Global Garage Sale - Official Company Blog

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June 4, 2008: We were recently brought a large collection of original Sabra Field prints to sell. Sabra is very well known locally as a wonderful woodcut artist, mainly for her colorful landscape prints. These pieces have been doing very well on eBay and shipping all over the country. One of her 'Cow' prints just sold for $274, and a rare triptych titled 'High Summer' is currently bid up over $400!

May 31, 2008: Today Global Garage Sale sold a 1920s Steinway & Sons Model O Grand Piano for $7,100. This instrument was originally an early player piano that was fully restored in 1992 when the player mechanism was removed. The winning bidder is from Ottowa and is coming to pick up the piano this week.

May 30, 2008: Current gold and silver prices are at all-time highs, so it's a great time to sell such precious metals on eBay. We just sold a set of 12 vintage sterling silver spoons made by Tiffany & Co for $280. The spoons are shipping to the winning bidder in Japan!

May 22, 2008: Today Global Garae Sale sold another piece of fancy dental equipment for a local client. This was a DenOptix Gendex Intraoral Digital X-Ray Processor that sold for $3,499.99 and is shipping to a dentist in New Hampshire. Business equipment can be perfect for eBay because of limited local buyers for certain specialized items.

May 17, 2008: Remember that if you are local and win any of our items on eBay, you can pick them up and save on shipping! Keep an eye on our list of items so you don't miss out on any great deals!

May 15, 2008: Global Garage Sale has expanded our business partnership with Garmont, and now has even more boots and shoes available for sale at fantastic prices in the Garmont Authorized Outlet Store. This high quality footwear is all brand new with tags, comes with the full manufacturer warranty!

May 12, 2008: Today Global Garage Sale sold a 1989 Baja 190 Sport Speed Boat with a 400 Horsepower Motor for $6,000. The winning bidder is from Pennsylvania and will be driving up to get the boat.

May 10, 2008: Today we sold a gorgeous antique Gustav Becker German Split Spindle Wall Clock. The bidding started at $49.99 and ended ten days later at $2,015.00! The winning bidder is from Poland, so the clock is going back to Europe many years after coming to the New World.

May 6, 2008: The Red Cross Fundraiser was a great success, with items selling on ebay for just under $6,000 total dollars! Thanks to everyone who bid on and won items to support this worthy cause.

May 2, 2008: We're in full swing with the eBay fundraising auction for the Northern Vermont Chapter of the American Red Cross. There are 71 great items up for bid on eBay, all generously donated by local businesses and individuals. There are vacation packages for Smugglers Notch, the Trapp Family Lodge and Jay Peak, and lots of other super deals. You can look and bid on eBay by going to our Red Cross Page. Global garage Sale is excited to be a part of this fundraiser. Thanks to everyone who donated items, and to the great folks at the Red Cross! Bid high and often to show your support!

April 22, 2008: Happy Earth Day! Global Garage Sale had the company van on Church Street this afternoon for the second annual Clean Car And More Show, put on in part by 10% Percent Challenge. There were over twice as many alternatively fueled cars this year compared to last year, so we're moving in the right direction. Our van runs on compressed natural gas which is almost entirely produced in North America and runs 80-90% cleaner than a similar gasoline powered van. Other vehicles featured run on electricity, biodiesel, vegetable oil, and hydrogen. We hope for even more cars next year!

April 21, 2008: The annual Northern Vermont Red Cross fundraiser begins a week from today on April 28th. There are over 70 items that have been donated to support this wonderful organization. Check out Global Garage Sale's Red Cross page for more information and a partial list of the items that will be up for sale on eBay.

April 13, 2008: Today was the final Giant WOKO Indoor Flea Market of the winter at the Champlain Valley Exposition. It was another great turnout with lots of treasures to be found. Global Garage Sale is proud to be a continuing sponsor of Expo events. Keep your eye out for a new Antiques Show & Sale that will be held at the Expo this October.

April 8, 2008: Over the past few days Global Garage Sale sold five antique salt glazed stoneware jugs and crocks. Several were made in Vermont, with the best seller being an E & LP Norton 2 Gallon Jug made in Bennington. The five pieces sold for over $1,300 with the Norton jug selling for $510 alone!

April 6, 2008: Yesterday we sold a rare antique painting on eBay. This was a portrait of Benjamin West painted on ivory in 1816 by John Robinson. Benjamin West was a very influential painter in the l700s and early 1800s, and this painting was quite a bit larger than typical ones done on ivory. The bidding started at $49.99 and sold to the high bidder ten days later for $5,223.00!

March 21, 2008: Today Global Garage Sale sold an item for our first client from Montana! This was a Grieve TA-500 Industrial Electric Oven that weighs about 2,000 pounds and sold to the winning bidder in Utah for $4,050.00.

March 19, 2008: A client recently brought us a wonderful collection of original animation cels. We listed 13 individual auctions on eBay that sold for just over $2,600.00. There were cels from Winnie The Pooh as well as Michigan J. Frog, and several were hand signed by Chuck Jones of Warner Brothers fame!

March 17, 2008: Global Garage Sale just listed a rare set of memorabilia hand signed by John F. Kennedy during his run for president in 1960. The bidding started at $49.99 and this collection will sell to the highest bidder on March 27th.

March 9, 2008: Today was another great indoor flea market at the Champlain Valley Expo. A full house despite the weather conditions, so thanks to all the vendors and bargain hunters who showed up! Global Garage Sale is proud to be a continuing sponsor of the flea market and other events held at the Expo. The next Giant Flea Market is scheduled for April 13th, so mark your calendar!

March 1, 2008: Last night Global Garage Sale sold a rare Shure SME 3012 Turntable Tonearm. The bidding started at $49.99 and sold for $1,326.55, and will be shipping overseas to the lucky winner in the Russian Federation.

February 28, 2008, 2008: Brad's Computer Services opens a second location in the Global Garage Sale building at 4540 Williston Road. Brad has been fixing computers and performing other PC related tasks for almost 10 years. They still have their original location in Shelburne.

