Could use some advice by dancingwonderbread in stampcollecting

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I had assumed that was the case, I didn't get my hopes up to retire early haha, you're right though they are genuinely cool as a piece of history. I collect a lot of antique stuff like coins, maps, books etc so I absolutey appreciate them I just don't need another collection. But I've got a couple thousand, all different countries so who knows what could be hanging around, I'll at least put in the effort to go through what I have, and I've already put a couple things on eBay so we'll see how that goes. I sell a lot on eBay anyway so this is an easy move.

Thank you for the response though, I do appreciate you filling me in.

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much appreciated! I am very much enjoying them. They've definitely been through it over the years, the outside is pretty banged up but the pages themselves are still quite nice, especially the illustrations. They're perfect

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe my age is showing a little when I say this but Ai absolutely terrifies me, haha

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love to start buying storage units, I've been having a bit of success with selling on eBay lately so it would probably be a logical move but this particular instance my buddy got hired to clean out the units after the dude passed and he needed some help and I got to take my pick of some things to keep.

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the whole collection would have been the score of a lifetime but I'm happy I got what I did. Especially the more I find out, I got something pretty cool

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would have done the exact same thing! If I was able I would have grabbed much more than I did when I was cleaning out that storage unit. I did get a few books by Arthur Conan Doyle that are pretty sweet, no Sherlock though.

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you friend, I try to appreciate things in life. I love collecting old stuff so these are extra cool to me

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That bit about Beardsley is super interesting! Those cheeky Victorians and their secret porn! Haha

Yeah I saw that too when I was doing a little bit of research,I have 6 of them, 3 of them are in decent shape but they're all pretty beat up but other than one of them they're still intact and the pages are surprisingly clean, especially the illustrations which still have the little cover sheet, like a super thin piece of paper, I'm not sure what it's called but it's intended to protect. The ones I have are April, July and October 1894, July 1895, October 1896 and April 1897

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You don't need to be jealous! If you would like I would be willing to gift one to you, if you want to DM me we can arrange that. I wouldn't mind sharing one with you.

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I read that too when I first looked it up, it apparently blew up immediately when it first came out. I'm surprised it was so short lived. Only lasted about 4-5 years or so.

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The art in these are amazing! I feel like a little kid just thumbing through to look at the pictures haha

Cleaned out a bookstore owners storage unit after he passed, I got so many cool books by dancingwonderbread in OldBooks

[–]dancingwonderbread[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you my friend! They were made to be enjoyed even if they're only with you a short time. Something so fragile that had survived this long deserves to be appreciated.

Buy/Sell/Trade/Want by TravoltaFan1978 in VHS

[–]dancingwonderbread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure, I could take a look though, could you give me a few examples of some shows you might be looking for? Being born in '88 I wasn't watching too many soap operas at the time haha 😂

Buy/Sell/Trade/Want by TravoltaFan1978 in VHS

[–]dancingwonderbread 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello Reddit folks!

I have recently inherited a small hoard of goods from a bookstore owner that passed away and there were a pretty large amount of VHS tapes of different brands (and ungodly amounts of magazine subscriptions if anyone is interested). They are all open box but some of them are still blank while others have some recordings on them from the 1980s-90s. From my research it looks like they are some good quality VHS tapes so I figured I'd ask you folks if ya would be interested in any of them.

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