I would like to know more about fanzine selling/trading groups
My main outlet for information is the Yahoogroup "Zinelist". Most of the zine producers I know post there regularly, as well as many people who are looking to sell or buy zines. I've had a decent experience using eBay to sell zines (though this was several years ago); I sent an announcement to Zinelist when I listed the auctions, hoping to create as much interest as possible.
I'm still trying to fill holes in my Real Ghostbusters collection, so I periodically contact a few dealers that I don't see routinely at Zinelist: Jim & Melody Rondeau, Catherine Siebert, and Kathy Sands (who used to appear at cons under the dealer name "Tales of the White Hart," but I haven't seen her at either MediaWest or Shore Leave in a year or so). To my knowledge, Kathy doesn't have a website. The last good email I had for her was talwhi@earthlink.net. Catherine doesn't update her website very often, so if I'm particularly anxious to find something, I'll send her a letter with my wishlist. Jim & Melody agent for others who are selling their collections; if you don't want to use Zinelist or eBay, that might be an option (I've never worked with them, but they've been in fandom for yonks, so...).
and eventually regretted some of that.
Ugh, yes, that's a big fear for me.
I got page protectors and slid in photos, articles I couldn't bear to toss, puzzles, cross-stitch patterns, small costume pieces (the logo from a jacket, for example), even small works of art that I took out of the frame (and sometimes the mat as well.)
I like this idea. I have a lot of loose stuff that might work well in this system.
At the moment, some of my fandoms are in bins - fanzines, notebooks, and the larger items. It's not optimal, but they're *there* if I want them. Thing is, they only go into the bin while I see if I still care enough to keep them at all...
Right now, I've got a lot of stuff in boxes in the closet and very disorganized accordion files. It's not conducive to my actually being able to look at the items, and they're also not organized by fandom. I honestly haven't been storing the items with the care that you'd expect if they were really important to me. Bins (organized) would be a nice step up.
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Date: 2012-12-30 04:28 am (UTC)My main outlet for information is the Yahoogroup "Zinelist". Most of the zine producers I know post there regularly, as well as many people who are looking to sell or buy zines. I've had a decent experience using eBay to sell zines (though this was several years ago); I sent an announcement to Zinelist when I listed the auctions, hoping to create as much interest as possible.
I'm still trying to fill holes in my Real Ghostbusters collection, so I periodically contact a few dealers that I don't see routinely at Zinelist: Jim & Melody Rondeau, Catherine Siebert, and Kathy Sands (who used to appear at cons under the dealer name "Tales of the White Hart," but I haven't seen her at either MediaWest or Shore Leave in a year or so). To my knowledge, Kathy doesn't have a website. The last good email I had for her was talwhi@earthlink.net. Catherine doesn't update her website very often, so if I'm particularly anxious to find something, I'll send her a letter with my wishlist. Jim & Melody agent for others who are selling their collections; if you don't want to use Zinelist or eBay, that might be an option (I've never worked with them, but they've been in fandom for yonks, so...).
and eventually regretted some of that.
Ugh, yes, that's a big fear for me.
I got page protectors and slid in photos, articles I couldn't bear to toss, puzzles, cross-stitch patterns, small costume pieces (the logo from a jacket, for example), even small works of art that I took out of the frame (and sometimes the mat as well.)
I like this idea. I have a lot of loose stuff that might work well in this system.
At the moment, some of my fandoms are in bins - fanzines, notebooks, and the larger items. It's not optimal, but they're *there* if I want them. Thing is, they only go into the bin while I see if I still care enough to keep them at all...
Right now, I've got a lot of stuff in boxes in the closet and very disorganized accordion files. It's not conducive to my actually being able to look at the items, and they're also not organized by fandom. I honestly haven't been storing the items with the care that you'd expect if they were really important to me. Bins (organized) would be a nice step up.