February 27, 2008: The date has been set for the 2008 Clean Car (and more!) Show on Church Street in downtown Burlington. This event features alternatively powered vehicles on display, and is scheduled for April 22nd (Earth Day) from 11am-1pm. There will be examples of cars that run on hydrogen, biodiesel, natural gas, vegetable oil, electricity and more. Global Garage Sale will be there with our compressed natural gas van, so come on down and support the movement to free ourselves from Middle East oil.

February 25, 2008: Today we sold a classic 1957 MG MGA convertible for $6,500.00 to a buyer from South Carolina.

February 15, 2008: Global Garage Sale is proud to have been chosen by the Northern Vermont Chapter of the American Red Cross to manage their 2008 fundraising auction. Lots of great items will be up for bid on eBay. The tentative dates are April 28th to May 5th. Stay tuned for more information!

February 13, 2008: Some Star Trek collectibles can do very well on eBay. Today we sold a framed set of trading cards signed by the original cast for just over $180.

February 10, 2008: Today Global Garage Sale sold a very collectible vintage car part, a 1963-1967 Chevy Corvette Spare Tire Carrier Tub. The bidding started at $49.99 and ended at just over $660.00!

February 10, 2008: Another Giant Flea Market was held today at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, sponsored by WOKO and Global Garage Sale. There was a great turnout despite the snow! The next one is on March 9th from 8:30-2:00, so put it on your calendar.

February 4, 2008: Today we sold a rare antique 1920s RCA Radiotron doll created by master doll artist Joseph Kallus, and based on a design by famous illustrator Maxfield Parrish. This wooden doll was called the Sellin' Fool and was used as an advertising display for RCA to hold different advertising flyers in store windows. This wonderful doll sold for $405 and shipped to the winning bidder in Texas.

February 1, 2008: Today Global Garage Sale listed a rare musical instrument on eBay, an antique Washburn parlor guitar. This small sized acoustic guitar was hand built around 1900 and has been in the sellers family since the 1920s. We also sold two vintage Swiss brass cowbells for a total of $985.00, with one selling for $600.00.

January 30, 2008: Peter and Erik arrived on the midnight flight at Burlington International Airport after three days in Washington DC for the 2008 eBay eCommerce Forum. This is the third year in a row that "The eBay Guys" were invited to this conference of 200 top sellers. There was a full schedule of seminars and discussion groups, lots of great food and beverages, and Erik even shook hands with Meg Whitman, the CEO of eBay!

January 29, 2008: Today we sold a beautiful pair of antique brass candlesticks for just over $391.00. They measured 16" inches tall, weighed a hefty 11 pounds and shipped to the winning bidder in the United Kingdom.

January 19, 2008: Global Garage Sale set up a booth at the 2008 Vermont 50+ Maturity Expo at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center. There was a great turnout at this years event, and we educated lots of people about our drop-off store business and about all the benefits of selling on eBay.

January 14, 2008: WCAX Channel 3 airs a story on the six o'clock news about the Shelburne Museum eBay Fundraiser ending later tonight. The fundraiser was managed on eBay by Global Garage Sale. Thanks to Jack Thurston and Andy Goodrich for doing a great job!

January 9, 2008: The Shelburne Museum fundraiser is now in full swing on eBay! One item of local interest is a great collection of Vermont memorabilia purchased on eBay by Governor Douglas, including a number of antique books and maps. Another hot item is a vintage Heuer Camaro wrist watch purchased on eBay by Jerry Seinfeld, who also bought a pair of Porsche 356 posters that are for sale. There are several original signed lithographs by John Lurie that he purchased himself for the exhibit. Bianca Jagger, the former wife of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, purchased several nice Andy Warhol items on eBay, as well as a few unique collections of books and Americana.

January 2008: January at Global Garage Sale will feature a unique eBay charity fundraiser to benefit Shelburne Museum. The Museum just ended a great exhibit titled "Got eBay? Celebrity Collections Created Online." This exhibit gave eight celebrities $1,000 each to spend on eBay: Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, Jerry Seinfeld, Bianca Jagger, Kevin Lepage, John Lurie, Beth DeWoody, Carter Foster, and Quy Nguyen and Fritz Karch. Each celebrity logged onto eBay and spent $1,000 on stuff that they would buy on eBay. All of the items won by the celebrities were shipped to the Shelburne Museum where the collections were put on display in the old round barn. This exhibit was prominently featured in national news stories including articles in The Boston Globe and Seven Days. Many of the items are now going to be resold on eBay by Global Garage Sale to raise money for the Shelburne Museum. Stay tuned for these listings, all starting during the first week of the new year.

December 31, 2007: Happy New Year! Well, 2007 is now in the books and tomorrow starts a brand new year. Thank you to everyone who brought us treasures to sell for them on eBay this year.

December 14, 2007: Today was the final day for the Burton Chill Foundation eBay fundraiser. We sold all 27 items and raised $6,355.00 for the kids! Thank you to everyone who bid to support the Foundation. Merchandise will be shipping to winning bidders all over the USA, as well as to Canada, Australia, France and Germany!

December 12, 2007: The sign is up at the NEW Global Garage Sale eBay Drop-Off Store in Williston, and we are now open for business in both locations! The new store is located at 4540 Williston Road, between the geodesic domes and Industrial Avenue. Clients can now drop off items at either the Winooski or the Williston store, whichever is more convenient. Come on down and see the new place!

December 10, 2007: Yesterday we listed all 27 items for the Burton Chill Foundation fundraiser on eBay. All are starting at low prices and will sell to the highest bidder on the 14th. There are hand signed guitars, photos and posters by some of the most popular bands in the country, as well as a rare Jay Peak ski vacation and a limited edition Burton snowboard designed by Phish artist Jim Pollock. Thanks to Jason at the Chill Foundation and Matt at 99.9 The Buzz for asking us to be involved and for all their help!

December 9, 2007: Global Garage Sale is now proud to be an official sponsor of the 98.9 WOKO Indoor Flea Markets at the Champlain Valley Exposition. Come on down to get your garage sale fix even in the middle of winter. The next one is February 10th, so mark it on your calendar. Check their website for more dates and details.

