Any Danbury Mint experts? Collectible item valuation.

[bykimbo]

a bird in the hand springs to mind.... better to have £15 in your hand than £50 sitting in the window... you know that new the RESCUERS RETURN is selling for £38.. so how much can you really expect to get for a second hand one how ever good the condition

Sorry, I don't understand why you think that within minutes of starting to research the subject I should be prepared to just shove them out the door for so little. These items have been generously donated for us to raise money for the RNLI - I believe I have a duty of care to get the best price I reasonably can; to do less would be offensive to the person who gave them to us. It may turn out that £15 quid each is what they will make and if so I'll be happy and grateful to take it, but I need to do more homework before I settle for that - and even the one that's still on offer seems like 20 to 25 is likely to be fair, bearing in mind no shipping costs. So thank you for you help, it's much appreciated, but I'll keep checking a wee while just yet. :-)

[bykimbo]

And it's only fair to let the buyer make their profit when they auction it.

LOL! :-) Stuff that, I want to sell direct to the collectors. This isn't about shipping out a bargain, it's about respecting the giver's generous donation. Of course, we're not a classic "charity shop" with lots of second-hand bric-a-brac and wotnot, so maybe our focus is different.

[TonyBridger]

LOL! :-) Stuff that, I want to sell direct to the collectors. This isn't about shipping out a bargain, it's about respecting the giver's generous donation. Of course, we're not a classic "charity shop" with lots of second-hand bric-a-brac and wotnot, so maybe our focus is different.

It always makes me smile when I see sellers complain that they can no longer get a bargain in a charity shop. As if the shops are just there to provide them with things to resell at a big profit.

As for pricing the items, I think it would always be better to price them higher than you expect as its always easy to later reduce a item but very hard to raise the price .