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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 449944, member: 51&quot;]Here are some the lamps from an old post:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-needed-in-the-chicagoland-area.29617/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-needed-in-the-chicagoland-area.29617/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-needed-in-the-chicagoland-area.29617/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice, well made lamps with beautiful glass, but this kind of thing is a hard sell. Trends come and go. Not really what current decorators are looking for, especially in a metropolitan area like Chicago. Some exceptions of course. Also people who used to collect these lamps back in the day may be downsizing themselves.&nbsp; If you want to take the time to sell, try Craigslist or some kind of Nextdoor site or Facebook Marketplace, to save the anguish/cost of packing and shipping, plus you can save the buyer that fee.&nbsp; It will take you a while to sell these, though.&nbsp; (I think why a specialized auction was suggested.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay &quot;Sold&quot; is really a valuable tool, you must be sure you are comparing apples with apples. Don&#039;t forget that on Ebay, buyers get a guarantee -- a buyer can always return an item, even if it says no returns. So there is some comfort as a buyer that the seller really needs to disclose everything --tiny chip, replaced hardware.&nbsp; If the piece arrives and there is something not disclosed, a buyer has the right to return.&nbsp; In a CL sale you don&#039;t get any of that, so I would probably take the Ebay sold amount and cut it in half at a minimum for a person to person sale of a hard to ship item like this.&nbsp; No fees, no shipping, and no returns, so you aren&#039;t really selling for half.&nbsp; If it was me, I&#039;d be open to selling for less than half even.</p><p><br /></p><p>If people who contact you aren&#039;t replying back, could be you are asking too much $, however these online marketplaces are known for people not replying, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; It isn&#039;t a perfect system, but if you are determined to sell these one at a time, it may be your best bet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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