December 1, 2007: Today is Peter's birthday. Woohoo! We also sold a beautiful Gustav Becker antique clock (no relation) made in Germany in 1892. This rare piece started at a low price and sold for just over $1,000.00.

November 28, 2007: Global Garage Sale is proud to have been chosen to manage the 2007 fundraiser for Burton Snowboard's Chill Foundation, a non-profit group that provides snowboarding experiences for inner city kids throughout the country. The fundraiser will be held on eBay this year and is a partnership between Burton Chill, 99.9 The Buzz, and Global Garage Sale. We will be selling unique signed rock and roll merchandise as well as several other rare items. Everything will be listed on eBay on December 9th and end on December 14th, so stay tuned for your chance to win!

November 24, 2007: Another nice piece of vintage jewelry was sold on eBay today by Global Garage Sale. This was a vintage 1947 Tiffany & Co. Gold Wrist Watch that sold for $651.

November 10, 2007: Today we sold a unique Vermont treasure, an 1864 Civil War Death Certificate with a Tintype Photo framed into the top. This hand colored piece started at $49.99 and sold for $737. The certificate reads "A tribute to the memory of the fallen brave Harmon Whitton Co. E. 10th Reg. Vt. Vol. Died June 6 1864. In Columbian Hosp. Wash. D.C. Age 34 Yrs."

November 5, 2007: Global Garage Sale had quite a day today, with two great sales! First was an original Peter Max mixed media painting titled Delta Liberty, a beautiful piece that sold for $4,250. The second item was a Market Forge 60 gallon commercial steam kettle that sold for $4,550 and shipped via truck freight to a restaurant in Iowa.

October 24, 2007: Today we sold a 2004 Forest River Surveyor 27' foot travel trailer camper for $7,500 to buyer in southern Vermont.

October 20-21, 2007: Global Garage Sale set up a table at the first annual All Sports, Recreation & Fitness Expo at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds this weekend. It was a great event where we met a number of people including Alex Wolf of Vermont Frost Heaves fame. We look forward to an even bigger and better Expo next year!

October 1, 2007: Today Global Garage Sale sold a large piece of landscaping equipment on eBay. It was a Gandy Pro Dethatcher Overseeder that sold for $5,100 and is shipping via truck freight to the winning bidder in Louisiana.

September 27, 2007: This past week we sold a great collection of antique German Villeroy & Boch Mettlach beer steins. We listed 6 individual steins that sold for a total of $1,493, with one stein selling for over $400.00!

September 25, 2007: The second annual Greening Up Your Bottom Line Conference was held at the Sheraton. This conference is put on by the Vermont Small Business Development Center and the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership. It is dedicated to educating businesses about reducing their environmental impact while at the same time improving their bottom lines. Global Garage Sale had a table at the Conference and also spoke about the GreenUp grant that we received last year to install more efficient lighting in our store.

September 24, 2007: Today we sold an antique meat slicer from the early 1900s. This was a Dayton Safety Slicer made by International Business Machines - yes, IBM! The Dayton Scale Company was one of several companies that became part of IBM around this time. You can view a video of the slicer in action on You Tube. It sold for $800 and shipped to the winning bidder in Maryland.

September 15, 2007: Global Garage Sale set up a table at the Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival to show off our Company van that runs on compressed natural gas. It produces about 80% less greenhouse gas than a standard petroleum engine. Thanks to Dan Bradley and the great people down at Burlington Public Works for helping us get the van on the road. The city had their own Hydrogen powered car on display at the Festival.

September 14, 2007: Today we sold our highest priced comic book since we opened our doors. This one was the All Star Comics No. 8 issue from December 1941 - January 1942. This issue is especially collectible because it is the first ever appearance of Wonder Woman. We started the bidding at $49.99 and ten days later the high bidder paid $2,600.00!

September 13, 2007: We just sold 18 antique Royal Bayreuth German porcelain creamers and small pitchers for one of our clients who has been bringing us treasures for almost 3 years. We listed them all individually and ended up selling them for a total of just under $3,000.00.

September 11, 2007: Last week a client brought in a bunch of old Boy Scout memorabilia for us to sell. Last night we sold two patches and two neckerchiefs from the Wisie Hal'a Con Order of the Arrow Lodge 351 for $1,875.00. Be sure to stop by our store if you have any Scout items from the 1940s or 1950s.

September 6, 2007: The New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation fundraising auction is in full swing on eBay. Global Garage Sale is proud to be managing the eBay listings for the Foundation. Items include rare signed baseball memorabilia from both minor and major league teams and players. Visit out our New York-Penn League page to learn about the Foundation and to bid on these items.

August 21, 2007: The New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation has selected Global Garage Sale to manage their 2007 eBay fundraising auction. There are 14 professional Single A baseball teams that make up this League, all affiliated with Major League teams. There will be chances to bid on autographed items such as baseballs, jerseys and bats, as well as game day experiences like announcing the starting lineup or taking batting practice with your favorite team. The fundraiser will run next week, with all items ending on Sunday September 2nd. Keep an eye on our website for more details!

August 9, 2007: Global Garage Sale successfully sold the 1892 Steinway piano we listed on eBay for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. It sold for $25,000 and will be shipping to the winning bidder in Boulder, Colorado!

August 8, 2007: Tomorrow night is the "Summer of Love" theme night at the Vermont Lake Monsters game at Centennial Field, sponsored by Ben & Jerry's. Global Garage Sale was asked to bring our old VW van to drive around the field before the game with Champ and the Ben & Jerry's bus. Come on down and support the team, whether you can remember the sixties or not!

July 27, 2007: Global Garage Sale listed a musical treasure on eBay last night, an 1892 Steinway & Sons Model C grand piano. This beautiful instrument was purchased by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra in 1992 and was restored by Allan Day of Williston. It has been played over the past 15 years by some of the world's finest concert pianists, so has a wonderful history. See the front page of our website for a link to the eBay listing.

