#Week #Thrifting #Bells #Worth #Flipping #WorthPoint
If you’re an avid thrifter, you start to see the same types of items at almost any store you visit: basic T-shirts, old computer keyboards, mountains of plates, and shelf after shelf of glassware. In this episode of This Week in Thrifting, I decided to finally pursue one of the stranger items I see repeatedly when I’m thrifting: bells.
That’s right—travel souvenir bells, crystal bells, Hummel bells, bells with blessings and Bible verses. Your local thrift stores seem to have a bell for just about every occasion with just about every inscription. I discover at least four or five of them at every store I visit.
Now, after I learned more about a few piggy banks that are actually worth something, I found myself hoping that my luck might be just as good with bells. And if an item seems to be in good supply, why not check WorthPoint and see if it has a decent selling record? You just might be discovering your next great inventory item.
That said, I’m not sure that bells are exactly living up to my expectations. The recent sales results we discovered in the Price Guide aren’t selling me on them. On average, bells don’t seem to resell for as much as our piggy banks can, but the reason for this disparity isn’t entirely clear. We invite you to watch this episode and give us your two cents on the topic.
And I have to admit that a part of me still holds out hope for this item. I’m dying to discover that there’s an amazing one out there that can become a seriously lucrative addition to your booth or online store. If anyone out there is making bank on bells, we hope you’ll tell us your trade secrets in the video comments.
In addition to her role as HIP’s curator of photography, Allison Radomski is a writer and filmmaker. She spends her days hunting for analog cameras, scoring her own movies in her laundry closet, and building her collections of Polaroids and handkerchiefs. She has degrees in cinema & media studies and religious studies from the University of Chicago.
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