Christmas List
Things have been busy in the store; and I've neglected this weblog for 9 days now. Since starting to type in the title there have been three (now four) interruptions. One special project we have been working on is (now five) a sale flyer for Christmas.
This year it will be huge compared with previous years - a total of 32 or 36 pages. AND we have to get it in the mail before Christmas. (and now six - and seven). In addition to the mailing we will post all the text on our website and send out a broadcast email to our email subscribers. In this way people from outside the Ottawa area can take part in the sale.
Recent purchases include an estate from an airmail specialist, an interesting collection from a 90 year old (still sharp mentally but sadly the eyesight was going), as well as the ordinary. Tomorrow there are four scheduled appraisals.
Work on recent purchases has added significantly to Newfoundland (almost $6000 mostly VFNH), PEI over $1100 including carieties; George V from the Michael Roberts collection (over $11,000) etc. We have a nice Newfoundland remainder lot (CV by fine Unitrade is over $5200 - our price less than one quarter of catalogue at $1250.
Interruptions were holding at eight but the ninth forces me from the keyboard.
This year it will be huge compared with previous years - a total of 32 or 36 pages. AND we have to get it in the mail before Christmas. (and now six - and seven). In addition to the mailing we will post all the text on our website and send out a broadcast email to our email subscribers. In this way people from outside the Ottawa area can take part in the sale.
Recent purchases include an estate from an airmail specialist, an interesting collection from a 90 year old (still sharp mentally but sadly the eyesight was going), as well as the ordinary. Tomorrow there are four scheduled appraisals.
Work on recent purchases has added significantly to Newfoundland (almost $6000 mostly VFNH), PEI over $1100 including carieties; George V from the Michael Roberts collection (over $11,000) etc. We have a nice Newfoundland remainder lot (CV by fine Unitrade is over $5200 - our price less than one quarter of catalogue at $1250.
Interruptions were holding at eight but the ninth forces me from the keyboard.
posted by Ian Kimmerly @ 2:06 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:12 PM,
blueberrypie said…
Congratulations to all on your grand opening and successful achievement of wonderful new building! Your blog has just been discovered. Supper will have to burn tonight because I am still enjoying. I do love your stories and the nice big shots of the juicy stamps. A trip downtown to your new digs is something that I anticipate. One thing: a picture shows a lot of carpet space in front of a long row of interesting looking red boxes, binders and so on. I hope that before I come you can fill that space with office type chairs on wheels that can be scooted along. A lot of us (well, some of us) are unable to stand for very long and so otherwise would not get to look through very much without first aid by the finish. This type of chair is a very practical solution.
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