Book Board Chat

Hi, all! Yes,June, I saw that mentioned. Funny. I like black cats and a couple or 3 of the outside ones I feed ARE black. (One tuxedo, one solid, and a "tippy toes" with white tips on toes and a little splotch of white on his muzzle and nose. )

Jo-Anne, I knew someone had mentioned that Vanity Fair article - it was you!! We who had copies owe you a debt of gratitude, because the book caught fire again, burned brightly across the literary sky (barf) and then sank in the west for a few more years....I picked up a copy of The Torch is Passed just the other day - I think it was 25 cents and I realized I didn't have one now, must have sold it somewhere. I still have copies of Life and the Sat Eve Post from that period....lots of Kennedy material in my book room - likewise for Bobby too. I can't ditch those magazines. I just can't. I wish mom had had more of the Vogues and that type of mag - those really bring some money. I do still have some Redbooks, too, and a few Cosmos, I believe. Dan made me toss out a LOT of the old mags from the garage....I agree that they don't generate much interest or I don't know how to present them, but just a few have brought serious money, too. I remember reading about some baseball card that was tipped in to an April 1967 magazine, and went out to check - sure enough, I had that mag, with the card still bound into it. And then there was a Vogue with a not-advertised article about Marilyn (some candid shots of her...turned out to be probably the last photo shoot she did, in May of 1962 or so.) That brought $20. Now that I also belong to a Mid-Century Modern group which is fascinating, I think there could be a market in its sister group for selling and trading for the 50's and early 60's magazines because of the ads for stuff. Those people research constantly trying to figure out the makers of the MCM style things they look for...and what better place than the magazines? Again, wish mom had more of the upscale publications rather than the typical family ones, like women's mags and ones for my Dad. I also have 3 or 4 Sears and Mont. Wards catalogs from back then...I'll have to go thru and see what looks good. I sold a couple that had large toy sections. Collectors love to find old catalogs with ads for various toys from the 50's etc. Who knew? And of course so many got damp and damaged....

So, Beth, any luck? I haven't been in to the Pyrex site this a.m. yet. Packing a couple items I sold yesterday. The only drawback to selling on that site and the "Anything Vintage Kitchen....etc." site (with 40k members) is that you then have to police your posting....if Maudie asks a question about shipping or whatever, and someone else asks about shipping to a certain zip, then a 3rd party says, "I want"! You have to be sure the first two don't want the item before you can outright sell to the 3rd party who "wants" it. It is more fair that way, but still some people try to pm the seller and steal an item out from under those in line. Happened a couple weeks ago. A newbie posted some bowls pretty cheaply. One lady jumped right away and was trying to get an answer from the seller, but meantime another person pm'd the newbie on the q.t. and offered her more. She sold them. Subsequently both were excommunicated from the site. The admins in the Anything Vintage are very intent upon keeping things on the up and up...and I believe they are right. You know something won't get stolen from you if you're trying to buy it, unlike some other sites where it's open warfare for some things! lol Also, the 5 admins don't allow snotty comments, or trying to sell YOUR item on someone else's post or any of that. Once a month they have a 3-day auction...in their sister site. I have not tried that...requires too much policing of your posts. I'm happy just tossing in a couple of posts that I think will sell...I gave up doing albums and so forth.