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<p>[QUOTE="coinage86, post: 187487, member: 7584"]Im a collector: War letters and diaries (WWI; WWII; Korea; Vietnam); Vietnam slides; Pocket Watches; Glass negatives; large size antique framed/matted photos; Coin collecting is #3 in my priority of collecting. The letters and diaries are #1; The watches are #2. The watches are similar to coins: condition sensitive, although no formal grading standards exist. Merely poor, fine, and near mint. Ive seen some average to less than watches sell in shops for ridiculous money. Coin dealers sell a few pocket watches at shows, often overpriced. On ebay the price you pay for a common but near-mint, antique pocket watch, is the same price you pay in a retail dealer's shop for a flawed, average or less than average piece. ...letters and diaries: I love the old handwritten stuff. But I like historical content that tells a story; Im not looking for autographs of famous people. And antique store ledgers from the local general store: I dont want it. I have no use for accounting ledgers. People think the old store ledgers are collectible. NO way. Value on those is limited, unless it has historical relevance to a particular person place or event. ...glass negatives: some great old glass negatives out there, if you have an eye for a great photo. The glass negatives you can scan and make prints of some great vintage scenes[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coinage86, post: 187487, member: 7584"]Im a collector: War letters and diaries (WWI; WWII; Korea; Vietnam); Vietnam slides; Pocket Watches; Glass negatives; large size antique framed/matted photos; Coin collecting is #3 in my priority of collecting. The letters and diaries are #1; The watches are #2. The watches are similar to coins: condition sensitive, although no formal grading standards exist. Merely poor, fine, and near mint. Ive seen some average to less than watches sell in shops for ridiculous money. Coin dealers sell a few pocket watches at shows, often overpriced. On ebay the price you pay for a common but near-mint, antique pocket watch, is the same price you pay in a retail dealer's shop for a flawed, average or less than average piece. ...letters and diaries: I love the old handwritten stuff. But I like historical content that tells a story; Im not looking for autographs of famous people. And antique store ledgers from the local general store: I dont want it. I have no use for accounting ledgers. People think the old store ledgers are collectible. NO way. Value on those is limited, unless it has historical relevance to a particular person place or event. ...glass negatives: some great old glass negatives out there, if you have an eye for a great photo. The glass negatives you can scan and make prints of some great vintage scenes[/QUOTE]
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