THIS IS A GENERAL INFORMATION GUIDE ONLY AND IN MOST CASES WILL BE LIMITED TO GPO ‘BRITISH POST OFFICE’ EQUIPMENT IF YOU FIND THIS GUIDE HELPFUL, PLEASE VOTE NOTES ON BUYING TELEPHONES SOME COMMON SENSE IS...
Plastic collectables Most collectors of vintage plastics really know their subject. Labelling any and every old plastic item as “Bakelite ” and hoping for the best is a certain recipe for grief, angry buyers...
THIS IS A GENERAL INFORMATION GUIDE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS DEFACTO WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND WHAT TO AVOID NOTES ON BUYING ORIGINAL TELEPHONES DON'T RUSH IN TO BIDDING JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS NICE, ASK...
and should not need to ask……. For most collectors, condition is extremely important, so here is a handy checklist that I use in my auctions and some other useful tips on postage and plastics. Condition...
You remember ViewMaster! Those funny looking round cards with 14 photographs around the edge and those viewers which look like binoculars and that lever at the side which advances the views. Most of us had...
I HAVE JUST STARTED THIS GUIDE MORE WILL COME AS I FIND THE TIME SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME ON THIS ONE FOR MORE IMFORMATION ON BAKELITE AND CANDLESTICK PLEASE SEE MY SPECIFIC GUIDES ON THEM I WILL TRY AND...
American Telephone Plastic Bakelite Buyers Guide This is a general guide for Ebay users who are interested in buying American USA telephones, it is intended as a non technical guide and will cover the...
My names Steve Venus i,m a a collector and researcher of German bomb fuzes i have been asked many times over the past 15 years or so to write an article on the subject.of Bomb Fuzes,here is a brief summary...
Bakelite items get dull over time, I have found that heavy buffing with a duster and Brasso brings the items up very well. I was visiting an aircraft factory many years age and I noticed one gallon drums of...
Buying Selling Smiths / Smith Sectric This particular range of Smiths wall and mantle clocks was established in about 1937 and is often made of Bakelite, it is particularly of interest to collectors, as this...