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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

NRaleighLiberal

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1. thanks for the reminder...I built my old seed catalog collection up using ebay

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 01:38 PM

Aug 2013

early on, I could find great stuff at great prices because it was still new. Now things get bid up to ridiculous levels. I tend to go for seed catalogs that are pre-1900, and aim for Burpee, Maule, Livingston, Henderson, Isbell and Salzer companies. The really hard things to find are pre-1880, but I nabbed a few.

I think my collection is well over 200 catalogs now...hope to write some books using the info in the catalogs as a basis to start from.

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check in, kids! [View all] grasswire Aug 2013 OP

thanks for the reminder...I built my old seed catalog collection up using ebay NRaleighLiberal Aug 2013 #1

I had some really good seed catalogs a few years ago. grasswire Aug 2013 #4

At the mall, safeinOhio Aug 2013 #2

...plus the fact that everyone wants to be a PICKER these days! grasswire Aug 2013 #3

Some designer safeinOhio Aug 2013 #5

Good for you! brer cat Aug 2013 #6

A lot of customers are incredibly misinformed and disconnected from the realities of retail democraticinsurgent Aug 2013 #7

It drives me nuts when I go to a garage sale arikara Aug 2013 #8

Last Monday pipoman Aug 2013 #9

SCORE!! grasswire Aug 2013 #10

I used to shop and sell all the time.. pipoman Aug 2013 #11

You might try renting a show case at a big mall. safeinOhio Aug 2013 #12

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