posted on January 10, 2008 04:35:36 PM new
Just a guess what they're picking in the first one - - tuberoses. A very fragrant blossom, would most likely be used in perfumes.
posted on January 10, 2008 04:37:37 PM new
The first one is in French and it is people gathering flowers in Grasse for the Perfumery BRuno Court. Judnick's Have it for sale on this page ($17): http://www.judnick.com/PenrhynToPerfume.htm
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posted on January 10, 2008 04:41:42 PM new
Guessing on the second one...
When I was in French cooking school, the chef talked about a very famous, very fancy, restaurant in France called L'Hermitage. Not sure if this is the one in your PC.
posted on January 10, 2008 05:03:57 PM new
Bois de Boulogne is a park in Paris. I'm sure Lucy's right about the restaurant - Longchamps is a windmill.
[ edited by pixiamom on Jan 10, 2008 05:06 PM ]
posted on January 11, 2008 04:46:50 AM new
I find Google is my best friend when I list foreign postcards. I put in the name of the town to find which country a postcard is from (unlike the US, most European town names are unique). I also type in phrases to see what comes up (even foreign language websites have a "translate" link - results are often funny but give a good idea about what it going on).
I use the Google translator a lot. I can get by with the romance languages and German and those help with Dutch and Scandanavian but have no clue with the languages using other alphabets or even how to look them up. Fortunately, those usually have French translations (except Asian postcards).
The confusing places to me are the Alsace-Lorraine region of France - town names are often German - ditto for towns in Sudentenland or countries in the Austro-Prussia empire and Bozen (Bolzano) in northern Italy. French place names can often be Belgium and Luxembourg. Norway was part of Sweden until 1906 .
posted on January 11, 2008 06:06:21 AM new
Whoops - Don't tell the Norwegians that! They've alsways felt they were seperate
[ edited by pixiamom on Jan 11, 2008 06:13 AM ]
posted on January 11, 2008 06:16:47 AM new
HUh? Don't forget - having a kid at St Olaf makes me an honorary Norwegian
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The Kingdom Of Norway, a constitutional monarchy located in northwesteren Europe, Scandinavia, has an area of 150,000 sq. mi. including the island territories of Spitzbergen (Svalbard) and Jan Mayen. Norway asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land and its continental shelf). Norway has a population of 4.5 million. A united Norwegian kingdom was established in the 9th century, the era of the Norse Vikings who ranged far and wide, visited the coasts of northwestern Europe, the Mediterranean, Greenland and North America. In the 13th century the Norse Kingdom was united briefly with Sweden, then passed through inheritance in 1380 to the rule of Denmark which was maintained until 1814. In 1814 Norway fell again under the rule of Sweden. The union lasted until 1905 when the Norwegian Parliament arranged a peaceful separation and invited a Danish Prince, Haakon VII, to ascend the throne of an independent Norway."
posted on January 11, 2008 06:19:37 AM new
They were with Denmark for over 400 years, with Sweden less than 100, always had their own language. Some Norwegians have a not too hidden animosity toward Sweden.
posted on January 11, 2008 06:24:52 AM new
And vice versa - here in Minnesota up until the 1960S - a "mixed marriage" meant one spouse was Norwegian and the other Swedish.
We have Swedish Lutheran colleges (Concordia, Gustavus Adolphus) and Norwegian Lutheran Colleges (St Olaf) - designed to prevent the foolish young from marrying into the "wrong" race of Scandihoovean.
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posted on January 11, 2008 01:10:50 PM new
I think the Ermitage is perhaps a Hotel. It translates the "Bois of Boulogne (Woods of Boulogne - A Park in Paris) Restaurant of the Pavilion of the Ermitage (near the mill of Longchamp)". I would just title it basically as it is on the postcard - leave off the "pres de moulin etc) - you can probably leave off Bois de Boulogne too if you don't have room and just put Paris France.
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posted on January 12, 2008 07:35:53 AM new
Just read Skip McGrath's take on selling postcards on eBay. My morning coffee went up my nose and dribbled down my chin!
