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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 181107, member: 88"]<i>• Should I sell them in pairs or one pair and three sets of four?</i></p><p><i>• Pricing—My old habit is to start an auction low, like $9.99, and let bidding drive the price up. But that seems like it might be risky here, and maybe I should start an auction at the price I'd be willing to accept. In the past, I've heard to aim for about half of what the R site asks. But they've listed my water/wine goblet at $239. Yikes. They're not fetching close to that on eBay. Also I see one champagne flute that sold for $9.99. So that's out. Sigh. I really don't know how to price them.</i></p><p><i>• When a listing says "Artist Signed," does that mean an actual artist, not the Waterford mark? And (I forget) is it a hallmark? An acid etch mark?</i></p><p><i>• Timing—Of course I want to take advantage of people preparing for holiday entertaining. Is now that time, or should I give it another week or two? </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>If these were mine I would list them in pairs using a buy it now / best offer format. I only use auctions on crystal that is very desirable & hard to find. While Lismore is desirable, it is still an active pattern, so not very hard to find. As far as price, I would do some searching around, find a price you could live with, set that as your BIN price to see what happens. I would also go ahead & list them for the folks who do Thanksgiving gatherings. I have already sold several of my turkey plates. JMHO</p><p><br /></p><p>Peggy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 181107, member: 88"][I]• Should I sell them in pairs or one pair and three sets of four? • Pricing—My old habit is to start an auction low, like $9.99, and let bidding drive the price up. But that seems like it might be risky here, and maybe I should start an auction at the price I'd be willing to accept. In the past, I've heard to aim for about half of what the R site asks. But they've listed my water/wine goblet at $239. Yikes. They're not fetching close to that on eBay. Also I see one champagne flute that sold for $9.99. So that's out. Sigh. I really don't know how to price them. • When a listing says "Artist Signed," does that mean an actual artist, not the Waterford mark? And (I forget) is it a hallmark? An acid etch mark? • Timing—Of course I want to take advantage of people preparing for holiday entertaining. Is now that time, or should I give it another week or two? [/I] If these were mine I would list them in pairs using a buy it now / best offer format. I only use auctions on crystal that is very desirable & hard to find. While Lismore is desirable, it is still an active pattern, so not very hard to find. As far as price, I would do some searching around, find a price you could live with, set that as your BIN price to see what happens. I would also go ahead & list them for the folks who do Thanksgiving gatherings. I have already sold several of my turkey plates. JMHO Peggy[/QUOTE]
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