July 20, 2007: Global Garage Sale is continuing our support of local Vermont sports. We are now official sponsors of the Vermont Ice Storm semi-pro football game broadcasts on ESPN radio 1390am. Home games are played Saturday nights at 7:30pm at the Colchester High School, and Chris Fells and the team now work from the Global Garage Sale Broadcast Booth!

July 16, 2007: Last night we sold a vintage McIntosh MC 2205 stereo power amplifier for one of our clients. The bidding started at $49.99 and ended at $1,358.33! We sold three other pieces of McIntosh equipment for the same client over the past few weeks, for a total of over $4,200.

July 10, 2007: The Vermont Lake Monsters professional baseball team has chosen Global Garage Sale to manage their eBay listings throughout the 2007 season. We will be selling all sorts of signed merchandise as well as one of a kind game day experiences like batting practice with the team or announcing the play by play for an inning from the booth with Rich Haskell. Check out our Lake Monster Page for more information and to see the items up for sale!

June 29, 2007: Global Garage Sale is one of the sponsors for the second annual Winooski RiverWalk Downtown Summer Festival. What a beautiful day and a great turnout! We set up a Global Garage Sale booth to hand out information and introduce even more people to our eBay services. Thanks to everyone who came by to see us. And thanks to fireworks guys - what a show!!

June 26, 2007: Well, The eBay Guys made it safely back to Vermont after 3 days in Boston at the eBay convention. There were lots of great seminars and learning opportunities, along with plenty of entertainment including private shows by Bruce Hornsby and Bob Weir, a concert with Kool & The Gang, and a Red Sox game at Fenway Park!

June 11, 2007: Global Garage Sale is busy preparing for eBay Live, the national eBay convention being held in Boston later this week. They are expecting over 10,000 people to attend from all over the world, and eBay has asked Global Garage Sale to sit on a panel of top sellers at this years event. Peter and Erik will be in Boston, but Global Garage Sale will be open for business all week long.

May 25, 2007: Peter and Erik spend the past 2 days at the Global Garage Sale booth at the Vermont Business and Industry EXPO. Lots of people and businesses have a chance to learn about eBay Drop-Off Stores and what Global Garage Sale has to offer. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. We hope to see you soon down at the store!

May 20, 2007: A beautiful 18" JES Elite Schleese Dressage Saddle sells through Global Garage Sale for $980.00.

May 18, 2007: Another treasure is sold on eBay by Global Garage Sale. This piece is a vintage Majolica Ceramic Shell Basket that starts at a low price, gets 43 bids and sells for $500.00.

May 12, 2007: Global Garage Sale sells a 47 Volume set of Easton Press Leather Collectors Edition Books on eBay. The collection gets 19 bids and sells for $1,485.00!

May 8, 2007: A beautiful antique Victor Victrola is sold by Global Garage Sale and is picked up by a collector from Massachusetts. This unit is a model VV XVII Talking Machine Phonograph built in 1917. The bidding starts at $49.99 and ends after 15 bids for $755.00! The same seller has us sell an Edison Amberola Phonograph Player, also from the early 20th Century. This player includes 70 cylinder records and sells for $330.00.

May 3, 2007: Global Garage Sale sells a huge set of Walt Disney Classics Collection porcelain figurines over the past 10 days. There are 19 individual listings on eBay that sell for a combined total of over $5,100 and ship as far away as the UK, Japan and Tasmania!

April 27, 2007: Peter and Erik are honored to be guests on 'Lana and Nolan in the Morning' on WEZF Star 92.9FM. Thanks for the great interview!

April 26, 2007: We've joined two new organizations to continue our commitment to business responsibility and environmental causes. Global Garage Sale is now a member of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility and the Vermont Environmental Consortium.

April 23, 2007: Global Garage Sale is now proud to be an official supporter of both the Saturday and the Monday showings of Antiques Roadshow on Vermont Public Television! Look for our ad before and after each show, and view our Affiliations Page to see all of our business partners and affiliations.

April 10, 2007: Today we listed one of the most amazing items we've ever put up for sale on eBay! This is a 92 pound meteorite found in 1576 in Campo Del Cielo, Argentina. We also listed a very cool Burley bicycle built for two and some genuine animal skulls including an African Lion and an Alligator! Follow this link to see all our eBay listings.

April 6, 2007: Two weeks ago a client brought in a small ceramic pitcher for us to look up. We identified it as a Mogul Scenery Staffordshire Transferware Pitcher from the 1800s and recommended our Basic Auction. We started the bidding at $49.99 and sold it today on eBay for $510.00.

April 3, 2007: Global Garage Sale sells a gorgeous Weber Gallatin mandolin for $2,200 and ships it to a buyer in Hawaii. Bruce Weber and his company, Sound To Earth, make some of the finest handmade custom mandolins anywhere in the world.

March 31, 2007: A 1997 Komatsu PC75UU-2E Excavator is sold by Global Garage Sale for $22,000, and is being transported to the winning bidder in Maine.

March 29, 2007: Global Garage Sale sells a huge collection of vintage fishing lures over the past few weeks. Over 60 individual eBay listings sell for a total of over $5,500.00! These include many highly collectible Creek Chub, Heddon, Paw Paw and more. One Chapman & Sons spinner sells for over $400.00 and one Creek Chub Weed Frog sells for over $490.00!

March 26, 2007: Global Garage Sale is now an official supporter and sponsor of the Saturday showing of Antiques Roadshow on Vermont Public Television!

March 22, 2007: Global Garage Sale sells a beautiful vintage 1968 Triumph TR6C Trophy Motorcycle with matching numbers. The bidding went up to $2,325.00 and the winning bidder drove up from the Albany area to pick it up.

March 17, 2007: Who knew that the people were so crazy about vintage Planet Of The Apes memorabilia? Our collection of figurines and playsets starts at $49.99 and sells on eBay for $519.00!

March 9, 2007: Global Garage Sale sells one of the most collectible ski posters on the market, an original 1954 France travel poster designed by the famous Bernard Villemot. It sells on eBay for an even $1,000.00 and ships to a buyer back in France!

