posted on May 20, 2003 05:05:51 AM
Question #1: Can you mail a match collection USPS? Are they considered hazardous? Anything special to mail them? 3 shoe boxes full.
Question #2 :I picked up a box with 18 vintage pocket hankies and a stack of the paper insert pocket hankies...yesterday cheap cheap...my question is would you sell them as a lot or break them up?
posted on May 20, 2003 05:11:12 AM
I don't know about the match thing. The hankies I would break up into small lots of similar colors or colors that go together.
posted on May 20, 2003 08:22:54 AM
I think the matches in the mail is a no-no but it appears most sellers of full or partial matchbooks do it on ebay. Claim ignorance if you get caught.
posted on May 20, 2003 09:29:20 AM
Thanks Cheryl and auctionace ! I think I'll ask at the post office about the matches lol...better safe than sorry over a few bucks...
posted on May 20, 2003 09:34:41 AM
I've sold some of our great-aunt's hankies and was surprised to see how high some of them went. The popular ones had words on them, or were souvenir hankies of a state or a park. I think $8 to $20 is what I got for some. Do a search for that kind, and be sure to list in the collectibles category by region or state. I did those singly, on a hunch.
The rest I sold by pairs or fours. All but one of 20 hankies did sell the first time around. I like this batch that you have.
I'm assuming these are men's hankies?! If some are formal ones, you might sell in the formal wear category.
posted on May 20, 2003 10:06:38 AM
I have never sold men's hankies but when I sell ladies hankies I try and not put the same colors in a lot. If you are going to put 4 or 5 in a lot then put one of each color. The pocket ones I do not know but most are silk. Check out mens clothing and see what is on eBay. Do the vintage search on mens as I am sure they are not new. Men that dress in vintage are probably looking for them and there are alot of men that dress vintage. Good Luck
posted on May 20, 2003 10:09:51 AM
I forgot the matches. Do collectors collect the matches or just the covers. Go to match auctions and see how many leave the matches in. I have seen many auctions without matches. What you could do is list them with the matches but put in your description that matches will be removed if buyer doesn't want them. Good Luck
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[ edited by Libra63 on May 20, 2003 10:11 AM ]
posted on May 20, 2003 11:25:58 AM
Years ago people just collected the matchbook covers and maybe they still do as there are albums or binders that you can store and display them with. I think a full matchbook would tend to be rarer than a mere cover. There are matchbooks called feature matchbooks ( example below ) that have designs built on the actual matches and those items have to have matches in them to collect. If it is illegal to mail full or partial match books then I wonder how those sellers can legally ship their featured matchbooks?
posted on May 20, 2003 01:22:15 PM
wow ! Thanks for all the info ! I think I'm going to break them up in lots of 4 and let them have at them....and after looking around e-bay.I think i'll take my chances with mailing the matches ...Thanks Guys and Girls !
posted on May 20, 2003 03:39:58 PM
Mailing shoe boxes full of matches is probably not a great idea. I remember as a kid (20 years ago) we would wrap a box of matches in plastic packing tape and throw them on the road or at a wall. They would go off with a really loud bang. Not dissimilar to a shotgun going off. I could not imagine the impact a whole shoe box would have. I know for sure that here in Oz the post office will not let you post matches anywhere.
Cheers,
Adrian
