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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 2343904, member: 51"]Cool tin, but in rough shape. But I think the value these days would be less for "the tin" and more for "the subject". Depends what the seller is asking. Now that selling options might be limited, need to take that into account for resale.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting time for Aunt Jemima items. Ebay has pulled most listings. I think there were roughly 1000 live listings a month ago if you searched "Aunt Jemima" on Ebay, now there are 67 listings. Or another way to see the change, today has 67 live listings, over 900 under "sold".</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, Aunt Jemima items have been going for crazy prices in the last week or so (if they don't get pulled). There is an Aunt Jemima 1920s paper flour box under "Ebay sold" that looks like someone bought 2 weeks ago on Ebay for around $350, and turned around and sold it (using the same photos) a few days ago for over a $1K. Not sure why it wasn't pulled like other things, but you can find it under sold.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it hard to believe the prices will stay so high for this kind of thing, but I've been wrong before. Plus if you can't use Ebay to resell, need to take that into account.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 2343904, member: 51"]Cool tin, but in rough shape. But I think the value these days would be less for "the tin" and more for "the subject". Depends what the seller is asking. Now that selling options might be limited, need to take that into account for resale. An interesting time for Aunt Jemima items. Ebay has pulled most listings. I think there were roughly 1000 live listings a month ago if you searched "Aunt Jemima" on Ebay, now there are 67 listings. Or another way to see the change, today has 67 live listings, over 900 under "sold". That said, Aunt Jemima items have been going for crazy prices in the last week or so (if they don't get pulled). There is an Aunt Jemima 1920s paper flour box under "Ebay sold" that looks like someone bought 2 weeks ago on Ebay for around $350, and turned around and sold it (using the same photos) a few days ago for over a $1K. Not sure why it wasn't pulled like other things, but you can find it under sold. I find it hard to believe the prices will stay so high for this kind of thing, but I've been wrong before. Plus if you can't use Ebay to resell, need to take that into account.[/QUOTE]
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