eBay Reminds Shoppers that Etsy Is Not the Only Place for Vintage

eBay published a long blog post about the popularity of vintage goods such as housewares and furniture – a reminder to collectors that Etsy isn’t the only source of vintage goods.

In the post published on Thursday, eBay dropped some interesting statistics about the rise in prices for certain items. (Some statistics provided show an increase in the number of items without specifying the impact on pricing.)

• “eBay revealed that the average sale price for vintage IKEA items has more than doubled since 2015; the average sale price for an Eames product has, in the same time, gone from $122 to $200.”
• “Though Fiestaware has never been expensive, it has been a major presence, both intentionally and not, in the secondary market; today, there are over 200,000 annual listings on eBay for Fiestaware, up significantly from 189,000 only a few years ago, in 2020.”
• “In 2015, there were just under 38,000 listings for vintage Dansk; in 2023, it’s up well over 73,000.”
• “Lighting fixtures in particular are popular on eBay; searches for “vintage Ikea lamp” have more than doubled since 2021, and the average sale price on the online marketplace has increased from only $27 in 2016 to $44 in 2023.”

We’re curious what our readers who sell vintage goods have to say about trends – are you seeing higher prices? Any areas where there’s a glut in supply?

Check out the full post, “How Vintage IKEA, Farberware, and Other Vintage Housewares Went from Disposable to Indispensable on eBay,” on the eBay corporate blog.

Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.