#navigating auction house results requires similar tactics but some of them keep sale prices a secret for some reason

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as someone who has had to look up the value of random objects across 3 careers, this is my biggest tip: never take the amount that something is being sold for at face value. learning that someone has a book priced at $2000 tells you nothing except that they want $2000. the real info is what people are actually spending for it. a lot of places let you filter search results to only see sold items—above is a screen shot of ebay’s. you often have to scroll down a ways to find it. and if you’re trying to sell an item, price it around or under whatever that number is. and pay attention to when the past sales happened—just because someone was willing to buy something for $50 in 2010, doesn’t mean anyone is now.