| Vintage books and magazines were packed with | | | | where all you have to do is look for copyright-free |
| prints and advertisements and other paper items | | | | patterns and designs which you can combine into |
| which are not only interesting, but very collectable, | | | | books or sell individually. They are all great sellers on |
| and profitable, too. So many things derived from | | | | eBay especially for traditional fancy dress |
| these old publications are hot sellers on eBay including: | | | | anniversaries such as Halloween.CartoonsThe secret |
| prints, advertisements, knitting and other craftwork | | | | here is to look for copyright-free cartoons which you |
| patterns, recipes, how to articles, historical articles, | | | | can copy and mount or frame as they are or revamp |
| music scores, stories and other out of copyright | | | | to suit today's market. As for other copyright-free |
| material ... etc., etc, etc.Let me introduce you to just | | | | material, although there is no law against lifting and |
| a few of these easy to find items.PrintsOld prints are | | | | using cartoons, it is arguably immoral and unethical to |
| valuable collectors' pieces and there's a good income | | | | claim the work as your own.Cater for Lovers .... Of |
| to be made simply from packaging prints neatly and | | | | Anything and Everything!Actually, that title is a little |
| categorizing them according to theme, eBay's best | | | | misleading because this project covers virtually every |
| sellers being: animals, sports (especially golf and horse | | | | interest for which there is a large, better still, |
| racing), royalty, music hall artists, topographical | | | | indeterminate audience. Books and such compiled |
| (named locations) and | | | | here can be sold in printed, CD or downloadable |
| children.AdvertisementsAdvertisements were often | | | | fashion on eBay.This is my particular favorite and, |
| hugely ornate, colored or black and white, | | | | arguably, the easiest to profit from. All you do here is |
| photographic or artist-drawn. Whatever shape they | | | | clip, collect and collate as many snippets as you can |
| take, framed and unframed, mounted and | | | | relating to one particular subject or theme. Cats, |
| unmounted advertisements are very popular on eBay | | | | dogs, golf, writing, children, Amish recipes, |
| where only recently an advertisement placed by a | | | | fortune-telling, witchcraft, and more, are useful ideas |
| slave trader in The Memphis Daily Avalanche in 1859 | | | | for books that are simply compilations of everything |
| fetched $200.Clippings'Clippings', sometimes called | | | | you find on the topic.Here are a few ideas to get |
| 'Cuttings' as both names suggest, are simply items | | | | you started:1001 Great Golfing JokesEverything You |
| cut from books and other printed publications. They | | | | Didn't Know About CatsPsychic Cat and Dog |
| can be large or small, or even comprise entire | | | | Stories1001 Great Dating Tips500 Amish |
| sections of a book linked to a specific theme. They | | | | RecipesCandles and Witchcraft: Ten True Stories to |
| can fetch high prices on eBay as did a 1909 article | | | | Brighten Your Life50 Ways to Reduce Everyday |
| about the magician Houdini that went for $200 in May | | | | Stress101 Ways to Market Your WritingEarly |
| 2005 and clippings of Rudolph Valentino fetched $305 | | | | Veterinary PracticesLet Grandma's Kitchen Make |
| at around the same time.Gifts and Advertising | | | | Money For YouThere's money to be made from |
| Novelties from Early PublicationsEarly publications | | | | compiling early recipes in book or report form for |
| often contained useful free gifts for readers, some | | | | selling in print, CD or via email attachment from eBay |
| of which are profitable collectors' items today. The | | | | listings. Recipes don't need to be popular today; you |
| most common free gifts were advertising inserts and | | | | might research and write up on some of the far less |
| sometimes advertising blotters, rulers, children's | | | | appetizing dishes our ancestors might have 'enjoyed' |
| painting books and maps. Maps are particularly prolific | | | | centuries before.Knitting PatternsKnitting and other |
| in older books and are amongst eBay's highest priced | | | | craftwork patterns are hugely popular sellers on |
| items, such as the 1873 Beers Atlas of Maps of Long | | | | eBay, especially unusual and niche market types, such |
| Island New York which recently fetch over $2,000 | | | | as dolls' clothing, war-time economy designs, clothes |
| and a Mitchell's Map of Missouri and Arkansas found | | | | for animals, and so on. Again, look for |
| folded inside a tatty old book from 1937 that | | | | out-of-copyright items and other patterns that never |
| reached $1702.PostersSome early publications, larger | | | | had legal copyright. Many old publications included free |
| ones, had double center page spreads that make | | | | patterns as loose items or pull-out publications which |
| great posters and prints. They can fetch bids of $20 | | | | need no additional work on them to sell. However, |
| and more. As for all publications, learn to specialize, | | | | you are not always allowed to copy these items so |
| and look for special interest magazines, targeting a | | | | where you have a good seller, work hard to obtain |
| specific audience, say dog lovers, train enthusiasts, | | | | as many copies of the parent copy publication as |
| classic cars, and so on. This way you gain experience | | | | possible.So many books and magazines available, so |
| about specific subjects and the person to buy from | | | | many ways to make money from them, so what are |
| on eBay.Fancy DressAnother very easy project | | | | you waiting for! |