Collecting Vintage Cookbooks

One of the first things I look for when going to estate sales, auctions and garage sales is cookbooks. Cook books to resell is fun and can be profitable.  Just this week I sold a copy of Betty Crocker's Pie shape cookbook on eBay for $19.49 plus shipping costs. It was a 5 ring binder published in 1972 and was in pretty good shape for its age.

Some other fun cook books to search for are old ones that are instructions for vintage kitchen appliances. Recently I found one for a Dormeyer Electric Mixer. I had it for sale on the Internet and sure enough a buyer came along and bought it for $15.00 plus shipping. She had just recently found the same mixer at a garage sale and was so happy to find the one I was offering for sale.  My little instruction book is now sitting near her vintage mixer.

Thanks for stopping by.. hope that you stop by again to see what I have found or sold on the Internet or at the antique store. Grace

Reseller Needing To Get Her Butt In Gear

Are you a reseller on the Internet like I am? Do you put in the hours you know you should to make the money you want to?

I have been selling on the Internet for over 10 years and at times have made over $2,000 a month gross but could never get past that level. Lately we are lucky to make $500 gross. I have come to the conclusion that I am not prioritizing my hours like I should.

A couple days ago I found a reseller who is putting in the hours she does because she needs to.

At this time she is the main bread winner.

I read about the hours she works and realize why my income is so low. I spend to much time with busy work.

Take a peek and meet my newest inspiration Apron Thrift Girl.

Yesterday instead of wandering around the Internet I spent over two hours re listing books and lowering prices of books on eBay and Amazon. We then went to two thrift stores. I did not find anything but hubby found some books in the Time West series that are sellable. Not all Time Lifes bring in enough money to make it worth while to pay almost $2.99 each but these fall with in the range that it is probably worth buying them.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.. thanks for stopping by.. and if you are a reseller I would love to hear your stories and know about your blogs on reselling.. Grace

Rare 1923 Franklin Sugar Recipe Book

I love Estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores and antique stores. We are always on the hunt for some treasure to buy and resell on the Internet to help suppliment our income.

Yesterday we were out hunting and stopped at a small estate/garage sale. Boy was it chilly. November in Northern Minnesota is not really garage sale time.

Well in this garage is a pile of books and as I look through them I found craft books on quilting, basket making and a couple of recipe/cookbooks to sell on the internet.

One of them was " The Franklin Sugar Sweetmeat book printed in 1923. Small recipe book and only 64 pages.

I will be listing it tonight on eBay but until it sell will share some of the recipes with you at my other blog http://www.couponloversunite.blogspot.com/. Stop over there if interested

It is rare and I have only found 2 other copies for sale on the Internet so far.

I will be posting this at

http://apronthriftgirl.typepad.com/apron_thrift_girl/

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2010/11/nifty-thrifty-tuesdays-no37-and.html

What have you found recently at sales. Thanks for stopping by..