the wine glasses, but the plates and serving pieces. Those usually sell around Christmas time. As for the perfume bottles, the cats usually sell for me, but not dogs. As evelyb said, on a table at $3. your choice. Then donate the rest to your local thrift and take the write off on your taxes.
