Sunday, March 27, 2011

Win some, lose some - a tale of two glove auctions



eBay glove seller "junkonsale" sold these NWT Dents long black leather gloves (photos above) for a very impressive $255.23. These size 8/large gloves measured 24" long and feature very nice stitching detail on the back of the hand as well as nice button detailing on the mosquetaire opening. It's nice to see that brand name, quality leather gloves can still fetch a good price, especially since these are the same gloves I saw retail for $200 at Harrod's a few years ago.

Two weeks later, another eBay leather seller sold the exact same gloves (photos below) in the exact same size and only managed to get the opening bid price of $124.99, less than half of the previous sale! Checking both auctions, I also noticed that both had the same exact wording in the title, both ended on the same day at nearly the same time, as well has had the same starting bids and shipping rates. Even the photos were similar! I always thought eBay was funny (fickle?) this way, that all else being equal, the exact same item can sell for such a different price.