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My Ebay Story Hello, My name is Dede. I have been selling cards on Ebay since August of 1998 and have two incredible stories to share. Shortly after I began selling on eBay, I sold a card of Stewart Beach in Galveston, TX, to a man in Houston. When he received the card, he turned it over and saw that it was one his mom had sent "to a trader in Vermont". Well, the card was actually sent to my mom in 1942 and was a card that had been among a collection that she had given me over 40 years ago! I think it's amazing that a card started out in Galveston over 60 years ago, was sent to my mom in Vermont then passed along to me in her collection,then listed on Ebay in Colorado, and the son of the original owner ends up being the high bidder! Early in 2004 I was searching for cards of Woodstock, VT, where my mom is from. I found a card of the high school she attended but already had that particular card. However, the fact that the listed card had been mailed from Woodstock in 1942 (a couple of years after my mom graduated), caught my interest. I contacted the seller to find out who had sent the card and lo and behold, the card had actually been mailed by my mom to a lady in Iowa! Well, I had to have that card! By the time I received the information from the seller and went back to bid the auction had ended with another high bidder! I wasn't going to give up that easy. I contacted both the seller and the high bidder and was able to purchase the eBay card and then sent the high bidder the duplicate card I had. It all worked out for everyone! It is amazing how interesting little connections like this happen so often through eBay. It truly is a small world! A Collection That Got Out of Hand Being a natural born pack rat all my life, I guess it's no wonder that I would end up with so many postcards (as well as lots of other stuff!) I have a hard time 'letting go' of things but am getting better! This is why in 1998 I decided to start slowly selling my collection of over 60,000 cards and thought what better way to do it than eBay. Of course since I started selling, I have purchased collections and continue to add to my inventory. I think I may have well over 100,000 cards by now. I am also a part-time postcard/paper dealer and set up at shows throughout the year in Colorado as well as the surrounding states. In 2000 I become a co-sponsor of the Denver Postcard Show, Postcard and Paper Odyssey held twice a year in Golden, Colorado. When I first started selling on eBay I didn't realize how much work would be involved. It definitely keeps me busy! This is actually like a second job. I work full time as an Office Manager in a private Montessori pre-school and am a former Montessori teacher. Sometimes I think about quitting my full time job and just doing eBay but I'm such a "people person" and think I would miss the daily contact with my co-workers. Besides the story I shared earlier, I've had several other interesting stories shared with me by people who have purchased my cards. Many people have won cards that gave them a direct connection to their past. Once I sold a card of a beautiful home in California. The high bidder was a man who had grown up in the house that was pictured on the card! I love hearing people's stories so if you purchase a card from me and have a special story to share about that card, please do so! Currently, my special collecting interests are: Huntsville, Alabama dating from 1900-1960s, early Woodstock, VT, real photo cards of children with toys or doing interesting activities, children blowing bubbles, early playgrounds, beautiful art cards of children, interesting sets and series, and snowmen. I would love to hear from other avid postcard collectors!

