17Sep
These Hanna-Barbera Tinykins figures sold for $179.50!
A lot has gone on at Auction Bay Online since our last post! Let’s share some success stories and get you caught up!
Here’s an auction lot which brought a pleasant surprise! Here we have a lot of TinyKins figures made by Marx Toys, each depicting a classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon character! These plastic figurines range in height up to 2″ tall, and were sold as a set of 34! All your favorite characters are here, including cartoon cast members from The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, Quick-Draw McGraw, and Huckleberry Hound!
We started this lot out at our standard start price of $24.99, and it brought 11 bids to a handsome closing price of $179.50! Pretty impressive for a bunch of tiny toys from decades past!
Tags: barbera, barney, bear, betty, boo-boo, cartoon, character, draw, figures, flinstones, flintstones, fred, hanna, hanna-barbera, hound, huckleberry, marx, mcgraw, quick, ranger, rare, rubble, tinykins, top cat, toys, wilma, yogi
06Aug
Our storefront looks a bit different now, but soon you'll see a major change!
Those who frequent historic downtown Chesterton may notice something different on Calumet just across from the park with the Gazebo!
We’ve just taken down the sign which has stood atop Auction Bay since long before we opened four years ago! It’s left a funny oval mark above our awning, but fear not! This is one of the first steps in our upcoming renovations!
The building at 107 S. Calumet has stood for over a century, and we at Auction Bay are quite happy to keep it occupied and productive! But soon, it will get a face-lift! We’re re-working the façade of the building to restore some of its original splendor and give it the look and feel which a 100-year-old building should have! With a new (old) look to the outside, we’ll bring back a classic appearance! But step inside and take a look around, and you’ll see our business is state-of-the-art, bringing you the best in online auctions!
This month, Auction Bay Online celebrates its Fourth Year in operation, and we’re not just giving this old building a great new look. With over 14,000 feedback and dozens of auctions listed each day, we’re continually branching outward, optimizing our system and giving you greater service. Keep watching our website, or check out our facebook page for more news, and in the coming weeks you’ll see lots of new features, from podcasts and videos to promotional events!
06Aug
This Antique Pocketwatch by WALTHAM sold for $282.00!
Anyone who appreciates a high-quality timepiece can appreciate these items! At Auction Bay, we find great success with items like this one: an antique pocketwatch, boasting a 14K Gold watch case. This watch was in good physical shape, but didn’t keep time, and it still brought $282.00 at auction!
Antique watches can sell well, as long as they have quality clockwork, or a desirable maker’s name like WALTHAM, Illinois, ELGIN, Hamilton, or others. The key to selling antique watches is to show off the clockwork! The face and the watch case are the obvious things to show off, and can have markings to help identify the piece, but at Auction Bay, we make sure to open the back of the case, if it’s possible, to show the clock movement inside! The movement is usually marked with the maker’s name and additional serial numbers, and shows how many jewels the clockwork contains. Sometimes, they are even decorated with highly detailed engravings inside, and all of this can lend toward a fantastic sale.
If you’re fond of antique pocketwatches or new wristwatches, keep an eye on our upcoming auctions! We’ve got some big-ticket watches to sell soon, including modern stylish pieces from Invictus and some real beauties from Breitling and Rolex!!
Tags: 14K, antique, Elgin, gold, Hamilton, Illinois, pocket, pocketwatch, vintage, waltham, watch, wristwatch
31Jul
Become a Fan of Auction Bay Online on Facebook, and get a FREE Custom Auction!
Auction Bay is on Facebook! We update several times each week, highlighting some of our hottest or most interesting items! We’ll also be sharing promotions and events and company news soon, so become our fan and you’ll be in the know!
Becoming a Fan is easy. Just follow this link to our Facebook Page and click the Like button! Then you’ll be among our growing list of Fans on Facebook, and you will have an early heads-up notice about any promotions we’ll run, or events we’ll participate in or host. Not to mention you’ll get to see the daily highlighted auctions (comments are encouraged)!
On top of it all, once you’re a fan, you’ll have a Free Custom Auction Coupon credited to your account, so the next item you bring in will have all the benefits of the Custom Auction Plan without the cost! It’s a win-win situation!
Tags: auction, book, consignment, coupon, custom, ebay, face, facebook, hints, networking, social, store
13Jul
This Omnibot 2000 sold for $295.00 at Auction Bay!
Here’s another great old toy robot sold at Auction Bay! This one brought quite a bidding war!
This Omnibot 2000 was one of the best robotic toys of the 1980s, made by TOMY. Still in its original box, this piece had been well kept by our consignor for over 20 years, and just sold on eBay for an impressive $295.00!
There are many toy robots out there, and you never know which one might be a great collectible like this one. Bring yours into Auction Bay and get your free item assessment, and you might be pleasantly surprised!
Tags: 1980s, 2000, bot, omni, omnibot, rare, robot, TOMY, Toy
01Jul
We can hardly believe the year is going by so quickly! There have been so many great sales and stories to tell at Auction Bay, it all just rushes by!
Auction Bay Online will be closed this coming Saturday, July 3rd through Monday, July 5th, as our staff enjoys the 4th of July celebrations this weekend. We will be back for business as usual on Tuesday the 5th, ready to help you sell your items!
While enjoying barbecues and fireworks and time with family, we hope you’ll keep an eye out for yard sales as well! There are some great treasures to be found out there, and we’ll help you sell them on eBay! Keep safe this weekend!
We wish all our customers and consignors a
Happy Independence Day!
Tags: holiday
23Jun
This and many more Hummel Figures are currently listed for auction at Auction Bay!
