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How to sell furniture and homeware on Metzee

Measure it, show the surfaces that get used, and decide the delivery question before the show.

Describing the condition of collectibles

Grade the object and its packaging separately, and say what you are not sure about.

Packing and posting collectibles

Work out how your own object breaks, then pack against that. It is the whole method.

Pricing collectibles for a live auction

Edition and condition first, then let a room of people who know more than you decide.

How to sell collectibles on Metzee

Edition, condition and packaging. If you only say one thing, say which edition.

Describing the condition of artwork

Say what is on the surface, what is on the back, and what has been done to it since it was made.

Packing and posting art

Take it out of the frame if you can, never fold what was not folded, and protect the corners.

Pricing art for a live auction

An original, a limited print and an open print are three markets. Then it is size, medium and name.

How to sell art on Metzee

Original or print, and if a print, which kind. That one distinction carries the whole category.

Describing the condition of minerals and crystals

Natural, treated, repaired — and every chip located rather than angled away from.

Packing and posting minerals and crystals

Heavy, and it breaks at the points. Wrap the terminations before you wrap anything else.

Pricing rocks, crystals and minerals for a live auction

Collectors pay for species, locality and condition. Decorative buyers pay for the look. Know which room you have.

How to sell rocks, crystals and minerals on Metzee

Name the species, name the locality, declare the treatment — and make no claims about health.

Describing the condition of outdoor gear

Working, complete and how it was stored. The third one is the fact nobody thinks to give.

Packing and posting outdoor gear

Dry first, compress second, and never post anything that was put away damp.

Pricing outdoor gear for a live auction

Working and complete sells. Untested and partial is a different, cheaper item.

How to sell outdoor gear on Metzee

Camping, fishing, hiking, survival gear and binoculars. Weapons are not sellable here.

Describing the condition of sports memorabilia

Condition and provenance are two statements. Mixing them is where this goes wrong.

Packing and posting sports memorabilia

Do not post glass. Keep padding off ink. Fold shirts along folds that already exist.

Describing the condition of anime and manga

Sealed, complete, reading condition — then the spines, the edges and the volume numbers.

Pricing sports memorabilia for a live auction

Price the certainty. An unverified shirt is not a cheap verified one; it is a different item.

Packing and posting manga and figures

Spines break when books slide. Figures break at whatever sticks out.

Pricing anime and manga for a live auction

Complete runs sell as runs. Singles fill the gaps, and the gaps are where the money is.

How to sell sports memorabilia on Metzee

Worn, issued or replica, and how you know. The same three words across every sport.