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An Incomplete 1988 Panini Baseball Sticker Album Still Found a Buyer
This one is a little different from most of the things I sell because I didn’t source it at an auction, estate sale, or thrift store. I had this 1988 Panini Baseball ’88 Sticker Album since I was a kid. For whatever reason, it followed me around for decades. It was incomplete — only about 25% complete — and eventually I decided there was no real reason to keep hanging onto it. I listed it on November 16, 2019. It finally sold on February 14, 2025. So even after I decided to l
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Sep 143 min read


One of My Longest-Tail Sales: A Lionel Train Lot That Took More Than 6 Years
Some of the best inventory doesn’t come from auctions, thrift stores, or estate sales. Sometimes it comes from people you already know. My father-in-law was cleaning out the house and asked if I wanted some old train items because he knew I sold things online. He ended up giving me a larger group of train-related pieces, and this Lionel lot was one of the last items from that batch to finally sell. That’s one of the useful side effects of telling people you resell: once frien
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Sep 112 min read


Loose Action Figures Can Still Sell: This Spawn Figure Sold for $14.50
One of the things I’m learning with older toys is that they don’t always need to be complete, boxed, or especially valuable to be worth listing. This McFarlane Toys Al Simmons Spawn figure was sold loose with no packaging. I picked it up as part of a larger toy lot after a friend had after a tenant move out and leave behind a bunch of items. I’d estimate my cost in this figure at about $2. I listed it on May 16, 2020 and eventually sold it on January 29, 2025 for $14.50. That
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Sep 112 min read
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