I just listed a shark backbone walking stick or cane—I think it’s more of the former because of it decorative nature…My family brought it to the ‘new world’ when they departed for the Virginia colonies—WAAAAAAAAAY back when. I think it might be what Rick [from the ‘Pawn Stars’ TV show] would call a ‘pig in a poke’. As far as I know it may have been handmade….and unique! So, how wuold I arrive at a good price? Any input would be apprediated—and feel free to take a look at it…Thanks!
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ravenstalin Reputation: 152 See ravenstalin's booth |
Hey Guy!
I would NOT auction list an item like this..I would go high and neg. down.
How NEAT!
Best of Luck to a GREAT person<<
Nicky & the boys are here working today
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DavidsBargainBin Reputation: 39 See DavidsBargainBin's booth |
Throw a price up there. Start high, it is always easier to come down than go up. if it sells right off the bat, you were probably a little low. Something is only worth what you can get for it, no matter what people and books tell you it’s worth.
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piggman1 Reputation: 12 See piggman1's booth |
I would do a general antique search on shark bone walking cane, just to see what you can find. Think of several key phrases about your items and do related searches- find all the info you can about it. If you come across any similar priced items, it can give you a ball park. If you can’t find anything about it, I’d take to at least two antique dealers who can give you a free estimate- don’t tell them you’re interested in selling, just that you would like to know for curiosity’s sake. Then you will have an educated ‘ball park’ price.
Good luck!
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inspired Reputation: 278 See inspired's booth |
this is when an auction format works best. setting your initial bid at a good starting place-like what you have it for here and having the auction end on a sunday night. Set the price very high with an OBO on this site and you will sit on it forever due to lack of exposure; set it low and it’ll go quick from an opportunistic speculator such as myself. I believe i’ld go with the dark side and an auction
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BARNTIQUES859 Reputation: 234 See BARNTIQUES859's booth |
Start really high, wait a month, then begin lowering the price.
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the_seller_inc Reputation: 616 See the_seller_inc's booth |
Very Unique Cane seems like it would be brittle I’m looking for a cane myself but something made of that wood that twisted can’t think of what kind it is ?
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TomorPaula Reputation: 20 See TomorPaula's booth |
Go for an auction—this kind of item usually generates lots of interest and then lots of bids.
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yalldrawl Reputation: 40 See yalldrawl's booth |
Hi folks!
Boy, it’s great to be back! My ‘confuser’ started crashing on me about 3 weeks ago…just about the time I added the cane—so, I was unable to do a good search. However, that’s all changed now! I found 2 of them online and one, which was all beat-up and ugly was going [URL removed] $995, and the other which was not quite as nice was going for $1999! So, I think I stumbled across a happy medium…Someone mentioned it being brittle and I would have thought the same thing, but with the shark—they don’t have any bones, instead—they have cartilige! So, this walking stick or cane is still remarkably flexible and tough! I remember banging it around when I was a young kid and there is NO damge whatsoever! And, if it will stand up to a kid’s abuse…it’s bullet-proof!
I thank you all for your comments!
thank you,
[URL removed] ravenstalin of AAA-pickers, etc.
On second thought—since I’ve now heard or read that these canes go from 100 to 2000….an auction might be the best way to go! So, on to the autions [or Dark the side]….
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ravenstalin Reputation: 152 See ravenstalin's booth |
My experience is they usually sell in the $100-$200 range unless they have some kind of interesting provenance.
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john_kiel_basa Reputation: 25 See john_kiel_basa's booth |
I too would start high, and see how it goes.
You can always lower the price in time.
I wouldnt auction it either.
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ShamelessPleasures Reputation: 72 See ShamelessPleasures' booth |
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