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6.02.12 Adam Partridge's 'Great Exhibition' sale on February 11th has much to offer the ephemerist and photographic collector amongst the 1,000 or so lots. There are over 15,000 stereo view cards, and approaching 10,000 postcards, most of which are being sold in lots containing between 20 and one hundred items. Add a comment News
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While bargains
are to be had at auction, for the uninitiated, I think it's worth
quoting from John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors. "The novice
collector does well to recognise that in a bookshop there is a strong
bond of common interest across the counter, but that in the sale-room
every man's hand is against him. If he is a man of spirit, he may
relish the encounter; hoping to beat the professionals at their
own game and be prepared to take a few knocks in the process. Yet
if he is also a man of sense, he will only do so after careful reconnaissance,
and then with his eyes wide open".
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