We will be at eBay Live--San Jose June 23-25th!

Hi everyone,
My assistant, Maureen, and I are getting ready to go to San Jose in the morning. We will be exhibiting at eBay Live in booth #1140. Stop by and visit us if you get a chance. We look forward to meeting you all in person. As a special treat, I will be interviewed by Griff on eBay radio, Friday at 11:40 am Pacific time. How exciting! We also can't wait to see the B-52's play at Saturday night's bash. It is a very special eBay Live because eBay is celebrating their 10th anniversary. Check out my blog for updates and photos of this amazing event! Lynn

A Vase Sold for $501.99!--But not the ones I expected.

eBay always amazes me! That is why I love selling on the site. Of the three vases I wrote about, the two Japanese Cloisonne and the RS Prussia, the take-off runners were not the Japanese ones as I expected. I started the two Japanese vases at $99.00 each and although over 100 people viewed both auctions, they did not sell. The RS Prussia vase that I bought for $10 sold for.... $501.99 and it was damaged. It really is a beautiful piece and I hope the buyer can restore it more professionally. If you want to check it out the eBay number is 7329723435.

Garage Sales this past Weekend 6/11/05

The garage sales this past weekend were amazing. There is a part of town that I rarely go to because I thought that they didn't have very good things. Boy, was I wrong! I found two antique Japanese Cloisonne vases that had been made into lamps. The fact that they were lamps with new shades really threw me. When I started looking closer, I realized that they were beautiful and rare vases. My dad took them apart for me and they are up for sale now as vases.
At another garage sale in the same part of town, I found the most beautiful vase. It is already going for over $100 and the auction still has 5 days left! It is a Germany RS Prussia type of handpainted Art Nouveau vase.
I will update my blog when these items sell and tell you more insider information!

New York, Boston and Book Expo America (BEA)

I just got back from New York and Boston and it was awesome! I was in NY for Book Expo America, the largest book publishing event in the world. It draws all sorts of authors, book buyers, librarians, book store owners, agents, and press from around the country. I had a space in the Midpoint Trade Booth. They are my distributor. Here is a photo of my booth in New York. I did author signings in the Midpoint booth, in the traditional autographing section, and in the McGraw Hill booth. I autographed over 300 books. It was so much fun!



One of the reasons this trip was so great was because I got to spend time with my sorority sister, Annie Brickner, at the beginning, and my high school best friend, Melanie Souve, at the end of the trip. I flew into Newark and Annie picked me up at the airport. She helped me in the Midpoint booth and at two of my autographing sessions for "The 100 Best Things I've Sold on eBay." The first night in NY we went to the Jenkins Group party at the Marriott in Times Square. It was great to see old friends and meet new ones. This is a picture of Annie, me, and my friend Stephen Shapiro (fellow author http://www.goalfree.com) at the party on Friday night.


The next day, Saturday, my best friend from high school, Melanie, drove down from Boston to help out. She was there for my book signing for "How to Sell Antiques and Collectibles on eBay....and Make a Fortune" in the McGraw Hill booth. I was supposed to sign for an hour but we ran out of books in 20 minutes. It was awesome! Thanks for your support. Here is a photo of the signing.



That night, Melanie and I, went to the Midpoint Trade pizza party at their new office in Mid-town. It was a lot of fun and we got to take a picture with one of Midpoint's new authors. I am sorry but I don't remember his name.



After the show ended on Sunday, Melanie and I drove up to Boston and I got to see her new house and spend some time in the city. I love Boston and the Red Sox! The show was a huge success and I made a lot of great contacts. I can't wait to do it again next year when it moves to Washington D.C.

I'm Writing a New Book for Wiley!

Hi everyone, I just signed the contracts yesterday and I am so excited. I am writing a new book for Wiley. It is a basic how-to-sell on eBay book and it will be out by December 2005. I have 384 pages to write before August 15th. Wish me luck! I will keep you posted. Lynn