This week I had this experience on my RosesButtons site. On Wednesday, I listed my collector buttons as “buy it now” instead of at auction as an experiment. And wow! Here it is Friday, and two of the four are sold already!

So, that makes me wonder if I shouldn’t do more initial listing as “buy it now” instead of as “auction” listings. So I created a poll to ask you what you think. I’ve listed the main types of listings that I do as Roses Sundries. And you can tell me what you think.

Buy It Now or Auction??

I will respect your privacy and you don’t have to give any information you don’t want to give. But if you’d like a personal response, please include the information that I need to do so.

One of the best ways to keep track of the value of items is to see what similar items are anticipated to sell for at a premier auction house.  I ran across this auction of Couture Fashion items that is  starting tomorrow 4/19/09.  The online catalog includes photos, brief descriptions and anticipated price ranges.

I browsed the catalog and found 341 items of couture fashion clothing plus scarves, purses and  jewelry lots.  There are 615 lots total.

Vintage Couture and Accessories
9:00 AM PT – Apr 19th, 2009
3 days
offered by
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

1338 West Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60607

Such fun to look! and you can register to bid if you just can’t resist trying for an item you can’t live without!