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Topic: What do you do with your extra collectables?
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mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 05:26 PM
   
Maybe, I'm the only one... but through the process of collecting space items, I've aquired some "extra stuff". You know, maybe I bought a few patches, and then later I bought a patch collection, now I have extras. That magazine that had 6 of the 7 original astronauts just doesn't ring my chimes anymore. And the plane autographed by Frank Borman and Bill Anders (all I need is Jim Lovell!) doesn't quite fit in around here. The litho poster that is signed by Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins, well... I didn't realize that it was a poster! Some of these extras I guess are worth sending to an auction service, most are not. I could use Ebay, but then I might get branded as a "dealer". Am I the only one who, through the process of collecting, has refined what they're after and now has some extras... and what do you guys do with these?Noah [This message has been edited by mensax (edited December 07, 2002).] |
apollo11lem5@aol.com
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posted 12-07-2002 06:48 PM
Hi Noah..... You are certainly not alone !! I have a whole houseful like that !! BTW..... So it was YOU that I lost that P-51 model signed by Borman and Anders to !!!! I was number two on that one !! That is a cool item and I was hoping to add to my clutter by winning that one but now it is part of your clutter my friend !! Belated Congrats Noah !! Donald Brady |
James Brown
Member Posts: 1287
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 12-07-2002 07:34 PM
Noah,I put some of my extras on my webpage and offer them for trade or sale. I enjoy trading with others. After a while, if no one is interested in trades, then I put them up on ebay. I wish more collectors with webpages would list items to trade. James |
sapper82
Member Posts: 169
From: Canada
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 12-07-2002 10:53 PM
You can post items to Ebay without being branded as a dealer, I like using the service to get rid of surplus items. Plus it allows my hobby to sort of sustain itself without having to constantly spend new funds. Trading is a good idea too, I like doing this especially with patches.Cheers, ------------------
Andrew B. Godefroy, MA, FBIS
Ontario, Canada |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-08-2002 12:14 AM
I give my extras to my oldest son, who also has an interest in space flight. |
Jake
Member Posts: 464
From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 12-09-2002 12:44 PM
There is also the forum here on CollectSpace where you can offer items for sale and trade... and you won't be seen as really being a dealer.------------------
Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 12-30-2002 08:49 AM
It's not that I think being a dealer is a bad thing. There are obviously good dealers and bad dealers. We all know who they are.And, I must admit, it would be exciting to handle more of these unique pieces. It's just that I have seen where dealers are shunned because everyone always assumes that they are buying a piece for resale whenever they make a purchase. It's never assumed that they are just getting a piece for themselves. There is also the perception that they are manipulating the value on items by bidding the prices of items up. Not a brand I'd like to carry. It does bring up a thought. If you buy, say a Neil Armstong signed photo for say $400, and later there is one in the last few hours going for $200. Do you bid $300 in hopes of getting a bargain? You don't really need another one... unless you're a dealer, but maybe it's unique, maybe you can sell your original one, or trade it off. So, in a sense I suppose we all drive up prices to that particular items' true value. Noah |
Gordon Reade
Member Posts: 334
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 01-12-2003 04:21 PM
I give them away as gifts.About five years ago I was at a book store (Printers Ink. in Palo Alto) when Buzz Aldrin came for a book signing. You can bet I was there front row center and the talk Buzz gave was wonderful. He was really really great! Anyway I returned to the store a few days latter and they had ten copies of his book ENCOUNTER WITH TIBOR all of which had been singed by him and they were offered at the standard price. That is to say there was no extra charge for his autographs. Also keep in mind that they were hard back first adtions of the first Science Fiction ever written by someone who had walked on another world! I bought all ten copies! I have five left and from time to time give them away as birthday gifts. The people I give them to all really enjoy them and I tell them they are something to keep and pass on to their grandchildren. P.S. A side bar on this issue. For about three or four weeks after the book was published Buzz was going to all the book stores in the area to talk and sign books. I went to a number of his aperances and he seemed to enjoy having me as his groupy. He also seemed embarassed when he was unable to remember my name. But the thing is at his talks there were always people in the book stores who didn't seem interesting in him! They went about looking at cook books or whatever when they could have been listening to him! I wanted to say, "You stupid people! You're standing in line to buy the latest GARFIELD book or DILBERT when you could be listening to a hero! What's wrong with you?" [This message has been edited by Gordon Reade (edited January 12, 2003).] |
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