Buffy - wheres the best place to sell a rare prop?

[babygirlcharly]

Hello there!
I'm from the UK and wondering where the best place to possibly sell a Buffy prop.
Its the knife the mayor gave to faith in season 3. Its not the rubber action prop but the original one for close ups. I have the COA from the studios and from the German makers who designed it for the show but its not in any kind of display case.

I got an offer for it a few years ago just from a passing conversation but never really thought anything of it till now.

As any Buffy collector can imagine it is quite a valuable thing for me but circumstances have made me think about things and well if the offer was right then I may just have to be grown up and part with it!

[Beaumonde]

eBay? Or just let people know that it's for sale through forums. Try BtVSFigs or any other active Buffy forum you can find. Maybe someone here will be interested.

[Skytteflickan88]

You have the original knife? *drooling*

I would suggest trying to get in contact with big collectors through forums like Beaumonde said(since I can imagine that prop will be costly), and if you can't find anyone there, ebay would be your best bet.

Just try to get your feelers out there. Maybe there's even a community for people who buy TV props for big money that could help you.

[babygirlcharly]

Thanks so much for your help! i'll definately visit the sites you suggested. Wasn;t sure it would be right for ebay but i shall keep in mind thanks again.

Charlotte x

[Skytteflickan88]

Check sideshows' forum. You might be able to find a collector there who got the money. Several of them buy the less than cheap sideshow Buffy statues, so maybe one of them as the money.

[Whedon Fan]

Nooooooooooooooooo! Why would you want to sell it? Insane I tell you! Ha!
How did you manage to get a hold of something that rare from the show? Niiiice!

[babygirlcharly]

Yeah I know and a couple of years ago I had an offer for it - quite a large offer and didn't even think twice about turning it down! Wish I'd got his number now lol! It was just total chance I actually came across it and its as amazing in real life as it looks on the show! It's pretty heavy and longer than an A4 size envelope and scares ex's quite nicely ;-)

But as life goes, things happen and well sometimes you have to sacrifice things and its been hidden away in a cupboard for years now and it doesn't look like i'll be winning the lottery and having a "buffy room" like I want so hence if I can get a good enough offer it'll have to be sacrificed.

Ps I got the COA's mixed up with another prop I have (like I say everything been hidden away so long it was like exploring aladins cave looking for it!) The ones I have for this are a letter and COA from U.A.C.C. HC collectors.

I have got some interest from another forum site but no set offers as of yet so we'll see - ya never know it may just go back into the cupboard for another 6 years lol!

[babygirlcharly]

I seem to have had a problem with pm's on the other forum so just in case, I have put my email to visible if anyone has sent me a pm and i've not recieved it.

Also, not sure if im just being dumb here but how do you put a picture on here?

[Skytteflickan88]

In a post, as a avatar or banner?

If you mean in a post, you use [IMG*]url to image[/IMG*] but remove the stars (works over at btvsfigs too).

[babygirlcharly]

nope, not sure what im doing wrong but it doesnt want to come up on here! Theres a picture on BtVS if anyone wants a look x

[Skytteflickan88]

I had problem with that before. The image need to end with gif, jpg or png, not and extra numbers or letters, as it is on some urls.

[IM*G]http://lalalala.p*ng[*/IMG]

Does that help? The internet uploading tool/page you're using, does it allow you to link, or it it set to private or something?

[babygirlcharly]

unless you can see? it just says [image] to me when post x

[Skytteflickan88]

For me too. How annoying. I guess you'll just have to post the link, and people can click on it to see the picture in a new window. Unless a more nerdy person than me has the answer.