“Tell me what you’re looking for on eBay and I’ll tell you who you are!”
This is the common thread of the study carried out by the online resale site with the trends firm NellyRodi.
Committed to promoting second-hand goods and facing the growing demand for decorative objects and furniture that have had a first life, eBay looked into purchasing trends.
First observation: visitors are increasingly seeking an emotional connection with what enters their interior, hence this need for a story, a past.
Second point of importance: four profiles stand out and constitute a map of the arts of living.
Wondering what yours is?
Laura Simhon, eBay's Art, Antiques and Collectibles Manager, helps you define your style.
Timeless elegance for the exceptional urban dweller.
eBay / NellyRodi
If your favorite vintage pieces are
: the valet, the folding chairs and the smoked glass or plexiglass magazine rack...
If you are looking for vintage pieces signed
: Gio Ponti, Achille Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti, Venini, Barovier & Toso, Christofle, Ercuis, Lapparra...
You are a fan of an “ exceptional urban”
lifestyle
“Exceptional urban dwellers like very elegant, cleverly designed interiors.
They are aesthetes who cultivate a dandy modernist spirit and select, with the greatest care and a certain expertise, their furniture and accessories, thinking at length about their purchases.
Their favorite materials are precious, timeless: travertine, marble, fine porcelain, Murano glass.
They also, of course, love silverware.
They have a deep desire to be part of sustainability.”
The art of mixing and accumulation for the Exuberance Bohème tribe.
eBay/NellyRodi
If your favorite vintage pieces are
: a rattan armchair, an old travel trunk, a lacquered Chinese wardrobe...
If you are looking for vintage pieces signed
: La Faïencerie de Lunéville-Saint-Clément, Sarreguemines, Jacques Pergay, Goyard, Daum, Emile Gallé…
You are a fan of a “ Bohemian Exuberance”
lifestyle
“Here too, sophistication is required but in a more exuberant spirit, even a bit kitsch with an accumulation of objects.
One of the leaders of this tribe could be Laura Gonzalez.
Like her, the follower of Bohemian Exuberance is interested in precious materials and craftsmanship.
Sofas dressed in rich silks in warm colors, slips, rattan, are all markers of this tribe which will, for example, happily open the door of the Galerie Vauclair in Paris.
These Exuberant Bohemians are both very refined, very cheerful and know how to juggle a clever mix of references, materials, patterns and singular objects like pitchers in the shape of animals, plates evoking a cabbage leaf but also Gallé vases, Valauris ceramics…”
Color, the 70's, the 80's... This is what fans of Pop Extravagance like.
eBay/NellyRodi
If your favorite vintage pieces are
: The KD 29 desk lamp by Joe Colombo, the Oceanic table lamp by Michele de Lucchi, a resin vase by Gaetano Pesce, a Componibili storage unit...
If you are looking for signed vintage pieces
: Nathalie du Pasquier, Ettore Sottsass, Pokemon, Lego, Playmobil, Pollypockets, Marvel, Nintendo, Sega...
You are a fan of a “ Pop extravagance”
lifestyle
“This tribe likes friendly, vibrant, very colorful environments.
And if these qualifiers can also be appropriate for the clan of Exuberant Bohemians, they are, here, accompanied by a very playful dimension.
The followers of Pop Extravagance are, in fact, particularly daring, fanciful and offbeat.
They like warm shapes and materials, maximalism, like long-pile carpets and futuristic lamps.
If they go for the iconic objects signed by the Memphis movement and Ettore Sottsass, they also like 80's objects like neon lights, lava lamps, as well as the nods to street art that they associate with vintage comix placed in frames like works of art.
They have the art of diversion and theatrical associations.”
Useful minimalism is what characterizes Essentiel Esthète.
eBay/NellyRodi
If your favorite vintage pieces are:
the vintage Terraillon scale, the vintage Le Creuset casserole dish, the tripod stools ideally the Berger by Charlotte Perriand, the Aïo ceramic coffee and tea service designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec in 2011…
If you are looking for vintage pieces signed
: Grandjean, Jourdan, Charles Voltz, Robert Picault, André Martin, Habitat, La Redoute, Syla, Emsa, Pyrex, Duralex, Arcopal, Arcoroc, Seb, Terraillon, Bnag & Olufsen, Flos, Martinelli Luce …
You are a fan of an “ Essential Esthete”
lifestyle
“Essential Aesthetes are very different from other tribes.
They like minimalism and all their purchases, which are otherwise quite rare, are thought out in a rational spirit.
They are connoisseurs.
For them, aesthetics go hand in hand with function.
Their favorite shades?
Obviously neutral tones like whites, creams... Afraid of them, well-being is closely linked to visual harmony and conscious and committed consumption.
They like what lasts, what is made from noble materials, what never goes out of style, in short, essentials.”