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multigraincracker

(33,999 posts)
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 06:03 AM Aug 2021

Wow, for a moment I thought I hit a grand slam.

I have a ton of post cards I bought years ago. Every so often I'll dig out a box full and sell at the mall. Yesterday I found a baseball player real photo card. GF googled it and the first one that came up was a 1909 baseball card of this guy that sold for over a quarter million. This one was a little earlier, a 1907.

Oh well, that one that sold was a real baseball card and not a post card. Then, this one is not perfect either, one crease on the left side. Found a few post cards with Carl Lundgren a pitcher for the Cubs going for about $150, but not this one. Have to put it on eBay and will be thrilled with $50. But for that one moment....

Found the one I was looking for. It's a photo of a festival in Ohio from the early 1900s of an elephant walking across main street on a tight rope. Looks like a real scene and I don't think they had photo shop back then. Have no idea what it is worth, so it'll go for sale on line too.

Also found another baseball post card. No info on the back, but it's a picture of two players and the team name on their shirts is Shamrocks.

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Wow, for a moment I thought I hit a grand slam. (Original Post) multigraincracker Aug 2021 OP
I'd enjoy seeing the elephant on a tight rope KS Toronado Aug 2021 #1
Looks really tight. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #2
Check this out KS Toronado Aug 2021 #3
I moved a few postcards bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #4
I have a trunk full of them. multigraincracker Dec 2021 #5
That's production like a factory bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #6
GF has been putting a few on eBay. multigraincracker Dec 2021 #7
How do you package these things for eBay Standard Envelope postage? bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #8
1 or 2 can go in 6X8 rigid package. multigraincracker Dec 2021 #9
So they're about the stiffness of a Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope? /nt bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #10
Here is the ad on eBay for what we are using now. multigraincracker Dec 2021 #11

multigraincracker

(33,999 posts)
2. Looks really tight.
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 08:14 AM
Aug 2021

Lots of guide wires. Now that I'm looking at it, how did they get that elephant up on and down from those roofs?

bucolic_frolic

(46,823 posts)
4. I moved a few postcards
Sat Dec 18, 2021, 12:29 PM
Dec 2021

But truly it's a boring game. I have a few dozen - geography, holiday, humor. And a few from dad who brought home anything he found. There are WWII postcards, from both sides. and a few cabinet cards, which are large, stiff cards, sometimes of famous people, or not.

multigraincracker

(33,999 posts)
5. I have a trunk full of them.
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 06:11 AM
Dec 2021

Does get boring pricing them. Been just marking most for a dollar. First day I put in a shoe box full, sold almost a hundred of them.

bucolic_frolic

(46,823 posts)
6. That's production like a factory
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 08:51 AM
Dec 2021

I've had a oouple lots that cleared about a dollar per postcard, but then also a couple of $3 cards and a $10. You're right, obscure US geography and places is what sells. And so far mine have gone mostly to locals.

multigraincracker

(33,999 posts)
7. GF has been putting a few on eBay.
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 04:01 PM
Dec 2021

A few have gone for $30 and $40 and more in the $5 to $10 range. Small town RPC do great, just never know which ones.

bucolic_frolic

(46,823 posts)
8. How do you package these things for eBay Standard Envelope postage?
Sun Dec 26, 2021, 02:33 PM
Dec 2021

I had a sale of 7 thin postcards, and one got damaged with a corner folder over. I have been using a quality #10 envelope with a glued on label. Buyers tells me I needed cardboard. Well you can't make it too stiff, they tell you that up front. Do you buy these yellow manilla 6x9" envelopes and put a cardboard frame around them? Thickness has to be uniform, and not stiff. Somedays the whole eBay is just too much for me.

multigraincracker

(33,999 posts)
9. 1 or 2 can go in 6X8 rigid package.
Sun Dec 26, 2021, 02:42 PM
Dec 2021

and if it is 3 or more it cost more as it is not flexible enough to go thru mailing machine. Only 1 or 2 stamps do it. She bought these off of eBay. Will get a little smaller ones next time.
Problem with more than 3, you are talking almost $4 shipping. We've been putting single ones on with $1.99 with free shipping. The ones that get several bids pay for the rest.
Still figuring it out.

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