6 eBay Items That Sell Fast Over $100 (I Checked 16)

If you're going to pay a hundred dollars or more for something to flip, the price isn't the scary part. The scary part is when it sits on your shelf for months. So I picked sixteen things I expected to sell for a hundred dollars and up on eBay, and checked how many sold in about the last ninety days, against how many are listed right now. Number one is a little camera from two thousand seven, and on my count, it beat the Steam Deck. One brand of golf putter sold close to sixty times in about two days, and it still didn't make the top six. And a stereo receiver with a six-hundred-dollar median had fewer sold than listed, on my search. So today: the six with the best sell-through of the sixteen I checked, why people want each one, where to find it, and the check that keeps you from buying a dud. Let's jump right into it.

So here's how this works. For each item, I counted eBay's sold listings, used, in the US, over about the last ninety days, then ran the same search on what's listed right now. Sold against listed is your sell-through. When eBay shows a number with a plus, the real count could be higher, so I'll say "over", and I ranked it on the number eBay shows. These are keyword counts, so they catch a few parts too. It's a rough guide, not an exact percentage. Every price is a real sold listing, before shipping, no accepted best offers or coupon sales, and "typical" means the middle half of the most recent full-price sales.

Number six: the Filson Original Briefcase. Filson started in Seattle in eighteen ninety-seven, outfitting Klondike gold rush prospectors, and this bag is heavy twenty-two-ounce cotton twill with bridle leather handles and brass hardware. From across the store, look for stiff tan, green or navy canvas with two pockets on the front. Out of forty-three recent sales on that search, mostly the Original, the median was two hundred sixty dollars, and a typical one went for two hundred two to three hundred forty-nine. A tan Original sold October thirty-first for two hundred sixty dollars. A leather version got seven hundred ninety-five dollars. That's one sale. So check the tag for Made in U.S.A., and bag collectors look for a Talon zipper, because that usually means an older bag. And it moves: three hundred eight sold in about ninety days, with only a hundred thirty-five listed. That's more than two sold for every one listed.

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Number five: the Sega Dreamcast. It came out in North America in September nineteen ninety-nine, and Sega stopped making it in March two thousand one. It was Sega's last home console. From three feet away: a small white square box with a swirl logo on the lid and four controller ports on the front. Out of fifty-five recent sales, the median was a hundred fifty dollars, and a typical one went for a hundred twenty-five to a hundred eighty. A tested bundle with four games sold November third for a hundred fifty-five dollars and thirty-five cents. A black Sports Edition bundle got two hundred eighty-nine dollars. And a yellowed console by itself sold for seventy-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. Here's something to be wary about. The disc drive is a common weak spot, so test it with a real game disc, not just the start-up screen. A Japanese console won't play U.S. games without a mod. And don't list a modded console loaded with games; sell it stock. Over twelve hundred sold in about ninety days, with four hundred twenty-nine listed. That's close to three for every one, at least.

Number four: the Fujifilm X100. The first one came out in twenty eleven: a small camera with a fixed lens that looks like an old film rangefinder. In twenty twenty-four, Reuters reported that Fujifilm doubled its launch production of the X100VI, and still couldn't keep up with orders. One TikToker in that story called the X100 series basically a fashion accessory. Out of forty-four recent sales, the median was twelve hundred fifty-one dollars, but the model sets the price. An original X100 sold October twenty-ninth for three hundred eighty-five dollars. An X100V got twelve hundred dollars. And an X100VI sold November second for two thousand forty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. So read the model name on the camera: nothing after the X100 means the original from twenty eleven. Take a test photo, because the original is known among owners for sticky aperture blades that wash the picture out. Four hundred seventy sold in about ninety days, and only a hundred thirty-nine are listed. More than three for every one.

Number three: the Meta Quest 3. It launched in October twenty twenty-three. This April, Meta raised its prices, saying VR hardware got a lot more expensive to build, and the hundred twenty-eight gig Quest 3 isn't sold new anymore. So used ones are the cheaper way in. Out of forty-eight recent sales, the median was three hundred two dollars, and a typical one went for two hundred thirty-seven to three hundred sixty-eight. A five hundred twelve gig bundle with extras sold November third for four hundred nineteen dollars and ninety-nine cents. A five hundred twelve gig headset listed without controllers got two hundred twenty-five dollars. Two traps. The cheaper Quest 3S is easy to mix up with it, and it sells for less, so check the box. And on Meta's own forum, one buyer said a used Quest 3 worked for a few days and then got disabled. A factory reset in front of you clears the old owner's account, but it can't stop a headset that was reported stolen from getting locked later. So buy from someone you can reach again, and pay a way that protects you. Over twenty-nine hundred sold in about ninety days, with six hundred ninety-three listed. That's more than four for every one.

