Stay up on store events and information by joining us on Facebook!

Our next installment of Sell It Now Radio is on Saturday, August 28th from 5-6 PM on Newstalk 1130 WISN AM. You can also visit www.sellitnowradio.com to listen to it streaming live. We will be talking estates and senior downsizing, as well as what to do with all of that stuff in the house. We hope you tune in!

Featured eBay auction items - week of 7/19/2010

This week, we have a number of interesting items up for auction at The Sell it Now Store.

The first featured item is a Steuben Thomas Edison Plaque Luminar. These were a special order for the Ford Motor Company in 1929. It was created to celebrate the Ford and Edison union of Ford had ordered only 300 of these and gave them to dinner quests that were part of the union celebration.

The second item is a McIntosh C-20 Stereo Preamp. McIntosh is known for their superior audio quality and construction and is one of the more valuable audio components of that time period.

The third featured item is a number of Barbie Doll auctions. We have several barbies in the box and a number of clothing collections that are near pristine in condition.

The fourth item is a rare survivor Schwinn B6 cruiser bicycle. When the bike arrived to our store, we were amazed at the condition. It is a unique original piece of biking history.

Tune in next week to see how these pieces did, or follow them on eBay by following the link on our website at www.sellitnowstore.com

eBay On Location - Chicago, IL

Last weekend, we attended eBay On Location in the windy city - Chicago, IL. It was a great trip and we were able to meet with a number of eBay representatives. We will be working with eBay to hopefully take a more active role in this event next year.

Pawn Star's Rick Harrison on Sell It Now Radio

We will be interviewing Rick Harrison of History Channel's Pawn Stars on Sell It Now Radio. If you are around the Milwaukee area tune in to AM 1130 on Saturday, July 17th at 5:00 p.m. or visit www.sellitnowradio.com a few days after to hear the show. We are excited to be talking with an expert of Rick's caliber.

Tune in Saturday, June 19th for Sell It Now Radio

Tune in from 5:00-6:00 PM Saturday, June 19th for another installment of Sell It Now Radio, hosted by Mike Boerschinger & Nichole Pirolo on Newstalk 1130 WISN AM. We discuss researching items and feature many items that have been posted on Sell It Now Radio. We hope you can tune in!

Sell It Now Store featured on eBay Radio 6/8/2010

Click HERE to listen to eBay Radio 6/8/2010 (broadcast worldwide) featuring an interview with Mike and Nichole from Sell it Now Store / Sell It Now Radio.

New Arrivals This Week, Part II

Several other unique items include a 1950's Pabst Motion Car sign and 1946 AMI A Mother of Plastic Jukebox. Both are great examples of rec room and bar collectibles.

Pabst started the brewery on Chestnut Street Hill in Milwaukee with a capacity of 18 barrels. Later, in 1863, Frederick Pabst, a steamship captain and son-in-law of Phillip Best, bought a share in Best and Company, by which time the brewery was already selling a lager that they began bottling in 1875 under the name Best Select.

The history of the AMI jukebox begins with the National Automatic Music Company, which was founded in 1909 as a producer of automatic player pianos. In 1927, the same technology was adapted and used to create the first AMI jukebox. Early AMI jukeboxes were very popular and influential because they could play both sides of the 78-rpm records that they used. This technology was employed for nearly three decades with the only changes coming in the form of increased capacity.

AMI employed popular architectural styles of its time to create the aesthetic feel of their jukeboxes. The "Top Flight" model, which was produced in 1936 and 1937, is Art Deco in its design and calls to mind many early New York City skyscrapers. The AMI A is one of the larges, most colorful jukeboxes ever produced.

Check back in several weeks when both of these pieces are being auctioned on eBay.

New Arrivals This Week, Part I

This week, we have several very unique pieces that have arrived at the store. This includes a 1964 Mosrite Ventures Model solid body electric guitar and 1964 Vox Twin 10 AC-10 tube guitar amp.

The Vox amp was manufactured in England by Jennings Musical Industries.Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer which is most famous for making the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, the Vox electric organ, and a series of innovative but commercially unsuccessful electric guitars and bass guitars.[citation needed] Founded in Kent, England, Vox has been owned by the Japanese electronics firm Korg since 1992. Vox amps have been used by many other artists including Hank Marvin, Pete Townshend, John Scofield, Snowy White, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Peter Buck, Justin Hayward, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork as well as The Beatles and many others.

The guitar is a Mosrite, originally based in Bakersfield, California in 1952. The same year as Fender started. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Ventures, The Ramone's Tommy Tedesco, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Davie Allan, Kurt Cobain, Joe Maphis, Buck Owens, Larry Collins, Buck Trent, Nick McCarthy, , the MC5, Iron Butterfly, Dottie Rambo. Arthur Lee Love, Fred Sonic Smith, Ricky Wilson, Kayama Yuzo, and Kevin Shields. Virtually everyone who is anyone has owned a Mosrite at some time in their life. People like Brian Wilson of The Beachboys, Jimi Page, Duane Allman. Roy Buchanan. Larry Gatton, Rick Springfield, & hundreds of well known musicians (Too many to list) have all been captured by the allure of the Mosrite guitar. In the 60's a Mosrite was priced at approximately double of a Fender Stratocaster.

These two pieces are a great example of superb craftsmanship and sound. Check back in several weeks when they are sold at no reserve on eBay.

Download Sell It Now Radio - Show #1

Now available for download is Sell It Now Radio - show #1. You can click HERE to listen to to the show and hear Mike & Nichole talk about the show, your antiques and collectibles, eBay and The Sell It Now Store. Please be patient as it is a large file to download.

