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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 6 - January 22, 2000 - ISSN 1528-6703     Previous Story | Contents
	Found in the Attic By Michele Alice AuctionBytes.com January 22, 2000
Outside there's a blanket of snow. The wind chill is 47 below. Am I thinking of skiing or skating or snow-mobiling? NO! I'm bundled up with a cup of hot cocoa, perusing my new Burpee seed catalog. Hmmm, now THERE are a couple of subjects for this column! (Results are from an eBay search conducted on 1/23/00.) Chocolate Pot Number of items: 249 High: $1,075.00 Low: $1.00 Average: $114.58 Sell through rate 84% Burpee (I can't believe the prices on some old catalogs!) Number of items: 66 High: $99.95 Low: $2.00 Average: $21.22 Sell through rate: 61% Muff: (This subject included everything from a Victorian gold muff chain to rock-music gear!) Number of items: 291 High: $500.00 Low: $1.50 Average: $41.23 Sell through rate: 75% Sunlamp: (Do YOU suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder? Maybe an old GE Sunlamp ad would cheer you up!) Number of items: 13 High: $102.50 Low: $4.99 Average: $38.88 Sell through rate: 62% Groundhog: (Now THIS was interesting. Besides the expected Hallmark, Steiff, and Bill Murray, this subject also included cookie cutters and Groundhog Brew beer bottles!) Number of items: 59 High: $90.01 Low: $1.00 Average: $10.54 Sell through rate: 80%