| You'll find games offered at most higher class auction | | | | resell later on eBay |
| houses especially deceased sales and complete | | | | On viewing day cross check the contents of lots |
| household clearances of properties that have passed | | | | against your own listings and avoid any with several |
| through several generations of the same family. | | | | missing pieces or heavy damage, subject to the |
| Games often sell inexpensively at flea markets and | | | | following exception. |
| collectors' fairs usually from dealers lacking intention or | | | | Games with light damage or missing just a few pieces |
| energy to check contents and possible resale value. | | | | are worth buying and sold as 'spare parts' to collectors |
| You'll often find sellers offloading them in bulk at these | | | | wishing to replace parts missing from games they |
| itinerant events where many want to go home cash in | | | | already own. Alternatively, you could buy partly |
| hand and don't want unsold stock cluttering their | | | | complete games to make up a full set of your own to |
| garage or spare bedroom. | | | | resell on eBay. |
| Be very careful when buying games as you'll rarely | | | | It's also a good idea to ask auction staff to let you |
| find them intact, they are more often heavily depleted, | | | | check out the contents of games they will soon be |
| and most auctioneers won't say or know if items are | | | | selling. This benefits them as much as you and if you |
| missing. | | | | do it as close to auction start as possible it's unlikely |
| Here's a great tip: get a catalogue before the auction | | | | other bidders will know the game is intact, and |
| or print it from the Internet, check potential resale value | | | | consequently they will probably bid low, leaving lots of |
| on eBay's Advanced Search Engine and determine | | | | profit for you. |
| exactly how much to bid before obtaining items to | | | | |