rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Nov 19, 2015 9:18:15 GMT
A wonderful treatment on buying "broken down" collections,
Hopefully, will suit both the beginner and the more advanced here.
Notes:
I would have noticed the quality of the hinge, they appear new, which would suggest recently contrived.
Nice to see the gentleman using the long, pointy nose tweezers, once mastered, these tongs are marvellous.
I often get mildy contrived collections from my dealer (recently 3 pages of Albanian forgeries)
however I weigh it up after reception, I buy at what I consider well below retail, and take the naughties on the chin.
It is also difficult to assess from online scans.
I work on the theory, both the vendor and purchaser must feel they get something from the deal.
Hope you find something of value here.
For the new collector : Note the advanced grip of the hinge, when the author was removing the stamps ?
This is an indication the person who applied them was a novice.
Your hinges, when applied properly (even the budget German hinges) should barely show resistance when removing, especially from the stamp.
On removal, a hinge should feel something akin to that of removable sticky tape, just peel nicely off without effort, without tearing.
If yours are not, you may need practice on applying less moisture, just a light dab of a moist fingertip on the Gum Arabic should suffice.
Practice, practice.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 19, 2015 15:55:55 GMT
Rod while you may be right about novice they must have had quite the budget that's some collection he seems to be picking from.Definitely not put together over night.I might add even watermarks seem right so some gleaned knowledge was gained somewhere.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Nov 19, 2015 20:53:02 GMT
Rod while you may be right about novice they must have had quite the budget that's some collection he seems to be picking from.Definitely not put together over night.I might add even watermarks seem right so some gleaned knowledge was gained somewhere. Indeed, the strong philatelic knowledge is evident, Froggie, the mastermind probably laid out the stamps, and the novice's job was to hinge. (Children, friend of the family, store clerk etc) To me , it points to a dealer that has broken down other collections and is passing on those he has vetted. Which is fine really, providing the purchaser is happy with the buy. The ripped stamp, I see no problem with a live auction, but for online, it needed declaration. The cynosure of the video really is just advice on collection appraisal. There are other areas I see differently, I quite liked the "cut to shape" pieces, and see no problem there, that comes to one's own collecting parameters, budget, etc etc. Those things aside, the video was of a high standard, and I look forward to seeing others in the series, |
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Post by canadianphilatelist on Dec 6, 2015 6:23:52 GMT
LOL his Mission Impossible reference was funny  |
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Jerry B
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Post by Jerry B on Dec 6, 2015 11:23:45 GMT
Hi
In my friend's store stamps that are needed for inventory are pulled from collections. The remaining pages, including blank pages, are stapled together, priced and put on a shelf as is. As my friend says, it is too costly, time wise and money wise to make a "contrived" collection. The old adage pertains. "What you see is what you get".
Jerry B
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Mar 29, 2017 16:26:44 GMT
A wonderful treatment on buying "broken down" collections, Hopefully, will suit both the beginner and the more advanced here. I was reading through this old thread today, Rod, and it sounded quite interesting. In fact, I think that I once bought one of these "contrived collections" on eBay, and I was not ultimately very satisfied with it. Luckily, it only cost me a couple of hundred dollars--it could have been much worse. And I did get some decent stamps in the end. I was not, however, able to access the video. I know that this is from a year-and-a-half ago, but is there any chance that you can resend the link, assuming that the video still exists on line? Many thanks, Chris |
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madbaker
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Post by madbaker on Mar 29, 2017 17:23:26 GMT
Hi Chris,
I subscribed to this fellows channel and he seems to have removed all the videos. I don't know why. It's a shame - I thought they were pretty good.
Mark
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Mar 29, 2017 17:36:42 GMT
Hi Chris, I subscribed to this fellows channel and he seems to have removed all the videos. I don't know why. It's a shame - I thought they were pretty good. Thanks, Mark. I just learned via PM that Rod is no longer involved in TSF. Too bad, as I think that this is an interesting thread. I will do some on-line research to see if I can dig up anything more on this topic. Thanks again for responding! |
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madbaker
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Post by madbaker on Mar 29, 2017 19:20:28 GMT
I tried emailing Tim Clegg, who I think did the videos as part of Torbay Stamp Centre. The website doesn't exist anymore either. Sounds like he's out of the business.
I hope Rod's OK. He was a good contributor to this forum.
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