I picked up these four Chelsea Pottery barrister figures more than 6 months ago for $9.99 at one of my favorite thrift stores. I remembered having seen something like them before and that they were collectible. A little research revealed what they were and that they commanded fairly high prices in the UK, where they were made between 1952-1990, but not much in the US. A few months ago I saw a pair sell on eBay for just over $20 so I didn't rush out to list mine.
I was tidying up a storage area a couple of weeks ago to make room for some purchases and decided to test the market with two; one tall and one short. They sold to a man in Cyprus for $57 and $56, respectively. When I packed them up I noticed the short fat one had what appeared to be a very small chip at the end of his nose. I emailed the buyer to let him know and offered to swap it out with the other short one. He told me to go ahead and send the ones he paid for as well as the other one and he would pay me a reasonable sum. I ended up selling him all four for $218.
Not as much as the $200-300/hour a lawyer makes, but not a bad profit at all!
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