How you can make some "small potatoes" from something that most people throw away with the garbage

> You can sometimes get lots of very
> interesting business ideas on ebay.... I'm
> sometimes amazed by what people buy and sell
> there!
..
> Here are some auctions I found
> interesting.... How can you make money from
> something that many people throw away?

> A lot of people throw away their old
> magazines.... After they've read them, to
> them they are worthless and go out with the
> trash.

> Well, if you can get these cheaply (or even
> for nothing), you could have a product. It
> won't make you rich - it's a "small
> potatoes" type of project, but you
> could have a product nevertheless.... The
> product is....

> CLIPPINGS!

> Several people on ebay are selling magazine
> clippings. They go through old magazines,
> and clip out articles and photos of various
> celebrities. They put the same ones
> together, so all the Jodie Foster clippings
> go in one pile, and all the Michael J. Fox
> clippings go in another pile. Then, they
> sell them.

> Here's an example of some Hayley Mills
> clippings on auction .... and here are some
> Ewan McGregor clippings on auction .... If
> you look for "clippings" on ebay
> you'll find plenty more. It seems to me that
> older clippings tend to get higher prices.

> This won't make you rich, but for someone
> who reads these magazines anyway then throws
> them away, why not make some money from it
> on the side? I don't think I could do this
> (I don't read the right magazines, and
> couldn't be bothered clipping things), but
> if you like these kinds of magazines anyway
> you could do this in your spare time, at
> home, while watching your kids or even in
> front of the TV.

> Anyhow, this was just to give some
> Sowpubbers some ideas....

> If you see any interesting auctions on ebay,
> please post them here so we can all learn
> something from them. :)

> Cheers,

> Dien Rice