It is a minefield if buying a Samurai sword on the web, here are some simple guideline from questions I have been asked. {As you will by now be aware,ebay has taken the steps to stop "Samurai" swords being...
Beware of items being sold from China that are supposedly rare and ancient artifacts as 99.99% of these are actually very cheap, low quality reproductions. When i first started buying and selling in Ebay...
If you search for "Corset" on Ebay, the vast majority of the results will not actually be corsets at all. So how do you know that what you're bidding on is actually what you want? To the trained eye, the...
As if you haven’t already heard, millions upon millions of people of people buy and sell on eBay every single day. Some only make a few sales here and there. Others have figured out what it takes to become...
Here are some unusual and amusing uses and abuses of the English language. I came across these as I trawled through ebay listings looking for 78rpm records and a few other items. Some sellers have a good...
As a collector of Japanese items for over forty years and an e.bayer for five with a positive feedback of arounf 500. I am worried about the current problems buying things Japanese not just on e.bay. I am...
Here Two Important Points for Advanced Ebay Sellers which may help in gaining a higher price for your Ebay Auctions, when selling Antique and Collectable pottery. Have your Antique and Collectable Pottery...
Book Condition - terms used Below I have listed all the book terms that I know, if you you know any more please let me know and I will add them to the list. READING COPY A book in poor condition. It may be...
How to clean and test items that you think is bakelite or catalin phenolic resin, which I will refer to occasionally as “the substance” Over the years I have seen many sellers attempt to justify the title of...
BEFORE DISREGARDING THIS GUIDE AS THE BL**DING OBVIOUS, ASK YOURSELF THIS: BIDDERS: HAVE YOU SEEN A LISTING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BID ON, BUT PICK UP ONLY CAUSED YOU TO IGNORE IT? E-MAIL A SUGGESTION TO THE...