Garb and stuff sale

[chargirlgenius]

I'm selling old garb at Holiday Faire. Any ideas/guidelines for how to price stuff? For example, I have an "Eleanora of Toledo" dress that I made years ago, and it's not too atrocious ;-) but it has at least 40 bucks worth of good quality cotton velvet in the skirt. Hm. I just don't know.

We'll also have a bunch of other stuff. This includes full size black sheepskins, some carboys, other fabric (silks, a few wool crepes, etc), decorator cotton/polys. It all depends what people snatch up before hand!

Comments

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Black sheepskins? I might be interested in those, but I won't be at Holiday Faire (I'm going to be sunning myself on an island somewhere)

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Rob's got dibs on a few, but after that... Know anybody who can pick them up for you? We'll be home this Saturday (and Rob will have his pick that day, as well). What are you doing Sunday?

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Sunday I have church in DC followed by Fife and Drum rehearsal in Herndon. I should be able to find someone who'll be at Holiday Faire who'd be willing to hold the skins for a few days.

[azpapillion.livejournal.com]

If she doesn't want all of them count me in for a few of the sheepskins...

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Sheepskins or lambskins?

[jljonsn.livejournal.com]

very thick, natural undyed black sheepskins from sheep & wool festival. I think I paid well over $75 a piece for them at Sheep & wool festival a long time ago.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the clarification: Sadly I am looking for lambskins for a jacket lining.

[aeliakirith.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you're selling off old garb. Wish I was going to Holiday Faire.

[alienor.livejournal.com]

I'm having the same problem, if it makes you feel any better. What I'm reminding myself is to forget what I paid (that's the sunk cost fallacy! That money is gone!) and pricing stuff for what people will pay. Afterall, the point is to get rid of stuff, not get back my investment.

YMMV, of course.