Number two: the Steam Deck. Valve released it in February twenty twenty-two, a handheld gaming PC. Then in December twenty twenty-five, Valve discontinued the last LCD model. In February, every model sold out on Valve's U.S. store, and in May, Valve raised OLED prices. So used ones are the easy way in. Out of forty-seven recent sales, the median was four hundred seventy dollars, and a typical one went for four hundred ten to six hundred thirty. A sixty-four gig LCD with a case sold November third for three hundred eighty dollars. A one terabyte OLED got six hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. And even one marked "read," for a flaw, sold at auction for two hundred sixty-five dollars, with thirty-seven bids. Check pawn shops and Facebook Marketplace for these. From three feet away, it's a wide black handheld with two square trackpads under the thumbsticks. Check LCD or OLED and the storage, and make sure the last owner's account is wiped. Over thirty-nine hundred sold in about ninety days, and only nine hundred ten listed. More than four for every one, neck and neck with the Quest, because eBay rounds both of those down. I put the Deck second because it moves like that at almost five hundred dollars.

Number one: the Canon PowerShot SD1000, the little Digital Elph from two thousand seven. Seven megapixels, small enough to get lost in a junk drawer. In twenty twenty-three, the New York Times called a twenty-year-old digital camera the hottest Gen Z gadget, and NPR covered the same trend in twenty twenty-four. Out of thirty-seven recent sales, the median was a hundred thirty-four dollars, and a typical one went for a hundred six to a hundred sixty. One with a battery, charger and memory card sold at auction October twenty-ninth for a hundred twenty-two dollars and fifty cents, with forty-five bids. One with its box, charger and cables got two hundred thirty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. Now, where they hide: junk drawers at estate sales, pawn shops, and camera bins at small-town thrift stores. The battery and charger often go missing, so a camera you can't test is a gamble. And read the model on the body, because the SD1100 and SD1200 look a lot alike. Here's why it's number one. Four hundred eleven sold in about ninety days, and only sixty used ones are listed on eBay in the U.S. That's almost seven sold for every one listed.

Now, three things that sell like crazy but didn't make the six. The Nintendo Switch OLED: out of forty-seven recent sales, the median was a hundred seventy-six dollars, and all forty-seven came in between November second and fourth. The Sony Handycam Hi8: a median of a hundred fifty dollars out of forty-four sales, in the same three days. And a Hi8 tape won't play in a VHS player, so a working camcorder is one way to get old family tapes off of them. But eBay shows both counts with a plus. Over twenty-five hundred sold and over eighteen hundred listed for the Switch. Over twenty-eight hundred sold and over eighteen hundred listed for the Handycam. So I can't tell you the real ratio. And over eighteen hundred listed, on a search that also catches other Handycams, is a lot of company. And the Scotty Cameron putter. Out of twenty-eight recent full-price sales, the median was two hundred fifty dollars, and eBay's last sixty sold listings came in about two days. But it shows over forty-one hundred sold and over forty-three hundred listed. Golf keeps growing, too: the National Golf Foundation says on-course golfers passed twenty-nine million in twenty twenty-five. So they sell, but you're up against thousands of listings. Price it right, and watch for fakes, because a serial number alone doesn't prove it's real.

And the opposite: big prices, slow shelves. A vintage Marantz receiver had a median of six hundred dollars across thirty-seven sales, and a serviced Marantz 2270 sold November first for three thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. That's one sale. But with my search words, two hundred seven sold and two hundred ninety-one are listed. Fewer sold than listed, and those words miss a few on both sides, so call it rough. A Technics SL-1200 turntable had a median of six hundred twenty-five dollars, across twenty single-deck sales. But only a hundred thirty-three sold in about ninety days, and that count includes parts, with ninety-seven listed. Its sixty most recent sold listings go back about six weeks. Buy them cheap, and don't expect them to leave this week.

So here's the six. Number six, the Filson briefcase: more than two sold for every one listed. Five, the Dreamcast: close to three, at least. Four, the Fujifilm X100: more than three. Three, the Meta Quest 3, and two, the Steam Deck: both more than four, neck and neck. And number one, the Canon PowerShot SD1000: almost seven. So, what's the most you've ever paid for something to flip, and how long did it take to sell? Let me know down in the comments. And if you got something out of this, a like is how it gets to more resellers. Have a blessed day.