March 6, 2007: Wow, what a day for "The eBay Guys"! Peter & Erik appear live on WOKO 98.9 FM for the final half hour of the Cuddling With The Country Stars charity quilt auction. The bidding jumps $200 in the final minute and the quilt sells for $2,750.00! Thanks so much for everyone's support and for all the bids! After the sale The eBay Guys jump into the WOKO RV with the radio crew and ride up to Fletcher Allen for the check presentation ceremony, and are live on the radio again. Peter & Erik get to chat with Governor Douglas, Dr. Louis First, M.D., and Melinda Estes, M.D., the CEO of Fletcher Allen. As if that isn't enough for one day, later in the afternoon Global Garage Sale successfully facilitates the sale of a lovely 3-Bedroom home in Winooski, Vermont for $220,000.00. It takes only 26 days from the time the auction is listed on eBay to the time the deposit is paid to the owners!

February 23, 2007: Global Garage Sale sells another collectible piece of World War II militaria. This is a beautiful Japanese Samurai sword with original scabbard. The bidding starts at $49.99 and ends ten days later for $3,103.00!!

February 15, 2007: We sell two more cars this week on eBay. One is a 2002 VW Passat that sells for $6,550 and the other is a 1998 Honda Passport that sells for $5,380.

February 13, 2007: The eBay Guys and The Cowboy Cal Daniels from WOKO show up at Yankee Pride Quilts in Essex Jct. to cheer on the quilting team as they sew together a quilt signed by the stars. The quilt is hand signed by some of the biggest names in country music and will be auctioned off on eBay starting on February 24th and ending on March 6th. All of the money goes to support the Children's Miracle Network and Vermont Children's Hospital. Yankee Pride Quilts was generous enough to donate the fabric, and all of the quilters donated their time and skills to put together this one of a kind treasure.

February 7, 2007: Peter & Erik are interviewed on the Charlie & Ernie radio show on News Talk 620am WVMT. This is the first in a new monthly series that will feature the Global Garage Sale Top Ten List of the previous month, plus calls from listeners. Check our website for upcoming news and the program schedule.

January 27, 2007: Global Garage Sale sets up a booth at the Vermont Maturity 50+ EXPO at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Vermont. We meet lots of great people and look forward to seeing everyone down at our store with their treasures!

January 16-18, 2007: Peter & Erik spend several days in San Francisco at the 2007 eCommerce Forum, meeting with eBay employees, executives and other top sellers. There are lots of informative seminars and break-out sessions, and plenty of fun. Thanks eBay!

January, 2007: Global Garage Sale is proud to be a new underwriter of the Antiques Roadshow on Vermont Public Television. Our spots will start running in February before and after the 5-6pm Saturday program!

January 7, 2006: Wow! Another incredible vintage guitar is sold by Global Garage Sale. This one is a PreWar 1930s Archtop Gibson Acoustic Guitar that sells for $1,028 and ships to England.

January 6, 2006: Global Garage Sale sells another Historic Treasure. This time it's Thomas Edison's Personal Microscope, a 1893 Leitz Wetzlar that sells for $4,300 and ships to England.

December, 2006: Global Garage Sale is invited to the 2nd Annual eBay eCommerce Forum, a conference of top sellers in San Francisco. We are honored to be in this group again, and excited for another trip to the west coast.

November 28, 2006: Uncle Griff asks Global Garage Sale to write a few paragraphs to be included in the 3rd edition of 'The Official eBay Bible', the authoritative eBay guide for the beginning bidder or seller as well as the professional entrepreneur. Thanks a lot, Griff!

November 28, 2006: Uncle Griff asks us to go back on eBay radio for another live interview.

November 15, 2006: Global Garage Sale is the proud recipient of an Energy Efficiency Green Up grant to upgrade our old lights to more eco-friendly and efficient T8 fluorescent fixtures. We will present a description of our project and its results at the 2007 Greening Up Your Bottom Line Conference sponsored by the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership.

November 8, 2006: The entire Global Garage Sale team is featured in a full page testimonial in Vermont's Seven Days weekly arts paper. Thank you, Seven Days! Click the image for a larger version.

October 17, 2006: "The eBay Guys" go live on eBay Radio and are interviewed by Uncle Griff, the author of The Official eBay Bible, and the Dean of eBay Education. Global Garage Sale also sells yet another classic car. This one is a 1974 Jaguar E-Series XKE that goes for $29,000.

October 16, 2006: Well, the treasures just keep coming out of the woodwork! Global Garage Sale sells another Historic 1875 Silver Baseball Trophy for $5,590.

October 14-15, 2006: Global Garage Sale sets up a booth at the Franchise & Business Opportunities Trade Show in Boston. This is the official launch of our franchise operation! We have fun in the big city and meet lots of great people from all over New England.

October 3, 2006: We sell a Babe Ruth Signed Baseball for $6,200.

September 22, 2006: We now have an Education Specialist trained by eBay on our team, as Peter completes his educator training program. Global Garage Sale can now teach others how to sell on eBay, using the same materials developed for and used by eBay University. We will be offering both small classes and private instruction.

September 19, 2006: Global Garage Sale sets up a booth at the "Greening Up Your Bottom Line" conference sponsored by the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership. We are a proud member of this group, committed to environmental leadership in our community.

September 18, 2006: We sell a 2006 Corvette with only 28 original miles for $39,600. Global Garage Sale has now sold over $1,000,000 on eBay! Thanks to everyone for all the help along the way. Channel 5 WPTZ comes down and does a great story on the evening news. Thanks!

September 16, 2006: A bidder from Los Angeles wins a Wilderness Systems Pamlico Kayak, and picks it up at our Winooski store while on vacation in Vermont. Our longest distance pickup so far!

August 28, 2006: Another classic car is sold by The eBay Guys, this time a 1956 Ford F-100 Street Rod that sells for $12,855.00.

June 16, 2006: We made it back from eBay Live in one piece and we're now equipped with a larger rolodex and a bigger arsenal of eBay tools.

June 14, 2006: We had our picture taken with Bill Cobb, the President of eBay North America. Click here to see the photo. We also attended lots of interesting and informative eBay seminars and events.

