There are moments in my travels, quiet stretches between distant airports, dim hours on midnight trains, flickers of candlelight in forgotten chapels, when I ask myself the same question others have asked of me:
Why eBay?
Why would a man who has walked through Marrakesh bazaars, bartered with
silversmiths in the mountains of Oaxaca, and collected stories in the
relic-markets of Rome choose an online marketplace as the first door into his
world?
Recently, one of our treasured customers left this message:
“This is such a beautiful miraculous medal! I am so pleased with it. I was a little skeptical at first buying a mass-produced medal from eBay, but I can assure you that this store is legit and they sell beautiful authentic medals.”
Ah… skepticism. A familiar companion.
Allow me to answer it properly, not defensively, but openly, from the place where MLD Trading was born.
The Marketplace of the People
I have wandered through countless markets, grand ones gilded in gold, and humble ones held together by dust and hope. Yet it is often the unassuming stalls, tucked between the “respectable” merchants, where one finds the true treasures.
eBay, in its most honest form, is such a place.
A global bazaar where anyone, collector, wanderer, pilgrim, or ordinary soul, may set out their wares for all to see.
I chose it because it reminds me of the marketplaces where my passion
began.
Where the stories around the objects were as rich as the objects
themselves.
Where buyers seek something real, something meaningful, something that feels
like it has history or intention behind it.
You do not need velvet carpeted floors and glass displays to find beauty.
Sometimes, beauty hides in the open.
A Place to Earn Trust, Not Assume It
Other platforms (which shall remain nameless out of both politeness and disinterest) offer prestige by association. Jewelry presented there is assumed to be elite simply because the platform wishes it so.
But I have never been drawn to places where one must perform legitimacy.
I prefer to earn it.
On eBay, reputation is forged sale by sale.
Feedback is unfiltered.
Trust is real, because it is built, not bestowed.
Every time someone leaves a message like:
“…this store is legit…”
it delights me more than a dozen compliments about luxury branding.
Because that is trust formed the real way, the honest way.
A Global Stage for the Relics I Find
My life is spent in motion, crossing borders, digging through crates, kneeling in the dust to examine something half-buried in a forgotten stall. I find things that are meaningful, symbolic, faith-filled, beautiful, or simply strange in the most delightful way.
eBay is one of the few places where a pendant found in an artisan’s
workshop in Florence can reach someone in Nebraska…
where a Saint Benedict medal discovered during a walk through a small Italian
port can be in the hands of someone in Arizona just days later.
It is a platform that mirrors my own philosophy:
Treasures should travel.
Not hide behind velvet ropes.
A Platform Built for Discovery
Some people go to eBay to look for something specific.
Others wander in much like I wander through markets, curious, unsure, but open
to serendipity.
I wanted MLD Trading to live in a place where people can discover
us.
Where a single pendant, perhaps one with blue enamel or intricate Latin
inscriptions, might catch someone’s eye and awaken a sense of wonder.
This is where many first meet us.
This is where they take home something meaningful.
This is where curiosity becomes connection.
The Honest Truth About Jewelry on eBay
There is a misconception, a whisper in the shadows, that jewelry on eBay is lesser.
But as our customer said, and as thousands more have learned:
Beautiful things can come from unexpected places.
Authenticity does not depend on platform.
Quality does not depend on prestige.
And sincerity…
well, that comes from the hands that pack your order, the heart that selects
the materials, and the intention behind every piece we offer.
If our pendants speak to the soul, then the platform is simply the door through which they enter your life.
And so, for now, eBay remains the first door, open, welcoming, global, honest.
A marketplace worthy of our relics.
Until Our Next Encounter…
Thank you for walking this path with us, and for placing your trust in
the treasures we send out into the world.
Our journey continues, with new relics, new stories, and new wonders to share.
With quiet gratitude and a watchful eye on the horizon,
Matthias Landerking Deveraux
The Curator of MLD Trading
(I heard the quiet wonder in you.)