1938 "Snow White" Tie

[Marc Chevalier]

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This is a genuine, vintage 1938 child's tie promoting the classic Disney film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I cannot believe the LOW price it went for on eBay last week. I know the winning bidder -- she would have paid hundreds of dollars for this tie. Luckily, no one seriously bid against her!


http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Dopey-o...060714280QQcategoryZ19222QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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[Marc Chevalier]

And from the same seller, this is a late 1930s "Popeye the Sailor" child's tie. It just sold on eBay for $9.99! It's worth hundreds of dollars!

If I were the seller, I'd seriously wish I'd set a reserve price.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-Old-Popeye...282766581QQcategoryZ13671QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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[Maj.Nick Danger]

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This is a genuine, vintage 1938 child's tie promoting the classic Disney film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I cannot believe the LOW price it went for on eBay last week. I know the winning bidder -- she would have paid hundreds of dollars for this tie. Luckily, no one seriously bid against her!


http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Dopey-o...060714280QQcategoryZ19222QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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What a Dopey tie! lol

And I see your friend actually outbid none other than "imdopey" himself to win it.
I'll bet the whole set of all 7 dwarves and Ms. White is worth a bundle.

 

[scotrace]

The importance of designing a searchable listing

Of course, Ebay rules forbid inserting "keywords" that are not actually relevant to the item for sale. But I think there's an art to putting together a description that can bring in viewers from a lot of different search terms.

1940's, 1930's, disneyania, animated, film, cartoon, dwarf, dwarves, animation, feature, movie, studio, Walt, etc etc...
All missing from the description and might have hooked more viewers.

Including me. Ratsin Fratsin anyway.

 

[Lauren]

I can't believe that disney one went for so low. That's insane.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It really is. Those ties (and a third one with Ferdinand the Bull stenciled on it) should have gone for several hundred bucks each. I'm happy for the winning bidder and sad for the seller.

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