The price of things to come (a 1/2 off topic ramble) - Collecting Tiki

M midnite Member 37? 47' N, 122? 26' W Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 1230	M midnite Posted posted on Tue, Sep 3, 2002 10:05 AM On 2002-09-01 21:10, woofmutt wrote: Possibly they got some direction from prices paid on eBay. It seems likely that eBay has affected prices in junk shops, flea markets, et cetera by providing a sort of data base sellers can access to get an idea of what an item is and what it's worth. I wonder what junk collecting will be like when the majority of items a store is selling are correctly identified and prices are based on actual data and not conjecture. There is a real thorough hawaiian shirt site on the internet, and it's host reports that he was told one of the larger "thrift" store organization is now selling any vintage rayon aloha shirts on ebay. And on at least one ocassion I have been to small "second hand" shops looking at mugs and the proprietor has informed me "that one just sold for 'x' on ebay". Ebay is definitely a two-edged sword. midnite

On 2002-09-01 21:10, woofmutt wrote:
Possibly they got some direction from prices paid on eBay. It seems likely that eBay has affected prices in junk shops, flea markets, et cetera by providing a sort of data base sellers can access to get an idea of what an item is and what it's worth. I wonder what junk collecting will be like when the majority of items a store is selling are correctly identified and prices are based on actual data and not conjecture.

There is a real thorough hawaiian shirt site on the internet, and it's host reports that he was told one of the larger "thrift" store organization is now selling any vintage rayon aloha shirts on ebay. And on at least one ocassion I have been to small "second hand" shops looking at mugs and the proprietor has informed me "that one just sold for 'x' on ebay".

Ebay is definitely a two-edged sword.

midnite

Post #7493 by midnite on Tue, Sep 3, 2002 10:05 AM