Please bear with us today, as our chief cook and bottle-washer is at the Atlantique City show in New Jersey. David is the person that solves all tech problems, manages the Web site, and does a tremendous amount of customer service. Maggie the Auction Hound and I will do our best to keep things running smoothly.
If you signed up for the Bookologist newsletter, the first issue debuts this Wednesday. David and I have seen a "sneak preview" of the inaugural newsletter, and it's great! If you would like to sign up for this free twice monthly newsletter on selling books online, visit http://www.bookologist.com.
I'd like to make two shameless plugs for a couple of friends, one is an auctioneer and the other an appraiser. Wayne Tuiskula is the owner of Central Mass Auctions and is holding an auction this Thursday, March 27. Wayne has written in past issues of AuctionBytes and he always has great inventory at his auctions. Preview is at 3:00 pm, the auction is at 6:00 pm at the Vernon Hill Post 435 American Legion, 267 Providence Street in Worcester, MA. Preview the items on Wayne's Web site. If you can't attend, call and leave a left bid. http://www.centralmassauctions.com
Gary Sohmers, the "King of Pop Culture" and an appraiser for the Antiques Roadshow, is having an online and catalog auction of great Pop Culture Memorabilia on Sunday, March 30. The auction begins at 8:00 p.m. ET for phone and email bidding. Items include P.T. Barnum and Circus, Beatles and other Music Memorabilia, 1961 Frank Zappa Oil Painting, Hopalong Cassidy collection, Comic Strip Art collection, Steiff Plush and 1960s Battery Operated Toys, among other items. You can check out the items on the Wex Rex Web site at http://www.allcollectors.com.
We have a client who would like to do a focus group of eBay members who sell high-ticket items ($1,000 and above). The client will pay you for your time. If you are interested, please send me an email with the following information:
-your eBay User ID
-what you sell
Send the email to ina@auctionbytes.com with "Focus Group" in the subject line. I won't answer the emails myself; I will forward them on to the client, who will contact you if they are interested.
A new reader mentioned he heard about AuctionBytes through someone's "About Me" page on eBay. Thanks to everyone who links to us, we appreciate it! Please be sure and tell your friends about AuctionBytes and Bookologist.
Lastly, if you are looking for auction-related books and ebooks, I've put together an AuctionBytes Bookshelf at http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/pages/bookstore. It's a work in progress, and I have lots of books to add.
To the families and friends of those fighting overseas, may all of your loved ones return home safe and sound.
Ina Steiner, Editor
Email: ina@auctionbytes.com
About the author:
Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.
