Comments on: Stamp Collection, Part One: Germany http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/ Trash, Treasure, Oddities, Obsessions and Obligations Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-18818 Derrick Bostrom Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:17:46 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-18818 Jeez...I'm not a stamp collector either.... Just a pack rat. Jeez…I’m not a stamp collector either…. Just a pack rat.

]]> By: cheryl niggl http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-18817 cheryl niggl Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:06:54 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-18817 the inflation stamps. i am not a collector but have one with 1000 mark. is the only one you dont have.. reply.. my email is: racingselections@hotmail.com the inflation stamps. i am not a collector but have one with 1000 mark. is the only one you dont have.. reply.. my email is: racingselections@hotmail.com

]]> By: Antique Avon Perfume Bottles http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-17957 Antique Avon Perfume Bottles Mon, 05 May 2008 02:57:14 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-17957 I have a collection of antique perfume bottles and I'm always looking to collect more of them ... I think the antique perfume bottles especially those dated back to the older 18th to 19th century ones have very beautiful and intricate designs that is somewhat lost in this current era. Many of them were dumped at the turn of the century due to the "use and throw" away mentality ... so its pretty hard to find the really nice ones now. I have a collection of antique perfume bottles and I’m always looking to collect more of them … I think the antique perfume bottles especially those dated back to the older 18th to 19th century ones have very beautiful and intricate designs that is somewhat lost in this current era.

Many of them were dumped at the turn of the century due to the “use and throw” away mentality … so its pretty hard to find the really nice ones now.

]]> By: Steve H http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-4685 Steve H Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:11:55 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-4685 My wife had a dozen perfume bottles with the spray ball type thing and they were all stamped on the bottom Wiemar. They were beautiful colored glass, lots of reds and blues and greens, and sure enough my mother-in-law thought they were butt ugly and dumped the batch except for a couple. We had the survivors appraised, a la Antiques Roadshow, and they are worth $300-500. If you have any antiques with Wiemar or Republic of Germany on them you may have a very valuable item!!! My wife had a dozen perfume bottles with the spray ball type thing and they were all stamped on the bottom Wiemar. They were beautiful colored glass, lots of reds and blues and greens, and sure enough my mother-in-law thought they were butt ugly and dumped the batch except for a couple. We had the survivors appraised, a la Antiques Roadshow, and they are worth $300-500. If you have any antiques with Wiemar or Republic of Germany on them you may have a very valuable item!!!

]]> By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-4227 Derrick Bostrom Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:04:41 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-4227 Another fun article about German hyperinflation: http://ingrimayne.com/econ/EconomicCatastrophe/HyperInflation.html Another fun article about German hyperinflation:

http://ingrimayne.com/econ/EconomicCatastrophe/HyperInflation.html

]]> By: Derrick Bostrom http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-3943 Derrick Bostrom Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:51:55 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-3943 Steve, you must be a candidate for the geriatric ward, like myself! Steve, you must be a candidate for the geriatric ward, like myself!

]]> By: Steve H. http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-3940 Steve H. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:24:20 +0000 http://derrickbostrom.com/bostrom/2007/02/06/stamp-collection-part-one-germany/#comment-3940 There was an old joke in Wiemar Germany that a man left a basket full of cash on his front porch overnight and someone stole the basket but left the cash. We had a President back in the 1980's who wondered why we just couldn't print more cash to deal with inflation....... As for boring, how could the economics of post World War 1 Germany be construed as boring...of course I guess I am kind of odd. I enjoy reading old menus in my spare time... There was an old joke in Wiemar Germany that a man left a basket full of cash on his front porch overnight and someone stole the basket but left the cash.
We had a President back in the 1980’s who wondered why we just couldn’t print more cash to deal with inflation…….
As for boring, how could the economics of post World War 1 Germany be construed as boring…of course I guess I am kind of odd. I enjoy reading old menus in my spare time…

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