European Stamp Prices & News

The huge German stamp collection mentioned in our previous post ended up getting no bids.

That made us wonder, what is the hard data for higher-priced auctions on eBay for what people are actually buying?

So we did a little research and compiled the statistics for the last month (which included the Christmas season) here. This is how many auctions there were for a variety of price ranges, and how many of those received at least one bid high enough to get a sale (prices are sale price for successful auctions, opening bid for unsold auctions):

Click price range to see up-to-date eBay auction info from the last month

None of these price ranges had a decent percentage of auctions that ended up being sold. Compare this to the auctions below $1,000. Of over 92,000 listed, 50% or more ended up being sold (estimated).

So although eBay is a great place to find rare, higher-end stamps, it is only popular with those buying smaller lots, single pieces, common issues, and low-priced items.

(Anyone can do searches on eBay with various parameters, analyzing the data in any way. For advanced searches including number of bids, ending times, price ranges, etc, you’ll need to register first.)

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