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Introducing A Four
Letter Word eBay Vintage Postcard Sellers Swear By!
That four letter word is
‘topo’, short for ‘topographical’, and it represents the most
popular of all vintage postcard collecting types.
Topographical
vintage postcards (sometimes simply called ‘view cards’) depict
geographical locations like towns, cities, villages.
There’s a
very easy living to be made selling vintage topographical
postcards on eBay, especially if focus on buying low cost
topographical postcards at flea markets and boot sales, and
resell those postcards on eBay.
This does
not mean you should ignore other vintage postcard types that
crop up inexpensively at auction and flea markets. But I suggest
you put those to one side while you learn the simple process of
selling their more profitable topographical counterparts.
Look at
these wonderful prices for proof of sometimes staggering profits
fetched on eBay for view postcards that are not unique and not
all that rare:
* 1903 EALING
Singapore to Hong Kong & Hainan Postcard - £170.35
* MONTANA Marsh
School, Evelyn Cameron c.1910 RP Postcard - £165.34
* RPPC New Salem
Kansas Santa Fe Railroad Depot Postcard - $424.95 (at the
time of selling approximately £216.18)
RP and
RPPC in two of those listings stand for ‘Real Photographic’ and
‘Real Photographic Postcard / Post Card’. Real
photographic postcards are among the most collectable and
expensive of all, in fact some collectors seek purely RPPC
cards. Real photographic
postcards are much rarer than their printed counterparts and
were created individually and required constant attention during
the development process, unlike most printed postcards that
emerged from machines and required little physical attention.
I always spell out ‘Real Photographic’ in my listing for people
unused to the many abbreviations used for the phrase, including
R/P, RP, RPP, R.P. and, of course RPPC.
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Avril Harper is a triple eBay PowerSeller and
author of BANK BIG PROFITS SELLING VINTAGE TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW
POSTCARDS ON EBAY which you can read about at:
http://www.sellpostcardsonebay.com and MAKE MONEY
TEARING UP OLD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND SELLING THEM ON EBAY
which you can read about at:
http://www.magstoriches.com
She has produced a free guide -
103 POWERSELLER TIPS - which you can download with other
freely distributable reports and eBooks at:
http://www.avrilharper.com
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