Re;[CR]Fun ebay auction

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:17:42 -0400
From: "Jamie Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re;[CR]Fun ebay auction
To: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Empty boxes - Regarding selling a empty box from a bicycle component on ebay. You listed this box as a joke but don't laugh too hard. I have sold many empty boxes and some of them sell higher then one might expect. One of my other hobbies is collecting old tools. A couple of years ago I saw a dealer that I know buy an empty box from a Stanley #1 smoothing plane in a yard sale. He sold the box that afternoon for $1200!! This is a simple pasteboard box that is almost exactly the same size, shape and construction as a box from a pair of NR/SR hubs. Not too much older either. In the world of antiques and collectibles the box can often be more valuable then the item. Jamie Swan