June 12, 2006: It's Monday, and everything is ready for us to leave for eBay Live in Las Vegas! We will remain open the entire week. Our team will keep the train rolling while we're off gambling and having fun.

June 1, 2006: We are now gearing up to go to eBay Live in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event has officially sold out. There will be almost 15,000 people converging on the Mandalay Bay Hotel, Conference Rooms and Casino. Jerry Greenfield from Ben & Jerry's will be speaking and serving ice cream. Yes, we signed up for that event - we never miss dessert!

May 26, 2006: What a great show and reception the Sheraton put on along with the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Thanks a lot to all of the people who stopped by to visit our booth!

May 25, 2006: Day #2 at the Sheraton. We attended the Senator Patrick Leahy e-Buziness Luncheon and Seminar. We also attended a condensed version of 'eBay University' taught by eBay's own Jim Griffith, otherwise known as Uncle_Griff. We were lucky enough to pin him in the corner and get a photo with him. Check it out here, on eBay.com. We also were interviewed by Mark Johnson from Radio Vermont's WDEV, and the The Mark Johnson Show. It was awesome, and our first live radio interview.

May 24, 2006: Today we left the business in the hands of our best employees. Tom, Peter & Erik were staffing the booth at the VT EXPO at the Sheraton.

May 3, 2006: Our expenses keep increasing, but luckily our revenue does too. We are looking forward to the Vermont Business EXPO at the Sheraton. We have registered and are at booth #84A. We'll see you there!

Apr 24, 2006: We hired another gentleman to take over our shipping department. We also added another member to the staff of the franchise corporation. We will be adding more individuals as the need arises.

Apr 12, 2006: Today is a first for our company. We hired a store manager to run the daily operations of our business. We did this to make more time available for the next project, the Franchise Corporation. We are currently holding interviews for a few positions within the growing Global Garage Sale Team.

Apr 4, 2006: Our first Quarter 2006 results are in. We ended up growing our sales on eBay by 9.5% over last years first quarter.

Mar 22, 2006: Today we sold a 2006 Dodge Charger for $29,000 dollars. The car is amazing and only has been driven for 265 miles! We will ship it to San Jose next week to the lucky winning bidder.

Feb 26, 2006: We registered for eBay Live 2006 and are excited to go to Las Vegas. eBay Live is eBay's Annual Celebration and trade show where eBay enthusiasts from around the world all converge together to learn and network.

Feb 21, 2006: Our franchise documents have officially been started. Our team of lawyers now have what they need to write our UFOC and our Franchise Agreement. We are planning on a rollout for the franchise operation in the fall of 2006.

Jan 31, 2006: The year is starting off really fast. We have re-written the business plan again, and are actively moving towards a launch of our franchise system in the fall. We keep on growing, and are being recognized for our efforts by both the local community and eBay.

Jan 20, 2006: We had a great time meeting all of the other top eBay sellers. Every one of us was completely different, though we all do the same thing: Make an honest living selling merchandise through the eBay sales channel. eBay is actually a group of real people who care about our selling experience and treated us like royalty while we were out there. To top it off we even got to meet Bill Cobb, the President of eBay North America.

Jan 17-19, 2006: eBay eCommerce Forum 2006 - Peter & Erik board the airplane destined for San Jose, California, the Mecca of the eBay world. The Global Garage Sale flagship store in Winooski, Vermont didn't even miss a beat and took in some of the best items of the new year.

Jan 6, 2006: "Winooski Company is on Ebay's Top 100" is the headline for the WCAX TV Channel 3 news story they aired on us. They highlighted our year past and looked into our year ahead.

Jan 1, 2006: What a end to an exciting 2nd year. Our sales were over $600,000 Dollars. We grew almost 900% in 2005. We owe everything to all of the people who have helped and supported us along the way.

Thank you!

Dec 28, 2005: We were featured in the Year in Review issue of Seven Days newspaper. The article, by Cathy Resmer was ONLINE SALES: eBay Honors Local E-Traders.

Dec 15, 2005: We received another eBay Award: We were invited to attend an exclusive convention for the top sellers on eBay. We will be leaving for San Jose on Jan 17 to visit the eBay Headquarters in California. The event is called the eBay eCommerce Forum 2006. We are excited about the opportunity to both have fun and learn a lot.

Dec 9, 2005: Wow, eBay just delivered us a gift: they brought us "Breakfast in Bed" to our warehouse in Winooski because they know we're too busy to eat breakfast in bed anymore. Along with all the delicious pastries, they gave us an apron, slippers, a bunch of different glasses, and a tray, all sporting the eBay logo.

Nov 5, 2005: We are starting to concentrate more time and money into developing the franchise corporation. We will begin by getting materials together and finalizing the franchise agreement.

Oct 25, 2005: We have had another great couple of months, sales continue to climb, and the people keep coming to the door.

Oct 6, 2005: Happy Birthday, Erik!

Aug 17, 2005: Tag Sale Techs - The Seven Days Newspaper, Vermont's Weekly paper publishes a news story on eBay Drop-Off Stores here in the Champlain Valley. The article, by Cathy Resmer, opens our community's to eyes to the eBay Phenomenon.

Aug 10, 2005: We had a great time working with PBS and Vermont Public Television. The studio was so cool, the lights hot, and the television cameras were very large. The did a great job and that night we helped raise over $6,100 Dollars. We helped them meet their campaign goal of $95,000 Dollars. We have to say "Thank you" to everyone who supports Vermont Public Television.

Aug 9, 2005: We will be volunteering to help Vermont Public Television tonight on their membership drive. We will be answering phone calls live on Channel 33 from 7-11 PM. Tune in and support local programming.

Aug 3, 2005: We just finished July and set another record for us. Our sales are consistently growing, plus everywhere we go we hear "Oh, your the eBay Guys!" The word has spread all over Vermont and beyond.

July 15, 2005: What a good month! We have had a record number of clients coming through our door. The Global Garage Sale Team has doubled in size. We now have Hunter and Steve to help process all of our inventory. They are working out great, and the people like them.

