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by Moonraker
Tue May 29, 2007 9:43 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Ebay Auction Site
Replies: 26
Views: 64177

A couple of dozen very interesting cards are currently on offer on eBay, spread over three nights. Some of them would almost complete a series I've been building up over the years; several I didn't know existed. I shall be bidding up to four times "postcard-fair" prices for most of them. M...
by Moonraker
Tue May 29, 2007 9:32 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Where is everybody?
Replies: 29
Views: 135411

One can always write opinions about certain postcard fairs, although comments about specific dealers may not go down too well if they are negative ones. It would be very invidious indeed to comment negatively on specific dealers, though I'm tempted to make several general observations about: 1. one...
by Moonraker
Mon May 28, 2007 3:15 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Where is everybody?
Replies: 29
Views: 135411

Re: Where is everybody?

I see that we have 200 registered users of this very nice site and yet the frequency of members posts is not that great. Hasn't anybody got anything to say about our great hobby? :D "John Boy" I guess that many of the users have registered to seek specific information on a particular topi...
by Moonraker
Thu May 24, 2007 6:34 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Ebay Auction Site
Replies: 26
Views: 64177

Re: Ebay Auction Site

:D It would be interesting to hear of experiences on Ebay. At one time I would be very critical but I have had some good "hits" recently and have added some very nice cards to my collection. I wonder what effects, if any, these on line auctions will have on fairs. "John Boy" The...
by Moonraker
Sat May 12, 2007 12:55 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard Dealers
Replies: 12
Views: 22094

Can anyone answer my question How much do you think i should invest as an initial outlay ? And buying stock- how much should i spend per card to go into my stock ? Many Thanks Davy It's really not easy to advise on this without knowing more about you. How much money do you have to invest? Can you a...
by Moonraker
Sat May 12, 2007 12:28 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard Dealers
Replies: 12
Views: 22094

[ ... eBay has been a godsend to the postcard trade since it first began to make an impact around 1998, not just for those who sell on it, but for all dealers in creating an international market for postcards, including some types which were nigh on impossible to shift previously. Postcard Fairs be...
by Moonraker
Thu May 10, 2007 3:17 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard Dealers
Replies: 12
Views: 22094

Why not give it a try - but don't invest a lot of money Kevin how much do you think i should invest as an initial outlay ? And buying stock- how much should i spend per card to go into my stock ? Many Thanks If I could butt in again - not that I know more than the next person -I think you would nee...
by Moonraker
Thu May 03, 2007 5:50 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Postcard Dealers
Replies: 12
Views: 22094

Re: Postcard Dealers

Maybe someone can tell me, I have been collecting postcards for a couple of years now, and have always fancied the idea of becoming a postcard dealer... The trade could do with some new dealers. Not that I've got any gripes about the present lot, but in the 11 years I've been going to fairs there h...
by Moonraker
Wed May 02, 2007 7:21 pm
Forum: Postcard Collecting
Topic: Copyright laws
Replies: 7
Views: 21788

I am only concerned with publishing postcards older than 70years old on the internet and would have thought that companies still going would actually been pleased to have their trademark name and logo acknowleged. Paul Copyright is a nightmarish field and checking out the law on specialist websites...