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- Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:38 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: what happens to collections for sale?
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what happens to collections for sale?
Admittedly my own collecting interest is very narrow ("military Wiltshire"), but I seldom see any evidence of a dealer having bought a specialist collection. A year ago, one was selling off a relative's album of early aviation, and more recently one trader was offering a box of just-bought...
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:50 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: High starting bids for eBay postcards
- Replies: 3
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Re: High starting bids for eBay postcards
I must admit do find it an interesting challenge to see how much more I can get on eBay for a card over and above the price I had it available in stock for. Kevin: do you every lose out by getting less than your stock price? In the case of one of the vendors I mentioned, I would have put in bids ha...
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:57 am
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: High starting bids for eBay postcards
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7089
High starting bids for eBay postcards
I don't expect eBay vendors to give away their cards for next to nothing, but I do wonder about those who set "starting bids" at "high retail" - what I would flicker an eyelid at if I saw them at a fair. There are two vendors in particular who do this, one listing more than a doz...
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:32 am
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Messages old and new
- Replies: 5
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Finally found an example - one of the later dated ones I think?kevinramsdale wrote:MichaelDay wrote: Other pet hates are rubber-stamps such as the infamous 'Hogsthorpe Horror' from the 1980's.
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Ugh. On a par with using sellotape to repair collectable covers and letters and gummed hinges to mount mint stamps.
Moonraker
- Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:15 am
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: This year's Bipex - a bit flat?
- Replies: 11
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Re: This year's Bipex - a bit flat?
Postcardenmark: As I said in my initial post, my opinions were given from my own very narrow viewpoint. I can readily see that for those collectors whose needs are catered for by overseas dealers then the Show is a great occasion. (As luck would have it, the one overseas dealer that might have met m...
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:54 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Messages old and new
- Replies: 5
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Was that the rubber stamp offering to take the card back at 50% of the price paid if you bought a new one?MichaelDay wrote: Other pet hates are rubber-stamps such as the infamous 'Hogsthorpe Horror' from the 1980's and the parallel lines you get from the glue of those 'self adhesive' albums.
Moonraker
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:52 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Picture Postcard Show
- Replies: 4
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- Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:41 am
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Why are PCs far more expensive than photographs?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11095
In all fairness to the eBay vendor, he's been quick to get back to me agreeing to a refund less eBay fees. He pointed out he didn't advertise them as original photos and had quoted the modern-day size of 5.5x3.5 inches, which he thought would have been self explanatory as to their origin. The dimens...
- Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:30 am
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: This year's Bipex - a bit flat?
- Replies: 11
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I've mentioned most of these points before, but the replies above prompt me to repeat them: 1. A significant proportion of dealers appears to be around the senior-citizen mark; I suspect many of them are in the trade for pleasure as well as profit, but there must come a time when they tire of drivin...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:10 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: File In Front Or File Behind?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 34631
When I started collecting 11 years ago a significant majority filed behind the marker. At BIPEX yesterday I felt there was a bit of a swing to dealers filing in front. I agree it's preferable not to have the marker at the front of the box because it can slip down out of sight. Some dealers could mak...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:58 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Messages old and new
- Replies: 5
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Messages old and new
At Bipex yesterday I was tempted by a very good postcard c1917 of a traction engine going for £60. The trouble was that it had a message on it in modern biro; it had been sent through the post, but at what date was not possible to determine because the stamp had been torn off, and with it most of th...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:46 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: This year's Bipex - a bit flat?
- Replies: 11
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This year's Bipex - a bit flat?
I spent Friday at Bipex (as some of us still call the big PC fair at the Royal Horticultural Hall) but found it a bit flat. Because it was only spread over three days this year, I expected more people to be there, but apart from a bit of a crowd around 1400 hours it didn't seem that busy (which is a...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:27 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Why are PCs far more expensive than photographs?
- Replies: 6
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Oh dear; just received the photos in question and they're poor quality modern copies of the original photographs - the sort of thing that cost about 50p each to make. Let's see what a protest to the vendor (who has 100% positive feedback but no stated returns policy) will do. Some PC dealers do offe...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:23 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Fast Turnaround
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14376
Re: Fast Turnaround
Hi Moonraker, Can you show us an example that you have, this really is a fascinating topic, can you imagine the timescale today ?[/quote] Sorry, though it's easy to provide a scan of a PC (which would have only the year on its front) it would take me some time to work through the cards in my albums ...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:17 pm
- Forum: Postcard Collecting
- Topic: Todays Postcard Photographer's 2007 - Are There Any ?
- Replies: 2
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Re: Todays Postcard Photographer's 2007 - Are There Any ?
Can anyone tell me, or do they know of anyone who is a postcard photograper of todays times ? They seem to be anonymous, as the subject never seems to arise. Does that mean that in a 100 years time there will be no postcards from 2007 ? If there are any postcard photographers around today, do they ...