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Packing and posting sports memorabilia

Do not post glass. Keep padding off ink. Fold shirts along folds that already exist.

Describing the condition of anime and manga

Sealed, complete, reading condition — then the spines, the edges and the volume numbers.

Pricing sports memorabilia for a live auction

Price the certainty. An unverified shirt is not a cheap verified one; it is a different item.

Packing and posting manga and figures

Spines break when books slide. Figures break at whatever sticks out.

Buying sports memorabilia in a live auction

Ask how they know. The answer, not the object, is what sets the price you should pay.

Pricing anime and manga for a live auction

Complete runs sell as runs. Singles fill the gaps, and the gaps are where the money is.

How to sell sports memorabilia on Metzee

Worn, issued or replica, and how you know. The same three words across every sport.

Buying anime and manga in a live auction

Ask for the publication page and the exact volume numbers. Everything else is detail.

Describing the condition of sporting goods

Match condition, practice condition, worn — and then the specific part that does the work.

How to sell anime and manga on Metzee

Say which edition, which publisher, and which volumes. Those three answer most questions.

Packing and posting sporting goods

Length costs money and weight costs more. Find out what your courier charges before you promise.

Describing the condition of womenswear

The lining, the underarms and the beadwork. Three places that carry most of the faults.

Pricing sporting goods for a live auction

Model year and condition of the working part. Everything else is decoration.

Packing and posting womenswear

Damp ruins cloth and beadwork catches on everything. Tissue and a sealed bag fix both.

Buying sporting goods in a live auction

Ask the specification, then ask what has been repaired. Those two cover most of the risk.

Pricing womenswear for a live auction

Occasion wear and everyday wear are different rooms. Price them like it.

How to sell sporting goods on Metzee

Show the part that does the work. For a bat it is the face, for a racket the frame, for weights the coating.

Buying womenswear in a live auction

Ask for flat measurements and the lining. Both decide whether you will wear it.

How to sell womenswear on Metzee

Measure every piece flat, describe the fabric, and say what has been altered.

Describing the condition of menswear

New with tags, new without tags, excellent, good, worn — and the measurements that make them mean something.

Packing and posting menswear

Clothing survives almost anything except damp. One plastic bag is the whole defence.

Pricing menswear for a live auction

Condition and fabric move the number. Lots move the room.

Buying menswear in a live auction

Ask for measurements, not a size. Then compare them to something you already own.

How to sell menswear on Metzee

Measure it flat and write the numbers. A stated size is not a measurement.