Last week I received an email from Elizabeth, Ebay seller squid-silly, Your Top Drawer Corner Store:

"In October during one my garage sale adventures I came across several ties.  I have never paid much mind to them but these were all very brightly colored and caught my attention; the gentleman selling them asked me if I knew what they were.  Well, that would be no, not a clue...  They were handmade silk Italian that he had paid no less than $150 per tie, he was very proud that he would no longer be using them and was selling them for $1.00 each.  I didn't want to hurt his feelings so what harm could $1.00 do?  I purchased 7 and he was quite pleased.

Once I got home I started looking up the brands I had bought.  Vitaliano Pancaldi.  WOW they sold beyond very well.  I listed all seven ties and once the bidding starting I decided a dry cleaning investment of $2.97 each wouldn't be a bad idea. 

According to Terapeak, Vitaliano Pancaldi ties have a 74.42% sell-through rate.  I'm sure the 25% of ties that didn't sell were started too high; so if you have one of these ties you can pretty much guarantee it will sell!  If you find one New With Tags, you can fetch up to $325!  The average price is $72.16, not bad...  The brighter the colors, the better.  Here are some pictures of what the label might look like: