Business Idea of the Day

The Boston Globe:

Jeannine Conway pulls up the garage door at her shingled home near Weymouth Landing, and a visitor comes face-to-face with the Joker of “The Dark Knight” movie fame.

Conway has been meticulous in replicating the character on her lifesize mannequin - right down to the harlequin pattern on his shirt - that it might be taken for the ghost of Heath Ledger, the late actor who portrayed the villain onscreen.

Surrounding the mannequin are tables covered with props - including wigs, paint, and rubber weapons - as well as a host of Halloween-themed decorations, intricately carved pumpkins, and party gags.

Conway gets the stuff by scouring the Internet, vintage shops, and flea markets. Some of it she sells, along with her most popular costumes, on eBay. Some of it she keeps for herself.

The racks of costumes that Conway is putting together will be shipped to clients who have bid and bought them on eBay, where Conway goes by the name joeycboston06 and has been selling costumes and props for nearly two years.

Photo by peasap.

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