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This is the book. I keep it in a green columnar pad from the office supply store, in pencil, and on Sunday nights I type it in here. Every line is something I bought in 1999, in the order I bought it, with what I paid, when it sold and what it sold for. If it hasn't sold, it says where it is. Dates are month/day.
A few things so you can read it:
- Where: Flea = the Saturday flea market at the county fairgrounds (indoors in the winter, out in the lot from April on). G-sale = garage sale. Estate = estate sale. Auction = farm or household auction. Rummage = church rummage sale. Thrift = thrift store.
- Lots: When I buy a box lot or a bunch of something for one price, I split the cost over the pieces as best I can, so you'll see a $10 bunch turn into five lines at $2. Kitchen smalls (egg beaters, cookie cutters, measuring cups, can openers) I sell by the piece and close out the line when the last one goes.
- A star (*) on the sold date: sold outside the mall, so the mall didn't get its 10%.
- What isn't in here: gas, coffee, donuts, the truck, my time, or the Saturday mornings Sheila didn't get to sleep in. She says all of those belong in the book. She is probably right, and they're not going in.
Jump to: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | 1998 leftovers | Booth | Totals
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 1/16 | Flea | Griswold No. 8 skillet, large logo | 6.00 | 2/20 | 45.00 | +39.00 |
| 1/16 | Flea | Wagner No. 10 skillet | 3.00 | 3/5 | 22.00 | +19.00 |
| 1/23 | Estate | Oak washstand, needs refinishing | 35.00 | 4/2 | 95.00 | +60.00 |
| 1/23 | Estate | Pyrex mixing bowls, 4 (red, yellow, green, blue) | 5.00 | 2/6 | 38.00 | +33.00 |
| 1/23 | Estate | Pyrex refrigerator dishes, 8 pc. with lids | 3.00 | 4/11 | 26.00 | +23.00 |
| 1/23 | Estate | Stanley No. 4 smoothing plane | 4.00 | 3/21 | 30.00 | +26.00 |
| 1/30 | Flea | Star Wars figure on card, 1983 (1 of 5) | 2.00 | 2/27 | 25.00 | +23.00 |
| 1/30 | Flea | Star Wars figure on card, 1983 (2 of 5) | 2.00 | 4/3 | 25.00 | +23.00 |
| 1/30 | Flea | Star Wars figure on card, 1983 (3 of 5) | 2.00 | 6/12 | 30.00 | +28.00 |
| 1/30 | Flea | Star Wars figure on card, 1983 (4 of 5) | 2.00 | booth | - | - |
| 1/30 | Flea | Star Wars figure on card, 1983 (5 of 5) | 2.00 | booth | - | - |
| January: 11 lines | 66.00 | | 336.00 | +274.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 2/6 | Auction | Cast iron lot: Wagner Dutch oven | 4.00 | 3/14 | 38.00 | +34.00 |
| 2/6 | Auction | Cast iron lot: corn stick pan | 4.00 | 5/1 | 16.00 | +12.00 |
| 2/6 | Auction | Cast iron lot: skillet No. 7, no name | 4.00 | booth | - | - |
| 2/13 | Thrift | Fire-King jadeite mugs, 4 | 3.00 | 3/12 | 40.00 | +37.00 |
| 2/13 | Thrift | Fiesta dinner plate, cobalt (old) | 2.00 | 3/28 | 16.00 | +14.00 |
| 2/20 | Flea | Hot Wheels Redline (1 of 4) | 1.00 | 3/7 | 18.00 | +17.00 |
| 2/20 | Flea | Hot Wheels Redline (2 of 4) | 1.00 | 4/24 | 12.00 | +11.00 |
| 2/20 | Flea | Hot Wheels Redline (3 of 4) | 1.00 | 5/15 | 25.00 | +24.00 |
| 2/20 | Flea | Hot Wheels Redline (4 of 4) | 1.00 | booth | - | - |
| 2/20 | Flea | Hot Wheels, 18 newer, as a lot | 6.00 | 6/5 | 15.00 | +9.00 |
| 2/27 | Rummage | Fisher-Price Play Family Farm, complete | 3.00 | 3/20 | 34.00 | +31.00 |
| February: 11 lines | 30.00 | | 214.00 | +189.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 3/6 | Auction | Wooden level, brass bound | 6.00 | 4/18 | 35.00 | +29.00 |
