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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 36 - April 21, 2001 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That
1) About Collectibles!
By Ina Steiner
Barbara Crews is the About.com Guide for the collectibles section. Her Web site is a great resource for all kinds of collectibles, and I enjoy her newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free.
http://collectibles.about.com/hobbies/collectibles
2) Online Cooperative for Book-Sellers
By Ina Steiner
TomFolio.org is a Web site for buying and selling used, rare and collectible books, ephemera, and periodicals. It is owned and operated by ABookCoOp, a cooperative jointly owned by independent member booksellers. Owner-membership is open to all independent booksellers who purchase member stock.
ABookCoOp began in 1999 as a small discussion group of independent booksellers. "We wanted to develop a bookselling site that would not be vulnerable to the kind of corporate interference that can dictate selling terms or reap undue profit from our efforts," the Web site reads.
It is a fixed-price site, not an auction site. There is a thread in the AuctionBytes chat forum about efforts to create a cooperative auction site. http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?forum=2&60
Thanks to Michele R. for writing and telling me about TomFolio.com.
http://www.tomfolio.com
3) Sally Jessy Raphael: Collectibles for Dollars
By Ina Steiner
Appraisers evaluate the worth of collectibles on the Sally Jessy Raphael show on Tuesday, April 24. Check your local listings for times and stations http://www.tvguide.com. The appraisers (Judith Katz-Schwartz, editor of the Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter, and John Bruno) will host a live chat Tuesday evening at the CollectingChannel.com Web site at 5PM EST http://collectingchannel.com.
4) Universal Feedback!
By Ina Steiner
FeedbackSite.com allows sellers to show their feedback from up to eight auction sites right on their individual auction listing pages. The service includes the following auction sites: NoBidding.com, eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, Up4Sale, KnK Collectibles, OneWebPlace, and Collecting Nation. The service is free. http://www.feedbacksite.com
5) New TV Show: The Incurable Collector
By Ina Steiner
John Larroquette hosts a new show, The Incurable Collector, on Sundays at noon EST on the A&E cable station. Today, the show will feature the private glass collection of George and Dorothy Saxe. Also featured are: collectibles from "The Simpsons" television show; the eclectic collection of Leland Sklar - one of the world's top bass players; and Nora Hazelton's collection of 70,000 swizzle sticks. http://www.aande.com
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