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...of the boxes of junk I've found, this is the only item I have ever sold. It was kinda by accident. <img src="/metal/html/shrug.gif" border=0 width=37 height=15 alt=":shrug">
A couple weeks after digging this dairy badge, a fellow wandered up to me while I was detecting and... well you know the drill, asked what I was doing, the kind of stuff I find... anyway, I happened to mention this badge. Well as it turned out, his uncle was an avid collector of dairy memorabilia and we traded phone numbers.
His uncle, the collector, called a couple of days later, and when I described the badge, we arranged to meet.
Well when he showed up, he took one look at the badge and his eyes sparkled, then he cooly put it down and did not look at it again. We talked about this and that, the dairy business, detecting... finally he asked in a disinterested way if I might be interested in selling the badge.
As I composed my best poker face, my son who was 7 at the time and watching the proceedings, piped right up and said, "My dad said he would be happy to get fifty bucks for the thing."
I think my mouth dropped open, then I threw back my head and laughed, and the collecter started laughing too. He had the cash in his pocket and it was a done deal. <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
There have been some nice items posted on the forum, some of these will inevidably find their way into the hands of collectors. And rightfully so. Though I miss having that badge, it now has a place on display with other historical items of it's kind.
How do you determine a price? Many of the items we find can be rare, even one of a kind. When it comes down to it, I suppose they are worth what the right person is willing to pay for them.
I know there are a few guys here who have sold some nice items to collectors. Any tips you'd like to share that might differ from my technique? <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
A couple weeks after digging this dairy badge, a fellow wandered up to me while I was detecting and... well you know the drill, asked what I was doing, the kind of stuff I find... anyway, I happened to mention this badge. Well as it turned out, his uncle was an avid collector of dairy memorabilia and we traded phone numbers.
His uncle, the collector, called a couple of days later, and when I described the badge, we arranged to meet.
Well when he showed up, he took one look at the badge and his eyes sparkled, then he cooly put it down and did not look at it again. We talked about this and that, the dairy business, detecting... finally he asked in a disinterested way if I might be interested in selling the badge.
As I composed my best poker face, my son who was 7 at the time and watching the proceedings, piped right up and said, "My dad said he would be happy to get fifty bucks for the thing."
I think my mouth dropped open, then I threw back my head and laughed, and the collecter started laughing too. He had the cash in his pocket and it was a done deal. <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
There have been some nice items posted on the forum, some of these will inevidably find their way into the hands of collectors. And rightfully so. Though I miss having that badge, it now has a place on display with other historical items of it's kind.
How do you determine a price? Many of the items we find can be rare, even one of a kind. When it comes down to it, I suppose they are worth what the right person is willing to pay for them.
I know there are a few guys here who have sold some nice items to collectors. Any tips you'd like to share that might differ from my technique? <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
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