To protect bidder privacy, when the price or highest bid on an item reaches or exceeds a certain level, User IDs will be displayed as anonymous names. For auction items, a bold price means at least one bid has been received. Note: Anonymous names may appear more than once and may represent different bidders. Going, Going, Gone! Item Start End Price Title High Bidder/Status 200357927267 Jun-29-09 Dec-26-09 06:05:57 $3.50 Beachy Head Lighthouse Eastbourne Sussex Downs England Available 200357928453 Jun-29-09 Dec-26-09 06:10:02 $3.50 HI Punchbowl Crater Honolulu Hawaii South Seas Curio Co Available 200357949682 Jun-29-09 Dec-26-09 07:23:00 $3.50 New Orleans LA Rex Parade King of the Mardi Gras 1965 Available 200357951575 Jun-29-09 Dec-26-09 07:29:48 $3.35 Topeka KS Santa Fe General Offices 1906 E.C. Kropp Available 200357952711 Jun-29-09 Dec-26-09 07:33:37 $3.00 MT Large Letter Linen Greetings from Billings Montana Available 200357955610 Jun-29-09 Dec-26-09 07:44:54 $3.35 Lake Agnes Banff National Park CANADA Thompson Studio Available 200357958313 Jun-29-09 Dec-26-09 07:54:56 $3.99 Miami FL Flamingos Nesting Hialeah Park 1936 RPPC Available 200360211701 Jul-06-09 Dec-03-09 07:39:13 $3.00 Steamer Northland, Northern Steam Ship Co. Great Lakes Available 200362954690 Jul-14-09 Dec-11-09 07:21:25 $4.35 Poudre Canon CO Little Narrows Sanborn RPPC N-315 Available 200362956705 Jul-14-09 Dec-11-09 07:26:51 $3.75 Savin Rock, New Haven CT Theatre Band Stand Early Available 200362958515 Jul-14-09 Dec-11-09 07:33:27 $4.50 Wayland NY Bird's Eye View 1909 Arthur Peabody Pub. Available 200362961410 Jul-14-09 Dec-11-09 07:43:29 $3.75 Mt. Shuksan WA Clyde Banks #73 1952 RPPC Available 200362966496 Jul-14-09 Dec-11-09 07:59:41 $3.99 Canon City CO Priest Canon Early CYKO RPPC Gebhardt Available 200362967562 Jul-14-09 Dec-11-09 08:02:26 $4.00 Hot Springs SD Hot Springs Hotel Minnekahta Bath House Available 200398379919 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:24:32 $4.99 Laguna Beach CA Curteich Linen Souvenir Folder PM 1945 Available 150383335822 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:27:21 $4.99 Curteich Linen Souvenir Folder U.S. Army Activities Available 200398383163 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:33:39 $4.99 Buffalo NY Souvenir Folder White Border Era 20 Views Available 150383339106 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:39:12 $3.35 Pembroke Ontario CANADA Collegiat Institute Early Available 150383339614 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:40:59 $3.50 Pembroke Ontario CANADA Convent of Mary Immaculate Available 200398386557 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:43:25 $5.35 Chicago IL Corner House Restaurant & Table Bar Linen Available 200398387317 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:45:59 $3.35 Amherst MA Valentine Hall Amherst College B/W Collotype Available 200398390046 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:53:52 $3.35 Carmel Fire Department, Carmel, N.Y. Gramatan Art Co. Available 150383345460 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 07:58:56 $3.35 Gatlinburg TN S & M Restaurant Early Chrome Available 150383346209 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:01:45 $4.99 Palmyra MO U.S. Post Office L.L. Cook RPPC Kodak Paper Available 150383348933 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:10:15 $4.99 Grove Park Inn & Vicinity Asheville NC Souvenir Folder Available 150383349795 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:13:05 $3.35 L'Isle-Adam - La Plage - Le Grand Bain Bathers 1927 Available 200398397663 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:16:39 $3.00 Artist Signed Swiss Made Early Schooner Sailing 1930s? Available 200398398656 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:19:39 $3.00 Artist Signed Swiss Made Early Clipper Ship Sailing Available 150383352388 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:21:42 $3.00 Artist Signed Swiss Early Schooner Sailing 1930s? Available 150383353452 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:24:53 $3.99 John Travolta 1977 Mike Roberts Chrome Kirkland/Contact Available 200398401430 Oct-25-09 Dec-24-09 08:27:15 $3.99 Wapta Canyon B.C. CANADA First Safety Switch RR c.1902 Available 200404923888 Nov-11-09 Dec-11-09 10:51:20 $15.99 Hideaway Park Winter Park Grand Cty CO Village Inn RPPC Available 150388157621 Nov-11-09 Dec-11-09 10:56:49 $4.99 Devil's Slide on C.S.