Vintage ceramic Christmas trees selling for $218 dollars on eBay – do you have one?
IT’S time to start clearing out the attic, you could be hiding away old and forgotten ornaments worth hundreds of dollars.
Vintage ceramic Christmas trees are making a comeback, and people are willing to pay big bucks to get their hands on one.
These little trees were usually painted green or white, had colourful lights, and sometimes even played music.
They were all the rage in the late 60s and early 70s, but they started to go out of fashion when the 80s came along.
But now they've make a comeback, and their worth can skyrocket as the festive season approaches.
How To Sell On Ebay
- You need to make an account with eBay before you can create a listing.
- You can list up to 50 items for free a month - after that the fee depends on the value of your item, but most items are $0.35 a listing.
- In your listing can have up to 12 pictures of your item and a description.
- You can also choose how long you'd like your item to be on sale for and opt for a reserve price.
- At the end of the sale, whichever user has the highest bid must buy the product.
- It's your responsibility to pay for and organise the postage of the item.
- When an item sells, eBay charges you a 10 per cent fee of the final sale price, but this fee is capped depending on the category of your item.
They can typically be bought for as little as $18 (£14.61) all year round, but some will set you back a lot more than that.
We found over 60 ceramic trees currently listed on eBay for over $200 (£162.31) with some sellers asking as much as $430.99 (£349.76) for their vintage piece.
According to vintage lifestyle expert and author Bob Richter, you should wait until the festive season kicks in before you seriously consider selling.
And, if you don't have one and want to stock up, it's best to wait until the price drops after the festive season to buy.
You can then resell later in the year and get yourself some extra Christmas cash.
Richeter told : “The truth of the matter is, they’re not incredibly valuable at other times of the year.
“At the holidays everybody wants one because it reminds them of the past.
“And it’s a recent thing within the past couple of years.
“Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, my mom had this, my aunt had this, so I want one.’
“Basically, you’re buying nostalgia. You’re buying the memory.”
Musical ceramic trees, as well as those that are particularly large or small, are increasingly sought after and fetch higher prices.
Richeter, however, recommends keeping the ceramic trees if they have sentimental value.
He said: “I think it’s great to turn them into cash, and it’s also great to bring them down and plug them in and use them, and tell a story of your grandmother or your aunt or your mother or whoever it was who had them in the first place, because I think that’s the true value.”
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