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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 11242607, member: 51"]Sorry to list this in jewelry, but no other category seemed to have any connection. Sometimes I smell perfume on costume jewelry, so picked this spot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just got these Friday. Estate sale listed on Facebook offered "early appointments", so I emailed and they let me in. Turns out they'd already been selling contents of the house for months so not much was left. I got a few Japanese vases, and then spotted this box of perfumes. I know nothing about perfume except that SOME vintage can have good resale. They wanted $20 for all the perfume in the box (photo below), which seemed like I should take a chance. But now wondering if I can actually make a profit or I should have passed on these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very likely most of these bottles sat on a bureau for decades. Does perfume ever go bad? I was hoping just to do a quick in person turnaround of the entire lot --started with $100 for everything on Facebook, quickly switched to $60 but so far no takers. The thought of shipping this doesn't thrill me because of new Hazmat rules with USPS. I also want this OUT of my house as quickly as possible because both DH and I are perfume adverse. Cannot tolerate any scents period, even French perfumes. I mean as long as liquid is in the bottle there is no issue, but god forbid I dropped one. We'd have to sell the house!</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking on Ebay, I see the Paloma Picasso (seemingly the same exact bottle and same quantity selling for $10-100.) Why the difference?</p><p><br /></p><p>Should I break these up and try for smaller sales? Any ideas, jewelry folks?</p><p><br /></p><p>(Shalimar, Paloma Picasso, Opium by Yves St Laurent.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]539253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 11242607, member: 51"]Sorry to list this in jewelry, but no other category seemed to have any connection. Sometimes I smell perfume on costume jewelry, so picked this spot. Just got these Friday. Estate sale listed on Facebook offered "early appointments", so I emailed and they let me in. Turns out they'd already been selling contents of the house for months so not much was left. I got a few Japanese vases, and then spotted this box of perfumes. I know nothing about perfume except that SOME vintage can have good resale. They wanted $20 for all the perfume in the box (photo below), which seemed like I should take a chance. But now wondering if I can actually make a profit or I should have passed on these. Very likely most of these bottles sat on a bureau for decades. Does perfume ever go bad? I was hoping just to do a quick in person turnaround of the entire lot --started with $100 for everything on Facebook, quickly switched to $60 but so far no takers. The thought of shipping this doesn't thrill me because of new Hazmat rules with USPS. I also want this OUT of my house as quickly as possible because both DH and I are perfume adverse. Cannot tolerate any scents period, even French perfumes. I mean as long as liquid is in the bottle there is no issue, but god forbid I dropped one. We'd have to sell the house! Looking on Ebay, I see the Paloma Picasso (seemingly the same exact bottle and same quantity selling for $10-100.) Why the difference? Should I break these up and try for smaller sales? Any ideas, jewelry folks? (Shalimar, Paloma Picasso, Opium by Yves St Laurent.) [ATTACH=full]539253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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