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Rick · 24th April 2023, 09:10 PM

I always wonder what happened to Vandoo's collection, it must have been quite large.

kahnjar1 · 24th April 2023, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

I always wonder what happened to Vandoo's collection, it must have been quite large.

I had the privilige of having met Barry a few years ago when he was here in New Zealand, and I seem to remember that he had a daughter, so maybe she is now the proud owner of his extensive collection.
Stu

JeffS · 25th April 2023, 02:06 PM

I'm surprised the Swap Forum is not more heavily used. For a new collector, it is an amazing way to ensure you are getting legit stuff filtered by the discerning eye of serious collectors. A lot of my favorite pieces came from there.

David R · 27th April 2023, 03:07 PM

I started keeping an inventory a few years ago, photo's of the pieces and prices paid. A lot of the pics I post here are the ones taken for the catalogue file on my laptop, which is also saved at intervals on a plug in.
Comes in handy when I sell something, which I do from time to time.

Tim Simmons · 1st May 2023, 05:10 PM

A few years back I liquidated the mayor part of my collection. There was no way I was going to sell piece by piece far too much work involved. I settled for a so called specialist auction house or should I just say a good one. Yes the auction take their cut but they can and do draw the right crowd. It is nerve racking but that goes with collecting . Not everybody sees what you see and fashions change {ivory}. I believe I got a good return on my investment bearing in mind early prices where not what they are these days. What I found interesting was that many of the pieces that were rather pricey when I bought them did not do as well as expected, I was once told by a dealer that you will get a better return on the more expense {quality} pieces when I was struggling to collect on a shoe string budget. I found most of the pieces had searched for at low prices did very well indeed. What I have left manly from the Amazon is on ice probably for the next decade.

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David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,119	I started keeping an inventory a few years ago, photo's of the pieces and prices paid. A lot of the pics I post here are the ones taken for the catalogue file on my laptop, which is also saved at intervals on a plug in. Comes in handy when I sell something, which I do from time to time. Attached Images

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Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	I always wonder what happened to Vandoo's collection, it must have been quite large.

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JeffS Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 423	I'm surprised the Swap Forum is not more heavily used. For a new collector, it is an amazing way to ensure you are getting legit stuff filtered by the discerning eye of serious collectors. A lot of my favorite pieces came from there.

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Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	A few years back I liquidated the mayor part of my collection. There was no way I was going to sell piece by piece far too much work involved. I settled for a so called specialist auction house or should I just say a good one. Yes the auction take their cut but they can and do draw the right crowd. It is nerve racking but that goes with collecting . Not everybody sees what you see and fashions change {ivory}. I believe I got a good return on my investment bearing in mind early prices where not what they are these days. What I found interesting was that many of the pieces that were rather pricey when I bought them did not do as well as expected, I was once told by a dealer that you will get a better return on the more expense {quality} pieces when I was struggling to collect on a shoe string budget. I found most of the pieces had searched for at low prices did very well indeed. What I have left manly from the Amazon is on ice probably for the next decade.