What's it Worth?

Trying to find the perfect item category to specialize in on Ebay can be difficult. I have this Japanese vase that looks like it would be a hot seller on Ebay. Unfortunately, I found about half a dozen on Ebay, listed between 5 and 10 bucks. This tells me that it's a common item. It turns out that there are lots of low priced, high quality, Japanese vases on Ebay. So, I'm going to have to keep looking to find something to specialize in.

Out of the two dozen books I posted, only two have sold. There are just way too many cheap books available. You need to have something that is in limited printing or maybe a non-fiction book with a high retail price. I've had some luck with micro-brew beer cans, because collectors can't get them in other parts of the country. But, they usually only get one or two bids. Newer video games and electronics seem to sell well. But it's hard to find a large supply of items like that, unless you go to a business foreclosure auction.