posted on September 5, 2003 09:31:33 AM new
From an uncle's estate, we have 15 convention program booklets (about 40-60 pp
each) for the Christian Endeavor Union of California, dating from 1913 - 1936.
These are loaded with names and photos from long ago plus old city center maps of
all the major cities in California.
My question: What collectibles category or categories to list them in? Religion, probably.
Antiques/maps? Am I missing something else? I frequently list in two categories.
At the turn of the century, Christian Endeavor was a HUGE deal in the U.S. For their county conventions--and statewide ones too--there would be big parades of the participants, hundreds and thousands of them, women all dressed in long white dresses, and the people carrying banners etc, streets blocked off. Excursion cruises for participants. It was a Protestant group for young people and young adults and their conventions drew big-name ministers and authors.
Thanks in advance for any good advice. I've posted this question on the Ebay historical collectibles board and after two days got no response at all (typical for those boards, in my experience!).
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posted on September 6, 2003 05:37:01 AM new
The lack of responce may mean that like me, no one has ever heard of this org.(of course I live in the east) My thoughts are you have selected categories where they should get good exposure. I'm also thinking that collectors of Calif history will be very interested in these items, the word California should appear in your description line. May want to call a museum or two they might be able to give you some thoughts on value.
Might be better to list them from the vintage pictures/maps angle with the name of the city & date in the title. I'm thinking keywords here...
Lucy
Watch the donut, not the hole.
Edited 'cuz I messed up the link. Still on my first cup of coffee.
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posted on September 7, 2003 11:38:56 PM new
Hi, Lucy! I'm doing fine. We were away for the weekend, just got home in time to watch a bunch of auctions launch. (But not the Christian Endeavor ones yet.)
I appreciate the advice both of you have given me. The CE Union was a worldwide organization that was just HUGE around the turn of the century and on into the 40s and 50s, all over this country (in Protestant church circles only). My tentative auction listings have the date, city, CA for California, and whatever I could fit in like "convention," etc. We'll see how they do, singly. I'm starting them really low. If they don't sell, I'll donate them to a church museum or someplace that is collecting CE stuff.
Part of the fun of selling for me, besides finding great things at yard sales and turning them over for a good profit, is the game of seeing if I can unload EVERYthing the family doesn't want in memorabilia and sell it all in auctions on ebay, even if what they bring isn't really worth my time! Just a game, but fun for me. So stay tuned, I guess.
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