July 1, 2005: The Miracle Toast Auction Ended this morning. Along with 98.9 WOKO, and the bidding of many different bidders, we were able to raise the Children's Miracle Network and the Vermont Children's Hospital $405 Dollars. Congratulations to the winner, Greenstreet's Restaurant and Chef John Gould. Great Job!

June 28, 2005: The WOKO Miracle Toast is now for sale. The auction was launched at 8:44 AM and ends on Friday Morning, July 1 at 8:44 AM during the Morning Roundup on 98.9 WOKO.

June 27, 2005: C.K. Coin and Wild Bill Sargent, from the WOKO Morning Roundup, dropped off the Miracle Toast. This piece of Canadian White Bread, has, by some miracle, the picture of the dynamic duo on it. The toast will be auctioned off to support the Children's Miracle Network to benefit the programs at Vermont Children's Hospital at Fletcher Allen Health Care.

June 14, 2005: We are putting together a new and improved experience for all of our clients. We just got new business cards and a new logo and will be changing our website to reflect our growth. We have so many ideas and surprises ahead. Stay Tuned!

June 1, 2005: We are getting calls from all over New England. We had the best month we have ever had in May and we just hired another full time employee. Steve Hadeka from Burlington will compliment our experiences.

May 26, 2005: The Burlington Free Press put a News Brief and photo of the New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club Trophy we sold.

May 25, 2005: We were on NECN, New England Cable News, it was a great story and reached over 3 Million People. The even had us on WCAX Channel 3 and WPTZ Channel 5.

May 24, 2005: We sold a piece of American History. A Baseball Trophy from 1875. It is one of the oldest known baseball trophies in the world. It sold for $76,118.99! Click here to view the auction.

May 12, 2005: Stephanie Gorin from WPTZ Channel 5, came down and did a big story on internet scams and ways to avoid bad transactions on the internet.

May 1, 2005: April was another record month for the Global Garage Sale Team. We surpassed our goals and expectations again. Thank you.

April 25, 2005: Everyday we get closer to the goal. We keep working and the people keep calling. Everybody has so much to sell and we love helping you sell it on eBay.

April 15, 2005: Our accountant is so good, we have already received our checks from our taxes. Thanks buddy!

April 12, 2005: We just got awarded the Platinum Level for eBay Powersellers! That means the we average over $25,000 dollars in sales every month and receive feedback that is 99.9%!

April 1, 2005: Congratulations, GLOBAL GARAGE SALE Inc. you are now fully incorporated and had a record First Quarter was amazing. Vermonter's have earned over $100,000 this Year selling with us.

March 24, 2005: Happy Birthday, Kierra! Vermont Loves You and we miss you so much!

March 21, 2005: We are Vermont's Resource for selling their classic muscle cars. We just sold another Camaro, this one for about $53,000!

March 19, 2005: Peter Becker and Erik Holcomb, along with the rest of the Global Garage Sale Staff, have decided to start offering franchises to interested entrepreneurs.

March 10, 2005: We are selling the nicest stuff on eBay. Every customer who comes to us sends us 2 more people when they get their check.

February 31, 2005: We are really starting to take off and have finally added a perfect addition to join the team. It is great. His name is Hunter.

February 18, 2005: Wherever we go, people call us "The eBay Guys". So, if you want to sell something on eBay, just give us a call and consider it sold! Our phone lines are off the hook, and we love it. Our clients have now sold over $100,000 Dollars worth of merchandise with us!

February 15, 2005: Well, we are halfway through another month, and we have already outsold last month by $4,000 dollars! Things are good here in Winooski. We are so glad to be able to help Vermonters sell their valuables on eBay. We also sold the old Drive-In Movie Theatre Light that was pictured in the Business Monday.

February 14, 2005: Happy Valentines Day! We were on the Front Page of the Burlington Free Press and we were the Feature Article in the Business Monday. It is the best Valentines Day Ever!

February 8, 2005: We sold the cutest John Deere Pedal Tractor. It was fully restored and looked brand new. The best part is that we sold it for twice as much as we thought we could.

February 5, 2005: We sold an awesome 1968 Chevy Camaro RS Convertible for $18,000 dollars. It was our biggest sale ever! We are so excited and still growing like crazy.

February 1, 2005: We have successfully finished our busiest month ever. We might even be able to eat beans with our rice this week!

January 23, 2005: We did it again. We have already passed our highest sales in any month so far. It is so exciting to be building this amazing machine. It is getting easier and easier for us because our community has finally accepted what we are doing. "Yeah, you can sell it on eBay, bring it down to Global Garage Sale!"

January 18, 2005: The news stories were great! We received calls from everyone we knew and more. Everybody saw them. Both channels did a super job on the news reports. People are recognizing us everywhere!

January 17, 2005: Holy Cow! Happy Martin Luther King Day! Both of our Local TV Stations, WCAX TV Channel 3 and WPTZ TV Channel 5, came to our Old Mill Building Today. They each stayed for over an hour! We were the top local story on both Vermont and Northern New York News Stations. It was a crazy day.

January 14, 2005: We just sold 3 guitars for almost $7,000! We also sold another car, this one for a retired couple in Williston. We sold it to a local guy who actually came up and drove it away.

January 12, 2005: We finished selling a whole bunch of Christmas Ornaments and an AT&T Merlin Telephone System for Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, a local Montpelier based Non-Profit Agency.

January 9, 2005: We sold the very same K-9 Dog Cart for a local woman who had bought it from us 8 months ago when we were just starting out. We sold it for more money the second time around!

January 1, 2005: Happy New Year! We are so excited! We have so many items ready to list and so many people still calling. This should be the best month we've ever had. We have also opened an eBay Store to showcase our items in a different location on eBay.

December 27, 2004: Wow, 2005 looks good! We have gone through a lot in our first year, and have learned many things. We are starting to design our own software to help us run our business more efficiently.

December 23, 2004: We finally have a week off. Well, not really. We're going to work a full week and get lots of in house activities accomplished. The other good news today is that we have officially hired an accountant.

December 15, 2004: Record first half of the month totals. We are way ahead of last month. Our client base is growing faster now that more and more people are starting to hear about us.

