A Reader Offers his Photos to Share

Thursday, June 5, 2014
  Cloudy, cold,and rain forecast

A Reader Offers His Photos to Share

  A few days ago, I got a comment on  a post about JEP toy. JEP was a French toy manufacturer or excellent quality and design.  The reader simply said "nice pictures, if you want, feel free to use any of mine". Of course, that's like telling a child, "would you like some candy"! So I wrote back, and the person, by the name of Adrian wrote back immediately. He has a big collection of fine toys, mainly postwar (WWII)  German made toys for sale. I wrote back to say for sure, I'd gladly use them. . He's selling his toy collection, so I've added his address at the bottom of his name.  I don't know Adrian at all, so you are interested in his merchandise, you will have to deal with him directly.

Please click here to visit Adrian's site

Adrain has many more motorcycles for sale. However for today's post, I decided to take a sampling of toys from his fine collection. 

At the time of Post WWII, Germany had been divided into East (Communist Russia) and Western Germany (Free Germany). That's why you can see the words "Made in Western Germany" on the underside of the car above.

It's always a good idea to be open-minded and accept invitation from readers.

It's good PR (Public relations), and Adrian, of course has a fine collection of toys, that I was glad to be able to write about.

Better still,I learned form the above 2 toys that Schuco also made animals and people toys. 

You always learn something new about toys!

This fire engine is quite a complicated mechanical toy.  It also happens to be the most expensive toy that the Schuco company ever made. You can see the price that Adrian is asking on his site.

Adrian didn't indicate the age of most of his toys . Once again, I learned that the Trix company makes or made (depending if they are still in business)  construction kits. This particular one is exceptional for it's many different parts and design, as well as its complexity!

I especially like those spoked wheels!

 This is a great finishing photo for today. A low camera angle adds strength to the truck and illustrates the beautiful features. This particular toy is newer, but great condition. It even comes with its original box.

Just below, I've added Adrian's link again, in case you want to go there right away.
http://asfarti.tripod.com/index-1.html

So on this rainy day….

Thanks for dropping by to visit,

and as always, 

have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be,

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com

Exceptional Photographic treatment and Care-Part I

Friday, December 20, 2013

Exceptional Photographic treatment and Care-Part I

   What caught my attention for today's post was the photography quality. Not only was the photography excellent, but every item from higher-priced to lower-priced and big or small was photographed with the same care and attention. For myself, that tells me something about the seller.

Mr. Vince Sarchese, is the owner of  real_antiques on ebay, and all of his items are well-photographed. I can only base my conclusion on how I treated my merchandise when I photographed my toys for  ebay.  Of course, I started to blog, and wanted nice photos, but I figured that if I photographed everything well, I would be able to sell easier. Also, I had never sold anything on  ebay, so I also thought that showing the toys well would be an asset.

Please click here to visit Vince Sarchese's fine ebay store

I like how Vince has made a montage for the 

standard that he wants to maintain with his store.

You'll have to change the blog view to slide show to see the true quality of the photos. But to really best see them, you need to go to  ebay.   However,just looking at the above photo gives you a good sense of the toy quality and condition, as well as the excellent photography.

Speaking for  myself, and I would think Vince would agree, that once you start taking quality photography,  the extra work involved is soon forgotten. And like all other things, the work get easier and faster. But you also get a sense of pride in comfort at having achieved this level and standard.

I will be adding another post soon on Vince and his high quality photography and of course the interesting toys and details of the toys! 

When I see such nice content, I just can't stop looking!

Thanks for visiting,

and as always, 

have a great part of the day or night,

'wherever you my be.

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com