R/F Pin on ebay?

[Ferret]

Always a chance someone is in need of money, and selling stuff they care about. I'd hope the best for them.
Ferret

[~pixie~]

I'm feelin' pretty bad for the guy who has to part with his Star Trek Klingon Brewers \ Bartenders Guild Badge Pin.

[Noble Dreg]

Give us a link!

[~pixie~]

just search for "guild pin"  under "all categories" and it's the 18th listing down. 

[LunasReincarnate]

oddly enough when i was searching ebay a few days ago for some accessories i came across that auction and that's how i found out about this site!

[John]

Huzzah LunasReincarnate!  Welcome.

[DeadBishop]

I'd really like to see her rejoin the forum, if anything.  Seems she is a seamstress and sells garb on eBay and through her etsy shop.  I mentioned we have an active garbing/sewing section on the forum.  Hoping that might entice her to come back.

[DeadBishop]

Oh, and I'm guessing the reason it has 6 bids at this point is because of the press it has gotten here.  Whoever has the current bid will save a whole buck if they win! 

[Celtic_Fae]

Copyright or not, if she owns the pin she is legally within her rights to sell it.  It is the design you control, not the pin.  Advertizing collectables are sold continually on ebay.  So are all sorts of trade-marked items.

Still, most creators like to know where their works end up, which is why I posted it here.   It sure is interesting to watch the sale process of a R/F pin off of r/f.com.

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

I owned and ran a brass rubbing business in the 1970's & 1980's.  Taught people how to make rubbings and then sold my own rubbings. 

Imagine my surprise a few years ago when one day I was looking under the topic "brass rubbing" on Ebay and found a rubbing that had the description "made by famous brass rubbing artist Renee D---."

I quickly contacted the seller and told him/her that I was by no means famous, and it was the creator of the brass who was the real artist.  I never got a response back.  Interestingly enough, it sold for what I thought was a lot of money!

[lady M]

This person selling her R/F pin on ebay could make up to 3x what she paid if she bought it when I bought mine.  I bought 4 pins back in '05' on the old forum.  It is very dear to my heart and for these reasons. 
1) It was part of the first batch of pins ordered. --I paid a little over $6 each. 
2) Well, really, the pins were paid for by our very own and dear "John" out his own pocket.
3) He asked that we take the cost of the pins with the cost of shipping and donate it to charity for the Hurricane Katrina victims.  We only had to show him the proof of donation.
And that is why I will never sell or give my pin away.

[~pixie~]

FYI - a couple of PARF tickets are on ebay too, now.

[KNIGHTNLADY69]

Bidding ended on Aug 11 for the above mentioned pin and it sold for $16.50.  The same seller has put up for auction another R/F pin with a starting bid of $9.99.  Sorry for the lengthy link, but I'm not sure how to shorten it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Renaissance-Faire-Pin-Brooch-for-Jerkin-Doublet-Jacket_W0QQitemZ370244790736QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item56344f29d0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[Charlotte Rowan]

Strange.

[irish]

Wow..........mine is priceless.........

I just looked at the new R/F pin for sale.......I think she should be stopped, even if she did buy it to begin with. How many more does she plan to sell?