& C.C. Short Line RR CO Available 200404927139 Nov-11-09 Dec-11-09 10:59:02 $6.35 Mts. Evans & Rosile Argentine Central Railroad CO Train Available 200404928442 Nov-11-09 Dec-11-09 11:01:53 $18.99 Looking down on Lawson CO Homes Sanborn EKC RPPC B-833 Available 150391196012 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 08:53:42 $3.35 Port Clyde ME Marshall Point Lighthouse Pre-1908 1***c 150391196014 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 08:53:42 $2.99 Albuquerque NM Immaculate Conception School & Church No Bids Yet 200409220526 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 08:53:42 $3.99 Alamogordo NM First National Bank Building 1909 r***n 200409220527 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 08:53:42 $5.35 Pine Bush NY Osborne's Pharmacy Nice Sepia Albertype h***4 200409220532 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 08:53:42 $0.99 Salamanca NY The Salamanca Hospital Early White Border No Bids Yet 200409220533 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 08:53:42 $3.35 Lighthouse York ME Boone Island Light c.1903 Detroit No Bids Yet 200409220534 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 08:53:43 $3.50 Lakeland FL Banana Lake Picnic/Fishing W E Hallam & Co i***f 150391209219 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 09:25:53 $3.35 Geneseo NY Hounds & Trainer at Kennel 1913 Litho Chrome No Bids Yet 150391209220 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 09:25:53 $3.50 COLO Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Crossing Timber Line No Bids Yet 150391209222 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 09:25:53 $4.35 White's Creek Bridge & Fraser Canyon BC Canada RPPC No Bids Yet 200409238619 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 09:25:53 $4.35 Delta CO Court House & Methodist Church 2 Images 1909 No Bids Yet 200409238623 Nov-22-09 Nov-29-09 09:25:53 $3.99 Roanoke VA Incline Railway Top of Mill Mountain Early No Bids Yet 200409725667 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:04 $3.99 Ward CO Entrance to Stapp's Lake Lodge RPPC 1940s/1950s No Bids Yet 200409725660 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:05 $1.99 City Park Denver CO RPPC Well Dressed Lady Looks at Elk e***y 200409725661 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:05 $3.99 WWI RPPC Camp Genicart at Bordleaux FRANCE 1919 j***1 200409725662 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:05 $3.99 Leksand SWEDEN Midsommerafton Celebration Early RPPC No Bids Yet 200409725663 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:05 $2.50 1933 Century of Progress Chicago IL Cafe de la Paix No Bids Yet 200409725664 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:05 $1.50 A Walk in the Aspens Wind River Trail Estes Park CO B/W No Bids Yet 200409725665 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:05 $1.99 Southern Pacific Railroad Station Berkeley CA 1911 No Bids Yet 200409725666 Nov-23-09 Nov-30-09 09:10:05 $4.50 Gary IN Clear Title Land Co. 1908 RPPC Crose Photo Co. n***r Go see all current items for sale by this member. User:bennettoons( 1477)  Date:Nov-27-09 18:20:54 PST Praise: Flawlessly smooth transaction and top-notch service!! Outstanding! A+++ User:sundancebandit( 3351)  Date:Nov-26-09 09:01:27 PST Praise: Smooth Transaction - A++ User:lvmeadows( 3696)  Date:Nov-21-09 12:58:18 PST Praise: great item, great service, look forward to next transaction User:mdefargeminor( 2489)  Date:Nov-17-09 21:18:09 PST Praise: Another great card fr. this seller!!! SO happy w/all!!! Thank you so very much!! User:mdefargeminor( 2489)  Date:Nov-17-09 21:18:09 PST Praise: Terrific card & wonderfully helpful seller!!! Couldn't be happier w/all!!! A+!!! User:mdefargeminor( 2489)  Date:Nov-17-09 21:18:08 PST Praise: Exceptional card & terrific seller!!! SO delighted w/all!!! Thank you SO much!!! User:savagedove( 260)  Date:Nov-17-09 04:47:27 PST Praise: quick and easy transaction. good merchandise. A++++++ User:crabbycarol66( 220)  Date:Nov-16-09 21:49:21 PST Praise: wonderful card! 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