I wanted to add a few finishing touches to the covers first I went back and stitched a. They sell at one of the four auctions.Įven when people bid on prized matchcovers, like a Charles Lindbergh one that went for $4,000 at a Rathkamp Convention 14 years ago, collectors do not get angry if they don’t win, he added. (Youll probably want a designated Kraft-Tex or paper needle. Most items over $35 don’t sell at the dealer table, Hauser said. To join, the prospective member has to bring Hauser a new manhole cover.Īmong the rarities at the dealer tables are a matchbox shaped like a milk truck, matchsticks with bowling pins painted on them and the official John F. There are 17 members of the Manhole Cover Club. You do it because you want to repay them.”īarlow’s fetish for funeral home covers might seem odd, but it is not nearly as strange as Art Hauser’s collection of matchbooks depicting manhole covers. “No one expects to have anything come back. “Then I will feel obliged and I will see Sid and I will say, ‘Here’s a bunch of funeral home covers,’ ” Eadie said. To show Eadie that he remembered him on his travels, Sid Barlow of England reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a hotel matchcover that he heard Eadie was looking for. “It’s a lovefest of matches, really,” said Eadie of Goldens Bridge, N.Y. Whether collectors seek matchcovers with “Wanted” pictures of Osama Bin Laden, or the rare cover with a real piece of mink pasted on it, everyone comes to the convention to celebrate what Wayne Eadie says are the most commonly printed words: “Close cover before striking.” “Being a stupid Englishman I looked on the map to see where the exhibition is being held,” said Sadler, who was wearing one of the seven New York City T-shirts that he bought to replace his stolen clothing. Sadler’s luggage was stolen and he walked 3 miles each way from his hotel to the convention on the first day just to sift through matchbooks. His trip to America for the matchcover convention wasn’t so easy. Trading Cards (Sports: mostly pre-1970 Baseball, Football, etc.Regardless of what he finds, Keith Sadler of Cyprus is just glad to be sitting down.Airlines, Airports, Aviation, Alligator Borders, Amusement Parks, Angels, Arcade Cards, Artist Signed Postcards, Asylums and Institutions, Banks, Barber Shops, Bathing Beauties, Baseball, Beer & Breweries, Billiards, Black Americana, Boxing, Boy Scouts, Cars, Autos, and Trucks, Chimney Sweeps, Circus, Composers, University and College Girls Series, Civil War, Coca-Cola, Trolley, Train and Bus Depots and Stations, Doctors and Nurses, Disneyana, Dressed Animals, Erotic, Exhibitions, Factories and Mills, Famous People & Celebrities, Fire Engines, Firemen, Fishing, Football, Gambling, Poker, Gas Stations/Service Stations, Hand-Drawn & Original Art, Hockey, Horse Racing, Hunting, Immigration, Indians / Native American, Main Street Scenes, Masonic, Mermaids, Mining (Gold, Silver, etc.) Motorcycles & Bicycles, Music & Musicians, Novelties (3D/Lenticular, Leather, Hold-To-Light, etc), Nudes, French Nude, 0cean Liners, Political, Presidential, Prisons & Jails, Propaganda (US & Foreign), Railroad, Red Cross, Restaurants, Retail Stors, Rodeos, Route 66, Ships, Snowmen, Sports, Surfing, Tobacco, Smoking, Town Views, Trade Cards, Trading Cards, Trains, Trolley, Trollies, War Ships, Military, Watches & Clocks, Cowboy, Western, Veterinarians.Modern and Continental (4圆 and larger) Chrome Postcards of Celebrities, Advertising, People, etc.Postcard production materials (original photos, layout boards, lithograph proofs, etc.).Dealer Stock, New-old-stock (NOS) - Retiring Postcard Dealer? Lets talk!.how many, what condition, age, and categories. Prospective buyers will want to know app. Deaccessioned Postcard Collections & Archives from Libraries, Museums, Historical Societies Rathkamp Matchcover Society: Selling Covers WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FIRST: If you have an accumulation or collection of matchcovers you're looking to sell, you'll need to take a relatively decent inventory first.Foreign Countries - Especially Asia, Africa, Mexico, South America, US Territories.Rare, Unusual, Bizarre Postcards of any Kind. Patrick's Day, Groundhog Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day Halloween, Christmas/Santas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, President's Day, St. Advertising, Salesman's Samples, Linen Motels/Hotels, Restaurants & Roadside.Real Photo Post Cards (Identified & Unidentified) and Photographs & Snapshots.(Especially Interested in California, New England & East Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, and any small towns) Large Postcard Collections, Postcard Albums, Photo Albums & Scrapbooks pre 1970s, and other Ephemera.
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