| 3/6 | Auction | Brace and 6 bits | 4.00 | 5/22 | 18.00 | +14.00 |
| 3/13 | Flea | Kitchen smalls, 20 pc. (sold by the piece) | 6.00 | 4/30 | 58.00 | +52.00 |
| 3/13 | Flea | Pyrex Butterprint bowl, turquoise | 1.00 | 3/27 | 12.00 | +11.00 |
| 3/20 | Estate | Fisher-Price School Bus | 1.00 | 4/10 | 14.00 | +13.00 |
| 3/20 | Estate | Little People garage, no people | 1.00 | booth | - | - |
| 3/27 | Flea | Avon bottles, box of 30 | 5.00 | gave away 8/2 | 0.00 | -5.00 |
| March: 7 lines | 24.00 | | 137.00 | +114.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 4/3 | Auction | Enamelware coffeepot, gray | 2.00 | 5/9 | 18.00 | +16.00 |
| 4/9 | G-sale | Pyrex Snowflake casserole | 1.00 | 5/16 | 10.00 | +9.00 |
| 4/9 | G-sale | Pyrex Gooseberry bowls, set of 4 | 4.00 | 5/2 | 42.00 | +38.00 |
| 4/17 | Auction | Disston handsaw | 2.00 | 6/20 | 12.00 | +10.00 |
| 4/17 | Auction | Red Wing crock, 5 gallon | 22.00 | 5/29 | 65.00 | +43.00 |
| 4/24 | G-sale | Star Wars loose figures, coffee can of 26 | 5.00 | 7/10* | 60.00 | +55.00 |
| April: 6 lines | 36.00 | | 207.00 | +171.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 5/1 | G-sale | Fiesta pitcher (turned out new) | 12.00 | 7/17 | 12.00 | 0.00 |
| 5/8 | Flea | Kitchen smalls, 25 pc. (sold by the piece) | 7.00 | 6/30 | 66.00 | +59.00 |
| 5/8 | Flea | Wagner No. 8 skillet | 4.00 | 6/26 | 20.00 | +16.00 |
| 5/15 | G-sale | Fisher-Price Castle, complete | 4.00 | 6/6 | 38.00 | +34.00 |
| 5/21 | G-sale | Fiesta disc pitcher, red (old) | 15.00 | 6/19 | 110.00 | +95.00 |
| 5/22 | Auction | Two-man crosscut saw | 5.00 | 7/18 | 28.00 | +23.00 |
| 5/29 | G-sale | Pyrex mixing bowls, 3 of 4 (no yellow) | 2.00 | 7/24 | 18.00 | +16.00 |
| May: 7 lines | 49.00 | | 292.00 | +243.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 6/5 | G-sale | Fire-King jadeite bowls, 3 | 3.00 | 7/2 | 33.00 | +30.00 |
| 6/5 | G-sale | Little People, bag of 14 loose | 2.00 | booth | - | - |
| 6/12 | Flea | Stanley No. 9-1/2 block plane | 3.00 | 7/3 | 20.00 | +17.00 |
| 6/12 | Flea | Philco table radio, doesn't play | 20.00 | 9/4* | 8.00 | -12.00 |
| 6/19 | G-sale | Pyrex Butterprint bowls, 2 | 2.00 | 7/25 | 24.00 | +22.00 |
| 6/26 | Auction | Oak kitchen chairs, set of 4 | 30.00 | 8/20 | 120.00 | +90.00 |
| 6/26 | Auction | Pyrex Butterprint casserole with lid | 3.00 | 8/8 | 16.00 | +13.00 |
| June: 7 lines | 63.00 | | 221.00 | +160.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 7/3 | G-sale | Star Wars Millennium Falcon, in box (1979) | 15.00 | 8/1 | 85.00 | +70.00 |
| 7/10 | Flea | Kitchen smalls, 30 pc. (sold by the piece) | 8.00 | 8/31 | 72.00 | +64.00 |
| 7/10 | Flea | Griswold No. 10 skillet | 8.00 | booth | - | - |
| 7/17 | G-sale | Fisher-Price Play Family Airport | 3.00 | 8/27 | 30.00 | +27.00 |
| 7/17 | G-sale | Pyrex Gooseberry bowls, 2 | 2.00 | 8/14 | 15.00 | +13.00 |
| 7/24 | Auction | Box of old hand tools | 9.00 | 8/22 | 41.00 | +32.00 |
| 7/30 | G-sale | Fiesta cups and saucers, turquoise, 4 sets (old) | 4.00 | 8/29 | 36.00 | +32.00 |
| 7/31 | G-sale | Griswold No. 3 skillet | 2.00 | 8/15 | 25.00 | +23.00 |
| July: 8 lines | 51.00 | | 304.00 | +261.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 8/7 | Flea | Fisher-Price Play Family Farm, no animals | 2.00 | booth | - | - |
| 8/7 | Flea | Pyrex mixing bowls, 4 (red, yellow, green, blue) | 6.00 | 9/12 | 40.00 | +34.00 |
| 8/14 | G-sale | Hot Wheels Redlines, 6 | 12.00 | booth | - | - |
| 8/21 | Auction | Toolbox of wrenches and sockets | 12.00 | 9/9 | 48.00 | +36.00 |
