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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 478882, member: 25&quot;]I had the good fortune to be wandering the antiques orchard 20 years ago when the rise of ebay was something new, and there were tons of lowhanging fruit to pick and sell. Since I am in England, an antique rich environment, and most of my buyers were in America, a relatively new place, I could pretty well buy anything and double my money. I suspect we have much more Bricks and Mortar auction salerooms here, so I did all my buying there, using reasonable prudence and ever increasing experience, it was not all that difficult to buy profitable stuff, learn about it and sell it on. My entire working stock fitted in a filing cabinet of average size because everything offered sold within a week and was usually paid for and sent within another two weeks (remember checks in the post?). </p><p>Oddly all the stuff I bought that was not deemed ebay suitable (too big, too heavy, too fragile, too crappy) did mount up, filling my shed, but after retiring from ebay selling, that hoard of unregarded odds and ends has been cashed in at car boot sales, flea markets, antique fairs and auctions for a surprisingly large amount of cash to keep me going in idleness.</p><p>This is all not very helpful, that was then and this is now, but my learning route was to start with something that was easily identifiable, in my case watches and clocks, and then broaden the scope as I picked up experience. Grabbing everything you see is a mug&#039;s game in most cases. Some things I still avoid, like ceramics or glass, there is just so much of it&nbsp; Another thing I avoid is pretty well anything younger than I am, and in general anything under 100 years old. (apart from precious metals bought cheap) </p><p>Do not worry much about pricing, do not always look for a profit if something has been around too long move it on and buy something else. Do not regret leaving money in it for the next guy, that way you get a lot of people buying regularly, and enough, steadily, beats the occasional big hit and weeks of watching the dust accumulate.</p><p>It may not work now, but just about everything I sold on ebay was at auction for a one dollar start and no reserve regardless of value or what I paid. Get the right stuff and it finds its level. This may have changed now.</p><p><br /></p><p>And what all the others said.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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