December 12, 2004: We talked today about strategy and a small piece of mind. For the sake of our sanity we decided to take a short break in the daily routine to make time to start planning our second year.

December 8, 2004: This is the Official Anniversary of Global Garage Sale. Hip Hip Hurray! We are working so hard and so much more than ever before.

December 1, 2004: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It's Peter's birthday. We took it easy. We only worked 8 hours today.

November 26, 2004: Blue screen, not again, Ahg! We have up the most amount of auctions we have ever had. Our web hits our increasing and clients keep walking through the door.

November 9, 2004: We are in the middle of our best month yet. It just keeps getting better. We are selling a small lot of John Deere Toy Tractors made by Ertl, as well as a whole wardrobe of Harley Davidson Clothing.

October 31, 2004: Happy Halloween! Sure we dressed up... We put on matching suits and ties.

October 27, 2004: We sold a pair of Civil War Drum Sticks. They sold for $500 Dollars. Our client was so excited.

October 15, 2004: We finally finished the books for September. We are consistently growing and we are very excited about the possibilities.

October 6, 2004: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It's Erik's birthday. We worked straight through it this year.

September 31, 2004: Wow, we have not listed something that was ours in almost a month. We have also received a couple of phone calls regarding the handling of entire estates. This is getting easier.

September 22, 2004: We have no more time to go out to auctions or garage sales. We are very busy writing detailed copy and taking photos. We love to list other people's stuff on eBay. It is a magnificent concept.

September 15, 2004: We are doing our best to remember everybody's name, but it's getting harder! All of our long time clients love to see us grow, and even make jokes about us not having the time to chat with them anymore. The truth is we are getting busier and we are getting better.

September 1, 2004: So many clients, so little time. We are getting so much busier, and we love it. People are coming to us from 3 different States; VT, MA, and NY.

August 28, 2004: We're still fine tuning our computer system as our client base continues to grow. We now have clients from every town in Chittenden County. We love return clients!

August 18, 2004: Woohoo! We sold our first Motor Boat. It was a 1984 Century 5000 22' Foot Cutty Cabin. It sold for $5,250. The retired couple from Essex who we sold the boat for are so happy.

August 4, 2004: A good August Omen! The 'books' are finished for July and the Second Quarter, and we are still smiling.

July 24, 2004: Our software is coming together. We can see light at the end of the tunnel. The more clients we get, the easier it gets to understand what we need to keep track of our growing client and inventory lists. We are using Excel and it is perfect for now.

July, 2004: Most of the clients were serve are great, and come from every part of Vermont and northern New York. We even sold some antiques from an 1800's Pharmacy for a client in Boston; a pair of Apothecary Show Globes for $2,425, and Medicine Bottles from the same drugstore for $1,660. They are just thrilled!

July, 2004: Vermont Garage and Estate Sales are taking up a lot of our time. The deals are great, but it does take up a lot of time. While driving around the beautiful countryside we are able to devise the next phase of growth for our company.

June 31, 2004: This was our best month yet. We are finally starting to get noticed in our community. Every month we double our sales and get more clients. We are slowly building our advertising budget.

June 20, 2004: We sold our first automobile! It was a Salvage Title Nissan 4X4 Pickup, and we sold it for $4000. The seller was a young model who was moving to New York City to start her acting career.

June 14, 2004: Splitting time between the regular duties and putting up the shelves, we have finally finished and they look awesome! It was a perfect $800 dollar investment.

June 10, 2004: We have not had enough time to get all of the shelving units up, but the ones that are up work great.

June 8, 2004: We order a bunch of used shelving units to finally outfit our our storage warehouse. It has been a long time coming, and now we are looking forward to setting them up.

May, 2004: Steady growth is really encouraging. The hard work is finally starting to pay off. We have started to design a software package to help facilitate the entire process.

May, 2004: Peter & Erik start hitting all of the local garage sales, in and out of town, to get even more items to sell. There's often a markup on items purchased that you can't match elsewhere. We even bought two $20 Computers at a garage sale to expand our business.

April 5, 2004: With more auctions running than we ever had before, we overload our Transfer Bandwidth and our host charges us a enormous fee. So, we pay the fee and buy a second web domain with plenty of extra bandwidth to host all of our own pictures.

April 5, 2004: Hurray, we have the most amount of auctions we have ever had, and everybody seems to be bidding on them. We think we will beat projections from last month.

April 4, 2004: We are lucky enough to be featured in the Business Briefs of the Champlain Business Journal. Global Garage Sale Opens in Winooski.

March 16, 2004: Sales are doubling every month, and the growth is amazing. The number of clients has tripled since we opened.

March 1, 2004: We launch the New and Improved Global Garage Sale web site, and give it a fresher, newer look. We designed and built this one with Macromedia Dreamweaver.

February, 2004: Our first clients start to receive their checks, and boy are they happy. We are Vermont's eBay Sellers, and if you need to sell something we are the guys to see.

Jan 1, 2004: We officially open for business, and start advertising and welcoming customers into our space. We are the first eBay Drop-Off Store in Vermont, possibly New England. We started with a very basic web site that we designed with Microsoft Front Page. The response is fabulous. Everybody loves the idea, and we are really taking off.

December 28, 2003: Our first big recycling deal is with Severn Trent Laboratories. STL is a leading Environmental Testing Lab in Colchester, and they get a lot of deliveries. We agree to pick up once a week to collect everything they have. By reusing their boxes and packing material, and keeping them out of the landfill, we are helping the community.

December 8, 2003: Peter Becker and Erik Holcomb buy the domain name www.globalgaragesale.net, deposit $250 Dollars Each into a new bank account, and start one of the most successful eBay Drop-Off Stores in the United States. We believe in the 3 "R's": Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We pledge to make a positive impact on our community.

November, 2003: The landscaping season is coming to an end and we need something to do. Both Peter and Erik, who had previously been Landscape Designers/Installers, are out of work. We both loved buying and selling on eBay, and had talked about trying to figure something out. It's the beginning of November and is looking like a very cold winter. That's when a friend asked us to sell some musical equipment for him on eBay. We smiled and said "Sure", and the idea evolved from there.