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Collecting Vintage Photographs and Old Photo Albums

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Collecting Vintage Photos, Photographs as a Hobby and Business

Coming home from an auction or estate sale with a box full of vintage photos including cabinet card photos, glass magic lantern slides, tintype photos, any kind of old photo, is a source of fun and joy for me. I love finding ways to supplement our income by working at home, and one way that I do that is to buy and resell old photographs of all kinds. I look through them carefully for treasures, enjoy them, think about what life must have been like for the people in the picture, or take in the different things in the background that would now be considered antiques. I keep some, scan others, and resell many.

This page is devoted to my love for old photos. They are so fascinating that I wonder why families don't pass them down and they so often end up at estate sales or auctions. But if they didn't end up at estate sales and auctions, I wouldn't have this hobby and source of income. Perhaps they are appreciated even more than they would be if they stayed in the family, it is hard to say.



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My Old Photos, If Any Are Available

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I enjoy old photographs, you'll find all kinds when I have some listed...cabinet photos, cdv's, and more. Even if you don't bid on anything, I hope you'll enjoy browsing.
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Collecting Vintage Photo Albums

It is surprising to me that when I visit estate sales or auctions, complete family albums with vintage photos are often for sale. I wonder how families can let these leave the family, then I realize that maybe this is the last generation...or maybe the family just isn't interested...which brings joy to whoever buys the albums...so happiness is being spread no matter what.

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  • cathywoodosborn Mar 16, 2012 @ 9:22 pm | delete
    I'm passionate about antique photos and have several hundred of them. Many are of my own ancestors, and most all of them are identified. Nice lens!
  • happynutritionist May 16, 2012 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    That sounds like a fascinating collection...something wonderful to sit, look at, think about, enjoy!
  • TheLifestyleChanger Mar 10, 2012 @ 4:39 am | delete
    I love memories of past eras.
  • davespeed Dec 17, 2011 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    I like old photos of places that I'm familar with. It's interesting to me to compare how places look now compared to how they used to look. I love seeing old pictures and postcards of my hometown of Selma, Alabama. A couple of months ago, I checked out a library book about New Orleans that had tons of photos of pictures from contemporary New Orleans and next to it they had a picture taken years ago of the same address. I found that fascinating. Enjoyed your lens!
  • fanfreluche May 24, 2011 @ 3:49 am | delete
    I love vintage photos, they really tell stories. I sometime buy them when the topic appeal to me.
  • happynutritionist Jul 11, 2011 @ 2:44 pm | delete
    Thank you for your visit...I agree, pictures are the story of a person's life...it's good to know that if a family decides they don't want them for some reason, or the family has no one to inherit them, they can still be enjoyed by people like us.
  • d-artist Jan 17, 2010 @ 9:07 am | delete
    I just finishing up a lens with some of my photo collections and happen to find this lens...thanks for sharing.
  • happynutritionist Jan 27, 2011 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    Thank you for visiting..I will come over and visit your page, and hope others will too!
  • OhMe Jan 12, 2010 @ 7:53 am | delete
    I love Old Photographs, too and lensrolling to my Pendleton Old Photos and Pendleton Memories Series which are filled with old photos.
  • happynutritionist Jan 27, 2011 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    Thank you...I will have to visit, I should have responded to this long ago, but it is better late than never they say:-)
  • theraggededge Jan 9, 2010 @ 10:46 am | delete
    A really interesting way to promote a really interesting eBay product!
  • happynutritionist Jan 9, 2010 @ 11:35 am | delete
    Thank you, and thanks for stopping by:-)
  • jennysue19 Dec 11, 2009 @ 4:02 am | delete
    Didn't realise people were interested in other people's old family photos - I have a quantity of WW2 photos and postcards that were collected and sent home by my father, mostly from Madagascar and Italy. They are not in an album at present, just jumbled in a box, but they are in a dry place. I also have some framed photos of racing cars probably of Goodwood since that is near where I live. None of these are on ebay at present, but happy to list them if you would be interested.
  • happynutritionist Dec 11, 2009 @ 10:02 am | delete
    Hi Jenny, If the pictures have no personal family members in them, they would probably bring in some income for you if you were to list them on eBay. I buy in quantity, enjoy looking through, then sell, so buying individual pictures would probably not be something I'd personally do. Do searches on eBay to find out what is selling, wait until the holidays are over. Thanks for stopping by and your comment.
  • BarbRad Dec 10, 2009 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    I have some vintage photo albums passed on by my in-laws I'm not sure what to do with. We have no children to pass them to, not any other younger relatives. My friend who deals in Ephemera says these might be of interest to someone since they date from pre-Communist Yugoslavia.
  • happynutritionist Dec 10, 2009 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    I am quite certain it would be of value. Do you sell on eBay?
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