Once again, we find our shelves full of fantastic figurines from Goebel in West Germany, fashioned by the legendary M. I. Hummel.
The many figurines we’re currently listing are each in exceptional shape, and some have the sought-after V-Bee mark on their undersides. It’s a great lot, ideal for collectors. We’re listing numerous individual pieces, and multiple lots as well, and all are expected to bring in the bids. So if you’re a fan of hummels, make sure to check out our auctions and see this collection!
There are sought-after pieces in this lot like Goose Girl # 47, Going to Grandma’s # 52, and also some Goebel Collector’s Club Exclusive pieces like Valentine Gift # 387 and Valentine Joy # 399! And all look fantastic!
Whether you’re in the market to buy more Hummels or sell your own pieces, Auction Bay is the place to go! Check here to see each of the Hummels we’re currently listing!
Tags: 387, 399, 47, 52, bee, figures, Figurines, germany, gift, Goebel, going, goose girl, grandma, Hummel, joy, m.i., porcelain, v, valentine
16Jun
Auction Bay sold this Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer sign for $152.50!
There are many Beer enthusiasts out there, and many of them are fond of collecting the old advertising pieces for their favorite brews! Auction Bay can take your old Bar Decor or Beer Signs and turn them into cash, just like we did with this display!
This item is an impressive piece of Breweriana. Advertising Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, it stood a good 14.5″ tall and featured the classic Pabst bartender, proudly touting his wares. It brought in 11 bids and sold for $152.50! This display and others like it are highly collectible. Not just for collectors, most any fan of Pabst (or any other beer) will appreciate a genuine article of Bar Decor advertising their favorite drink for their own shelf.
When it comes to ad pieces like this one, the biggest sellers are often ones from Beers which no longer exist, or ones which have gone through a change in logo design. Static display items can sell well, but the bids stack even higher for any piece which includes light and/or motion.
Tags: ad, advertising, bar, bartender, beer, Beer Sign, blue, bottle, breweriana, decor, display, pabst, pbr, ribbon, sign
06Jun
This rare saxophone mouthpiece sold for over $1,300 at Auction Bay!
We have a story to share that illustrates what makes selling through Auction Bay worth your while. This particular item would have been missed, or lost in the shuffle, but for the diligence of our staff.
Our consignor brought in an old Saxophone to sell, suspecting it might be a valuable model. It was not easy to identify, as the usual identifying marks on the bell were hard to read, having been re-finished at some point in the instrument’s long lifespan. Our staff is up for a good challenge, and with some painstaking research and scrutiny, we identified the saxophone… and sure enough it was a hot model: an old CONN Tenor from 1928 . But the $710.00 sale of that old Sax isn’t the story! The mouthpiece was the real surprise.
Three mouthpieces were held in a compartment in that saxophone’s case, and our lister pursued a hunch and gave them all some research. The first two were nothing special, but the final one was positively identified as the rare Super TONE MASTER Saxophone Mouthpiece, made by Otto Link. The resource we used to identify it described this “Double-Ring” model as “The Holy Grail of large chamber mouthpieces”, and further aided in determining its approximate age range and gave Florida as its point of origin (made after the Otto Link company moved from New York). Needless to say, we separated the mouthpiece for an individual sale, gave it a full set of high-quality photographs, and then listed it and watched with baited breath. It accumulated over 80 watchers during its week run, and we were delighted to watch the bidding skyrocket, well past our expected sale price, and all the way up to $1,325.00!
Our consignor was thrilled, and thanked us for finding the hidden treasure in his item. It’s sales like this that show you the real value of an Auction Bay professional eBay listing over a private listing. We have research tools at our disposal that others don’t, and we have a dedicated and passionate staff who relish the hunt for items like this. We care about your items, and we take the extra time to make sure they sell for the highest prices the market will bear. We only make money if you make money, so we make sure each item has the chance to make your fortune. Want to know more? Stop into our store, or give us a call at (219) 926-6416, and we’ll help you sell your items on eBay’s worldwide marketplace!
Tags: 1928, brass, chamber, conn, double, double-ring, florida, large, link, master, mouthpiece, Musical Instruments, otto, otto link, rare, ring, sax, saxophone, super, tenor, tone, tone master
01Jun
This Coalby the Cat cookie jar from McCoy brought $180.00 at auction!
Art pottery can bring great sales on eBay! Collectors browse the listings for those rare pieces or odd color variations, and will bid against one another with brutal competition to complete their collections. Here we have a recent example of a good art pottery sale from Auction Bay.
Here is a vintage Cookie Jar made by McCoy. This particular design is called Coalby the Cat, and this piece was in excellent condition, for certain. Bearing an easily identifiable maker’s mark on the underside and an unmistakable design, it was a snap to get this item the attention it deserved. As a standard auction, it started with a $9.99 initial price, and was bid on 18 times for a total sale of $180.00!
The key with pottery and with most items on eBay is identifying the maker and the design of an item. Pieces with maker’s marks on their undersides, or a distinctive pattern or shape can be highly sought-after. Unmarked pieces will be lost in the thousands of eBay listings, but any piece of pottery with the name McCoy, or Hall, or Hull, or Roseville maker’s marks can be big sellers. At Auction Bay, we’ll take the time to research each item you bring in and accurately identify it, thus giving it the greatest chance to garner attention and be bid upon. When we list an item, we make sure that all the bidders can find it, and when they do, our descriptions and photos let them bid with confidence.
Tags: cat, coalby, cookie jar, hall, hull, jar, mccoy, pottery, rare, roseville, rrp, rrpco
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