JohnGaunt wrote:Tracking is a good tool to discover when the USPS has gone awry:

They really wanted to make sure it was sorted properly...

HermitFromPluto wrote:I just watched EEGAH

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055946/

What a cool movie. Why has the audience only given it 1.9 stars out of 10? I thought it rocked.

I am going to compulsively utter EEGAH for the next few days now.

EEGAH

Why I fell for this, I don't know.

Interesting to see the guy who played Jaws, from the Bond movies, playing a role slightly less dumb than Jaws, from the Bond movies.

First Haka of the year from the Trinity High School football team....a little too choreagraphed for my tastes, but that may have been because of the new Jerryworld Texas Stadium debut of high school football.  Unfortunately the editing on the video is atrocious, you can't see much of the haka, but it was as intimidating as hell....

http://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=396241

Mike B.

ashmire13 wrote:
Me too!! Well, actually I turn 38, but never knew it was the same day...  

I love those old B-movies too, classicly so bad, they are good...  

Because I will forget...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Icewind Dale trilogy
Dark Elf Trilogy
War of the Spider Queen

all great

lawrenson wrote:Hi,

completely O/T, but I don't know much about this subject, so may as well ask

One of the wifes aunties died recently. She was a local historian, and used to buy up old photos in the local markets. Consequently she left several shoeboxes full of photos from about 1870 - 1950.

Many have no identifying features - they are just people.

Quite a lot have some military content.

Some are of transport subjects.

Some are possibly worth some money - photos of the liner Mauretania, a photo (possibly unpublished) of Amelia Earhart the aviator less than a month before she disappeared etc.

Does anyone know if these are worth anything?

What would be the best thing to do with them?

Any expertise please?

Cheers,
Malc

The photos are definitely worth something.  Whether they are worth significant money or not depends on their content and the interest of potential buyers. The trick is finding who might be most interested.

Does the city where you live have an historical society?  Even if they don't likely have buying power, they would likely have useful knowledge.  Does the city where you live have a military base?  With a museum curator?  People like this with knowledge about the photos adds to their value.  Finally, I'd show them to your oldest surviving relatives and make sure you keep all the old family photos.  Those are priceless keepsakes to hand down to your children/nieces/nephews.  A good goal is to add information to the photos, because the more you know (and can convey) about them, the more value they have.

Most of what I am relaying is just common sense to me, and nothing said from experience.  I may be off on one or all of my suggestions.

lawrenson wrote:Hi,

completely O/T, but I don't know much about this subject, so may as well ask

One of the wifes aunties died recently. She was a local historian, and used to buy up old photos in the local markets. Consequently she left several shoeboxes full of photos from about 1870 - 1950.

Many have no identifying features - they are just people.

Quite a lot have some military content.

Some are of transport subjects.

Some are possibly worth some money - photos of the liner Mauretania, a photo (possibly unpublished) of Amelia Earhart the aviator less than a month before she disappeared etc.

Does anyone know if these are worth anything?

What would be the best thing to do with them?

Any expertise please?

Cheers,
Malc

Following on from benjoshua's post Malc, these guys may be able to help, if they are anything like my local society which I belong to. Might just have to see if there is anything even more local to you.

www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/

All the best
Dave

 

I tried not to name names... more than one MOS so you should be alright, suspense wise anyways.

Start with the Dark Elf Trilogy, you'll love it.  

Hiya,

thanks for the replies.

Trouble is, research on a lot of them will be difficult.

Imagine your family snaps.

YOU know its Cousin Violet at that caravan you hired in the Lake District.
But, even if you write it on the back, what would it mean to a complete stranger in 50 years time?

We might have a poke at researching some of the military/transport ones, but the "Mam, Dad and Little Peter in the garden" type ones are just impossible

They were all bought on Tyneside, but are from different areas of the country (judging by the few that have something written on the back).

Cheers,
Malc