Old or vintage postcards are one of the best-selling and potentially most profitable collectibles to sell on eBay. But not just any old postcard --there is just ONE postcard type that virtually anyone can sell, without experience, without prior knowledge and without risk. This one postcard type regularly breaks auction prices, rarely goes unsold, can be picked up for pennies and uploaded to eBay in three minutes flat.
They call this type of postcard 'topographical' and they depict known geographical locations, such as towns and cities, small villages and hamlets, in the US, UK and many other countries. Topographical postcards are hugely popular and highly collectible, and they can be bought for under a dollar at auctions, flea markets, garage sales, estate sales, thrift shops and even on eBay itself.
They can be resold for ten, twenty, sometimes hundreds of times the price you paid. And they are collected all over the world. You can sell cards to buyers in almost any country including the US, UK, Canada, Germany, India, Australia, Ireland, and Japan.
Topographical postcards can be relied on for markups of 100% to 1000%, and sometimes more. If you are interested in exploring this easy-to-enter and very profitable niche, my friend Avril Harper has written a quick-start guide to selling old postcards on eBay. It is called Bank Big Profits Selling Vintage Topographical View Postcards on eBay.
Here is some of what you will learn in Avril's book:
* Where to find secret vintage postcard treasures - forgotten about and neglected for DECADES - that will fetch you fantastic prices on eBay. Avril has been hunting down these postcards from the same secret sources for nearly 40 years. These places are rarely divulged by most people selling postcards, and with such a devoted clientele they don't need to advertise so you're unlikely to find them fast.
* How to buy postcards so inexpensively you're guaranteed to profit massively on every sale. These are the basics you need to know immediately so you can hit the ground running. Within days you'll know what are the best postcards to obtain - which postcards are worthless - where to find the most valuable ones - how much they're likely to fetch you on eBay - and what you should be paying for them. This info alone could make you thousands of dollars and put you well ahead of even the most experienced postcard seller and collector.
* The one type of postcard that's despised by dealers - but which YOU can regularly find for 10-cents and sell on eBay for$25 or more! Most dealers won't touch this specific type of postcard. They believe it has no resale value. But Avril shows you how to turn these ignored postcards into a fantastic source of profits! You can buy many of these for a quarter and sell them for prices as high as $40.
I got my copy of Bank Big Profits Selling Vintage Topographical View Postcards on eBay last week and spent about an hour going through it. Then I went to an old box of postcards that belonged to my mother. Within just a few minutes of going through the box I realized that little cardboard box with about 75 postcards is worth about $2,000.00. Just one of the cards recently sold on eBay for over $200. As soon as I buy a scanner you can look at my auctions to how well I do with them.
I'd better buy the book - I must be doing something wrong!
[ edited by pixiamom on Jan 12, 2008 07:37 AM ]
posted on January 12, 2008 07:40:28 AM new
By the way, Ralphie is right on the French card. Moulin de Longchamps is now part of a large racetrack in Paris.
posted on January 12, 2008 11:06:54 AM new
Topo-kaka is right! I haven't read Avril's guide, but I'll bet her sure-fire secret is that small towns sell better than big cities - DUH! Saying that it's low-risk, hugely profitable and rarely goes unsold is downright ridiculous. If you look in the postcard category, you see one of the lowest sell-through rates on eBay. What an expert Skip must have become, browsing the guide for an hour and then able to value a handful of cards at $2,000! How lucky he was to find a $200 card in the first batch he looked at! Even on the slight possibility an identical card sold on eBay for $200, was it the card, the stamp or the postmark that determined it's selling price? Now that the high bidder has his card, the same card usually sells for much less next time around. I think Skip should have listed his Mom's cards BEFORE writing a review/promo for the guide.
posted on January 12, 2008 11:42:39 AM new
I have the distinct impression Skip probably makes his money on books about eBay, rather than eBay itself. Sort of like the real estate and stock market gurus who claim to have made gazillions; probably not in real estate, but rather in real estate seminars and courses.