April, 2010 Top 5 Auctions

As we are expanding and ventured into Sell It Now Radio, we will now be updating our top 5 auctions to a monthly format. While we specialize in gold, coins, watches, jewelry, sports memorabilia, vintage stereo gear, computers, musical instruments, guitars and amplifiers, our racing car took center stage this month as far as value.

The top 5 sales for April, 2010 are:

1. Lola T9400 Indy cart race racing car - $45,655
2. 1968 Selmer France Paris Mark VI 6 Tenor Saxophone - $3,850
3. Optec Outdoor Advertising LED Sign Message Center 2210 - $3,795
4. 1955 Martin D-18 D18 Acoustic Guitar - $2,959
5. 1978 Ibanez Japan GB-10 George Benson electric guitar - $2,425

Another Fender Harvard Tweed tube amp

It seems that items come to The Sell It Now Store in flocks at times. It has been a year or so since the last tweed amp arrived and we have never had two at one time. We now have two Fender Harvards and a Champ tweed that have arrived in the past few weeks, along with a number of other Fender amps.

This one appears to have been in a closet for much of it's life but has been re-tweeded we believe. It is a nice original survivor and sounds great. It was made in 1958. These amps were produced from 1955 - 1962.

Tune in later in the week to see how it does on eBay. We estimate the value to be around $1500-1800.

Remember this toy?

This is a Tin Lithograph San Francisco Cable Car Friction Toy. It was made in Japan and sold at Bay Area gift shops. It features a bell inside that rings when the toy is pushed along the floor. This is a unique piece of history and the tin litho toys are popular worldwide. We believe it will fetch somewhere around $100 on eBay.

This week's featured auction - 1956 Wurlitzer 2000 Centennial Jukebox

This week's featured auction is a 1956 Wurlitzer 2000 Centennial Model jukebox. This is a survivor and has the scarce factory wood side finish in green. This model features 200 selections and the novel roto-pages which are motorized title strip books. It is considered Scandinavian Modern design and has glass pilasters. These are one of the most desirable jukeboxes produced and should fetch $6000-8000 in this condition.

Tune in on Sunday evening, June 6th to see how it does at auction.

Coming Soon to eBay Motors

We will be listing this beautiful 1972 DeTomaso Pantera in the next week on eBay. This is a 12,000 mile original with a 351 engine.

The name Pantera is Panther in Italian. This beautiful car was designed by US-based designer Tom Tjaarda and replaced the De Tomaso Mangusta. Unlike the Mangusta, which employed a steel backbone chassis, the Pantera was a steel monocoque design, the first instance of De Tomaso using this construction technique. It made its public debut in Modena in March 1970 and was presented at the 1970 New York Motor Show a few weeks later. Approximately a year after that production Panteras started finding their way into the hands of customers and production had already been ramped up to a remarkable (by the standards of Modena built exotica) 3 per day.

Check back next week to see how it does at auction.

Sell It Now Radio Premier

Listen to Sell It Now Radio today at 5:00 p.m. to hear the first show! We talk about The Sell It Now Store, selling on eBay and what items sell. Tune in to Newstalk 1130 WISN AM!

Another Rolex Wall Clock - RARE

We sold a one only known to exist Rolex wall clock two years ago. We received a call from a gentleman in Ohio that saw our website and has a different Rolex wall clock we will be consigning and selling on eBay. This is probably as rare as the first one we sold, as we have never heard of another.

A brief history of Rolex and Pan Am helps explain the clock. Pan Am’s founder, Juan Trippe, theorized that if pilots had a watch that would help them keep track of the time in their current time zone as well as their home time zone, the effects of jet lag would be milder. The original Rolex GMT master watch was developed by Rolex and Pan Am exclusively for Pam Am pilots, first officers, and navigators in 1958.

Obviously, a wonderful relationship developed between Rolex and the airline known as America’s Imperial Airline. This phenomenal piece is truly a one-of-a-kind. The clock as you would guess, keeps impeccable time.

eBay Featured Listings - 1955 Tonka Steel Lumber Truck w/ Original Box

This is a 1955 Tonka Lumber Truck with Stake Bed and comes in the original Tonka lumber truck box. It is a great vintage steel toy and highly collectible. We consigned it at Sell it Now from a local family who is downsizing.

See what it fetches on eBay Sunday, May 23rd at 8:00 PM on eBay.

eBay Featured Listings - 1965 Buick Skylark Gran Sport Convertible

Remember driving a car like this when you were in high school? Maybe your dad had one like this. This is one of our latest consignments at The Sell It Now Store. It is a RARE 1965 Buick Gran Sport Convertible and is on consignment with The Sell It Now Store. These are extremely hard to find, let alone in a convertible with a mere 1426 produced. How many are left? This car features the 401 Nailhead with 435 foot lbs of torque.

Tune in this week to see what it sells for on eBay. It is being sold at no reserve.

Recent eBay sale - Lola T9400 Indy Cart Car

At The Sell It Now Store, we have our share of unique consignments and listings. This is a former Indy Racing League race car then used in the CART series. It was consigned by The Sell it Now Store and sold two weeks ago on eBay for just over $45,000. Watch the video of the engine firing by following our link below:

http://sellitnowstore.ning.com/video/5647784:Video:57

Lola Cars International Ltd. is a racing car engineering company founded in 1958 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon, England. Lola Cars started by building small front-engined sports cars, and branched out into Formula Junior cars before diversifying into one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world.

The history on the car is that it was sold to Indy Regency in May of 1994 as a champ car. It became a Buz Calkins spare car for IRL from 1996 to 1999. It was then converted to Buick for AIS (American Indy Car Series) in 2000 or 2001. It is a significant piece of racing history.