Shelving can be enormously heavy and expensive to ship. Bottom of the rankings? Bookshelves and slip covers. The quality of these pieces can be truly awful. Production copyright is heavily abused and tweaked. Ensure when you buy vintage, it’s vintage on Etsy, eBay, DoneDeal or anywhere else - not “in the style of”. Some wag offered a diminutive table for €0.24.Ĭhairs and ottomans (hefty) were close behind at 6,826 posts. Look out for useful smaller pieces, well constructed from the late-20th century in your travels. I see G-plan Astro from the 1970s and non-descript “retro” Danish teak tables climbing on all classifieds. It’s a division well represented on the iconic vintage front too, 7,309 modest perches for the Joe (multipurpose small tables) were listed. Compact, quality furniture can achieve a healthy premium, especially with pinched apartment dwellers. Second up, and no surprise was coffee and end-tables. Someone out there was presumed to be happy to throw away €5,000 for their grabs - I really want to meet that person.
Check the hole alignment before beating out the credit card details. Quality counts with an engineered item meant for the hand and a bit of pressure. They are transformative for any old thing you’re up-cycling or to put a new spin on jaded kitchen cabinetry. These will be largely new, vintage style porcelain, resin, glass, brass, steel, and wood pieces. The top pull, was pulls - 9,248 knobs and drawer handles. Moving on to vintage furniture listings on July 27. Pressed glass flower knobs, €6.34 each from Scandinavia finds at Etsy. Knobs and pulls can revitalise so many pieces of home furniture, even your kitchen presses. Put down that wire and plastic ivy girl - it’s not going to fly. Wreaths (presumably autumn and Christmas gee-gaw) came in second last. Bottom of the league? Faux taxidermy - something we loved about five years ago, but which may have run up against environmental sensitivity that has made even a fake-fur throw an endorsement of the harvesting of real fur. Some lottery winning lunatic was being tempted at €7,000 for a single cushion - seriously. Handcrafted vintage soft layering - you couldn’t do better. Now cushions are often repurposed from old fabrics on Etsy and are well worth looking out for as unique, character building texture. Third in the lineup in home décor according to Homedit’s figures, was almost 80,000 vintage leaning cushions. Some prices are stratospheric, ridiculous, just chancing it. The priciest vase was offered at €45,000, with the cheapest vintage going for €10.60, a cost likely outstripped by the postage. If you’re in the market, sneak bravely into the ’70s and ’80s and check out makers like Nils Thornsson (Baca for Royal Copenhagen) or Bertil Vallien glass for Kosta Boda (Sweden). Yep, a nice pot for the mantel - an old-fashioned trend limps on with 93,903 on offer. Watch those postal fees and locations to avoid import taxes and custom duties. Rugs are a huge seller on Etsy, with almost 433,000 listed in one day, many of those super cheap.
The most expensive wall hanging (for those of you who think Etsy is an online bric-a-brac sale) was over €50,000 and the cheapest (bless) was €0.70. Textiles are relatively easy and light to ship (worth remembering). This could be a crocheted shawl from the 1960s or a mid-century Berber rug - it’s essentially anything to cover up those blank acres. Look for an iconic collectable like these ceramics from the 1960s by Nils Thornsson (Baca for Royal Copenhagen, around €75 and up).
Top of the list for vintage homewares? I was astonished by this: 470,308 vintage-type wall hangings. The vendors’ real expectations and reserve may be buried in their strategy right up to the last hour the item is offered. The list price or estimate is half the story. It’s worth noting here, whether you’re trying to set up a small selling outlet or are on the lookout for a vintage or antique piece, always explore “price achieved” on online platforms where possible. They then found the highest and lowest prices listed for the most popular group of items and the number of those things listed.
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