| 8/21 | Auction | Wagner Dutch oven | 7.00 | booth | - | - |
| 8/28 | G-sale | Kitchen smalls, 22 pc. | 6.00 | booth | - | - |
| 8/28 | G-sale | Pyrex refrigerator dishes, 8 pc. (broke 2) | 2.00 | 9/11 | 14.00 | +12.00 |
| August: 7 lines | 47.00 | | 102.00 | +82.00 |
| Date | Where | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- |
| 9/4 | Auction | Pyrex Gooseberry casserole | 2.00 | 9/15 | 14.00 | +12.00 |
| 9/4 | Auction | Stanley No. 5 jack plane | 5.00 | booth | - | - |
| 9/11 | Flea | Fiesta salt and pepper, red (old) | 4.00 | booth | - | - |
| 9/11 | Flea | Star Wars figures on card, 1979, 2 | 12.00 | booth | - | - |
| 9/18 | Flea | Fiesta mixing bowl, yellow (old) | 3.00 | garage | - | - |
| 9/18 | Flea | Cast iron muffin pan | 2.00 | garage | - | - |
| September: 6 lines | 28.00 | | 14.00 | +12.00 |
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1998 LEFTOVERS SOLD IN 1999 |
These were in the booth on New Year's Day. They're counted at what I paid for them in 1998.
| Bought | What | Paid | Sold | For | +/- | | 11/98 | Griswold No. 9 skillet | 5.00 | 1/12 | 35.00 | +30.00 | | 10/98 | Pyrex mixing bowls, 4 | 4.00 | 1/24 | 36.00 | +32.00 | | 8/98 | Craftsman wrenches, 9 | 3.00 | 1/30 | 15.00 | +12.00 | | 12/98 | Fisher-Price Jetliner | 2.00 | 2/14 | 16.00 | +14.00 | | 9/98 | Hot Wheels Redline | 1.00 | 3/2 | 14.00 | +13.00 | | Total, 1998 leftovers | 15.00 | | 116.00 | +101.00 |
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THE BOOTH, MONTH BY MONTH |
Rent is $85 a month for my 8 by 10, paid on the first. The mall keeps 10% of what sells and mails me a check for the rest on the 10th of the next month, with a printout of every tag. That printout is how I fill in the "Sold" column. September is through the 18th, and I've counted the whole month's rent.
| Month | Booth sales | Rent | Mall 10% | Sold direct | | Jan. | 86.00 | 85.00 | 8.60 | - | | Feb. | 124.00 | 85.00 | 12.40 | - | | Mar. | 224.00 | 85.00 | 22.40 | - | | Apr. | 265.00 | 85.00 | 26.50 | - | | May. | 194.00 | 85.00 | 19.40 | - | | Jun. | 291.00 | 85.00 | 29.10 | - | | Jul. | 135.00 | 85.00 | 13.50 | 60.00 | | Aug. | 440.00 | 85.00 | 44.00 | - | | Sep. | 116.00 | 85.00 | 11.60 | 8.00 | | Total | 1,875.00 | 765.00 | 187.50 | 68.00 |
Two ways to look at it. The first is what I made on the things that sold. The second is just cash: what went into the coffee can and what came out of it.
| Sold, 1999 buys (54 lines, counting the Avon bottles at $0) | 1,827.00 | | Sold, 1998 leftovers (5 lines) | 116.00 | | TOTAL TAKEN IN | 1,943.00 | | Less what those things cost me | (336.00) | | Gross profit | 1,607.00 | | Less booth rent, 9 months at $85 | (765.00) | | Less the mall's 10% | (187.50) | | NET PROFIT, JAN. 1 TO SEPT. 18 | 654.50 |
| Taken in | 1,943.00 | | Paid out for everything bought in 1999 | (394.00) | | Paid out to the mall (rent and 10%) | (952.50) | | CASH AHEAD FOR THE YEAR | 596.50 | | Still in the booth or garage, at cost (16 lines) | 73.00 |
So that's $654.50 in profit for the year so far, or about $73 a month. Sheila worked it out per hour once and I asked her not to do it again. The way I look at it, I'd be out there anyway. This way the hobby pays for itself and then some, and the Christmas fund is already started.
Best buy of the year: the red Fiesta disc pitcher in May, $15 at a garage sale, sold for $110. Worst: the Philco radio, which you can read about on the Mistakes page.
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