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Know a Vintage Postcard
Is a Potential Best Seller on eBay Even Before You Even Buy It
Ask this
question before you buy any vintage postcard to resell on eBay!
How often could
this view have been created since postcards first appeared about
1870 and up to 1939?
(At the advent of the Second World War postcard collecting fell
into decline and only in the past thirty years has it regained
popularity). Most collectors consider 1939 the deadline
between what should be called ‘old’ or ‘vintage’ and what is
better called ‘modern’. In time that 1939 deadline will
shift, to the 1960s, or 1970s, but with a wealth of really
fabulous vintage postcards still existing from the late 1800s
and early 1900s I recommend you stick to that 1939 deadline at
least until pre-1939 cards run dry. If they ever run dry
which is very unlikely!
Here’s
that question again:
How
often could this view have been created since postcards first
appeared about 1870 and up to 1939?
And
here’s the answer:
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If the view could be captured hundreds of times, even thousands,
the postcard is not rare and could even be worthless. So
churches, parks and beaches that look almost exactly as they did
in the late 1800s will not fetch high prices unless some other
profitable factor exists alongside.
It’s an
altogether different matter if the view could be captured just
once, because this picture depicts the day the church caught
fire, or it shows the Royal Family who visited there once, or it
shows police arresting an infamous criminal or an eminent
suffragette being released from prison. In reality a
really rare view may have existed for minutes or seconds only
and few artists and photographers were likely to be present to
record the event. On occasion you'll find the card is very
rare, even unique, as where something unusual and very
unexpected happened which only photographers close to the scene
may learn about and record the event. Good examples are
railway accidents, colliery disasters, tram crashes.
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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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