If you regularly shop at garage or yard sales for antiques and collectibles to sell on eBay you know there are plenty of days when you go home empty-handed. However, if you are willing to take a little more time at each sale, you may be surprised what you can find that will make a “day-without-antiques” profitable.

Here are ten things that regularly show up at garage sales that will pay for your gas and make you a nice profit when sold on eBay.

1. Adult Halloween or Holiday costumes. That big pirate, Easter Bunny, or Minnie Mouse costume that no one else is paying any attention to can easily bring $50 or more when listed on eBay.

2. Current college textbooks. It’s amazing how many of today’s college students will pay $125 for a text book and then put it in a garage sale at the end of the school year for two or three dollars. If you live near a college or university campus watch for these. Most any textbook with a copyright date of either the current or the previous year will bring $30 or more on eBay. Just hold onto them and list them in August before the school year starts.
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The last few months have seen a significant increase in the number of regular Auction Rebel readers. Since there are close to two and a half years worth of articles on the blog, many of you may not yet taken the time to fully explore the Archives.

With the garage sale season either just around the corner or already starting in many areas of the country, I thought now might be a good time to bring to your attention a few previous posts about various items you may find at garage sales that are almost sure winners on eBay. Some of these posts are a little old and the prices they bring may have changed, but they all are still well worth being on the lookout for.

Lots of Rich Dad Poor Dad books and related material

Books by Peter Capstick usually do well

Gene Hill’s books are almost always winners

Lots of magazines often do well - keep your eyes peeled for them

Never pass up a box of Animorph books

Many Stampin’ Up rubber stamp sets do well

You can’t lose with some Weight Watcher cookbooks

P. Buckley Moss cross-stitch pattern booklets

Photograph by C.P. Storm.

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