posted on March 21, 2005 08:46:10 PM new
I was with my sweetie this past week in Sacramento, CA. We visited with her cousin who is 84yrs. young. She has a collection of minature liquor bottles (ver 1200 of them)! My question, Can they be sold on eBay? She wabnts to get rid of themm but wants to sell the entire collection in a lump with no searching through for the really rare ones. Help me out please.
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
posted on March 21, 2005 08:58:58 PM new
Sanmar...My first impression is, no, you cannot list them on Ebay. The rule of thumb on their policy is that the value (starting price) of any bottle of liquor must be at least ten times the value of the contents. IOW, if you have a very rare bottle of Jim Beam with a value of a couple hundred dollars as a collectible, you can sell it if it has been unopened. If it's only 15 bucks in value, you're selling liquor and they won't allow it. There's a very fine line between what is allowable and what is not. And it could depend on the judgment, mood, or the severity of PMS of the Ebay employee that looks at it. You absolutely have to search out the rare ones and list them only at a high starting price to reflect the collector's market value, and to discourage underage bidders. Also, you have to have a scan of the buyers I.D. and ship to that person only and request signature confirmation. You'll be on very thin ice if you list those as a group.
Edited to add: Be sure to state in the auction that you will not ship to California. You don't need to have the ABC knocking on your door.
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[ edited by sparkz on Mar 21, 2005 09:01 PM ]
posted on March 21, 2005 09:24:01 PM new
So the bottles are full? I sold little empty KLM 1st-class souvenir bottles (shapes of Dutch buildings)a couple of years ago with no problem.
Drink what's in the bottles, then sell them? If they're empty, sell them. Maybe she's lived that long because she had a sip every night?!
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posted on March 21, 2005 09:40:45 PM new
The safest way would be to sell them empty. Ship them over here to me and I would be more than happy to help you empty them.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on March 21, 2005 09:43:09 PM new
just did a search, looks like some of the more uncommon ones do bring good $$ . Better results under mini vs miniature.
posted on March 21, 2005 11:24:13 PM new
Well I just checked out Elvis and he's FULL of it,,,,You know what I mean,,,,,He's is selling quite comfortably.....there is NO way I am putting MINE on at these Low bids,,,nope! he can rot in my closet for another 20,,,,,these were suppose to go UP when I bought them NEW back then.....
posted on March 22, 2005 09:31:12 AM new
Quite true! When you empty these little bottles - some of which have sealing wax, you destroy the value especially in the non-figural glass type.
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posted on March 22, 2005 10:06:48 AM new
Thank you one & all!! iltray, thanks for the link. I printed it & am sending it to Betty in Auburnm CA. Yes, she has a sip of Scotch every evening, but these minis are FULL!!! She has collected them for over 40 yrs. She says some are valuable, but she doesn't want to try to list them all. So damx far away for me (350 miles).
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
posted on March 22, 2005 11:22:37 AM new
Yes, a friend just sold a Jose Cuervo tequila, 1995, for $393.00 by placing under Collectibles, bottles. Just try to place key words in the title.
good luck
rosanne
posted on March 23, 2005 12:05:24 AM new
Sorry, I don't have them, & don't know what cousin Betty expects to get for them./ I will keep you all posted in the future.
posted on March 23, 2005 10:55:22 AM new
Here is a good example of an auction of EMPTY bottles - lot of 200:
(current price is $19.95 with 5 hours left.)
