Author Topic: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?  (Read 2440 times)

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Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« on: August 04, 2009, 09:18:48 AM »
My wife has a pair of handmade teddy bears that she's decided to sell.  However, the craftsman isn't well known (local artisan), so the market isn't large.  They aren't toys, so we can't sell them as such.  We're not having any luck with Craigslist or Ebay.  A website dedicated to handmade bears would be ideal, but all of the ones I've found are oriented towards selling bears to consumers, not as a place to sell your bears.

Does anyone know of a good place to sell such things? 



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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2009, 10:39:35 AM »
http://www.etsy.com might be worth a shot. It's like eBay but only for hand/homemade stuff; rates are a bit lower as well.

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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2009, 10:41:32 AM »
Hell, my wife would love those bears to go with our living room fishing camp/bear motif!
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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2009, 11:32:41 AM »
Seriously?

I need to find out what my wife wants for them, but I think we paid $150 for the pair in 2002.  Obviously they've been in a smoke-free home and out of reach of Things 1&2.  In addition to what's in the picture, we have the info cards for both, and a bunch of 4x6 prints taken by the craftsman (craftswoman?) in a variety of "natural" poses.

BTW, if your wife likes bears, here's more (not as nice as the two above though): http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/clt/1299666736.html

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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2009, 02:11:51 PM »
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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2009, 02:27:22 PM »
Crap, I meant to ask my Mom if she knew of a place...
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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2009, 02:44:29 PM »
See what she wants for them.  I'll show Mrs. G-98 the photo in the meantime.
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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2009, 01:30:52 PM »
http://www.etsy.com might be worth a shot. It's like eBay but only for hand/homemade stuff; rates are a bit lower as well.

Looked promising until I noticed the items you sell have to be made by you.  You can't resell something made by others.

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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2009, 03:27:32 PM »
Fill them full of tannerite and shoot them with your favorite centerfire rifle. (at a safe distance of course)
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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2009, 03:31:55 PM »
Fill them full of tannerite and shoot them with your favorite centerfire rifle. (at a safe distance of course)


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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2009, 12:38:22 AM »
With a little creative computer work you could create a Certificate.  Then list them on eBay as an official "Domestic Partners" bear set, and set a starting price of $500.  Can your wife sew little rainbow patches on their sleeves?   =D

However, I'd buy a T-shirt with your avatar on it!   :laugh:
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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2009, 06:59:15 AM »
lmao!!!  That would be sooo funny.

As for the T-shirt, it isn't my image, so I can't sell it.  Azredhawk44 posted it.  I know he got the image online, but I think he added the new caption.

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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2009, 08:01:01 AM »
With a little creative computer work you could create a Certificate.  Then list them on eBay as an official "Domestic Partners" bear set, and set a starting price of $500.  Can your wife sew little rainbow patches on their sleeves?   =D

However, I'd buy a T-shirt with your avatar on it!   :laugh:

Check the "Obama Joker" thread. IIRC I posted a link to a cafepress store where you can buy tshirts just like that.
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Re: Where to sell handmade, collectable teddy bears?
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2009, 08:13:42 AM »
Fill them full of tannerite and shoot them with your favorite centerfire rifle. (at a safe distance of course)

Giggle snort.

One day I was preparing for a day shooting.  Hit the local Deseret Industries thrift (Mormon run thrift stores).  Had a cart full of stuffed animals and porcelain collectibles.  The checker asked who I was buying them for.  Me, I said, I'm taking them in the desert and shooting all of them!  Her look was priceless.
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