The first month of the 2009 Garage Sale Challenge is complete. Sales have been respectable but I certainly didn’t buy the kind of items I did last year during the first month.. That lack of bigger ticket items is reflected in the fact that my net profits for the month are down between $400 and $450 from what they were last year.
Here’s a list of the top 10 best selling items, with ties, from this year’s Challenge. Hopefully the list will give readers some idea of the kind of things that can be found at garage sales and thrift stores that sell well on eBay.
1. 1961 Sears Christmas catalog - $72.87
2. The Civil War Narrative Trilogy by Shelby Foote - $52.00
3. A Starbuck’s Firenza coffee mug - $51.00
4. 4 Avalon Hill war board games - $51.00
5. Western Horseman Legends Vols. 1-6 - $50.00
6. Heroes Of Might And Magic II - Price Of Loyalty PC game - $46.00
7. Ben Franklin 2 Vols. Library Of American Freedom edition - $46.00
8. Prairie Tales book - $43.99
9. LeBlanc Vito 7214 clarinet - $42.00
10. Three items tied for 10th place:
- 7 Mystery & The Minister’s Wife series books - $39.99
- 26 Debbie McCumber paperbacks - $39.99
- 24 Montana Maverick romance novels - $39.99
Popularity: 71% [?]
