Sometimes, My Mistakes Turn Out Great!

Thursday, December 20 , 2013

Sometimes, My Mistakes

Turn Out Great!

I posted yesterday (with December 20, 2013) as the date some of the best photography that I've seen while blogging. I sent the owner, Mark an e-mail asking for his family name, because I forgot to ask in the e-mail that I sent him originally. AS I was again looking to write another post on Mark, I saw one of his toys that I immediately recognized. Oops! I had written about Mr. Mark Freeman before ,and I made avery embarrassing mistake - I forgot! 

I had originally posted about Mark and his ebay store WarPath Collectibles on November 11, 2013.

When I saw that, I had already used the Distler toy there,and now I had used it again for the December 20 post! I'll still keep both posts, and try to have a better way of remembering whom I write about! So Mark, if you're reading this,my apologies!

Please click here to visit this fine ebay store

What I find so great about Mark's excellent photography is that he takes the time to 

show us the detail. He does this through sharply-focussed photos,excellent lighting, and high-resolution images.This takes time and effort, and Mark does this for the expensive and inexpensive toys,and the large or small toys. That's what being an excellent and successful seller is all about - effort and dedication!

You absolutely, positively have to look at these photos in the Blogger slide view mode. In the close-up of the trigger, you will see all of the written information and patents that were imprinted on the side!

Now that's detail!

I will be returning to Mark's store in the future, but being "en guarde" to ensure that I don't forget who the seller and his fine merchandise are!

How could I with such great toys and photography !

Thanks for visiting,

and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com

Nice Detailed Photography of a German Sports Car Toy

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Nice Detailed Photography

of a German Sports Car Toy

   I have to make a formal apology to Mark (the owner of the store on ebay). As I was checking my  ebay emails, I saw a store name that I realized I had not written about. I checked the photos, and realized I did not write a post, and this was more than a month ago. So to Mark, I apologize. I will be writing another post, but today's post is just the introduction.

    Mark's store name is WarPath Collectibles, and besides old toys, Mark has some very interesting Native American arrowheads.  He's been on ebay since 2004, and ha an excellent reputation.

Please click here to visit Mark's fine ebay store

  Ever since ebay decided to provide 12 free uploaded photos for each listed item,it's been great for a blogger like me. Not all sellers take advantage of the opportunity, and ebay websites around the world seem to have different criteria for their sellers.  In Mark's case, he is one of those sellers who also happens to to use his camera,,as well as having a keen eye to photograph an item from different angles, and make the item attractive and appealable to viewers. So that's it for today, but for sure, I will be returning to write about Mark again, and this time promptly!

Thanks for visiting,

and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com

A Store with Lots of Interesting Items

Monday, November 11, 2013
                  (Remembrance Day)

A Store with Lots of Interesting Items

    I was in a lazy mood yesterday, so I stayed indoors most of the day. I contacted 3 people, and 2 replayed right away to say that I had the go ahead to write about them. One of these people is Mark from  ebay. I keep forgetting to ask people for their family name, so when I get the name, I'll add it.

Mr Mark Freeman's  store is called WarPath Collectibles. What caught my attention was a  post WWII Distler convertible. I liked the design of the toy, and the colour theme - red and blue with a nice cream/beige colour for the seating. Mark also sells interesting other items such as early-American arrowheads, copper souvenirs, toy trains, any many other interesting items.

Please click here to visit Mark's interesting store

    Of course, if you've been to this blog before, you know that I like sellers. collectors, or auctioneers who take great photography and lots of photos.  As you can readily see, Mark has a flair for fine-quality photos. I just did some minor Photoshop work and placed the Distler against the white background.

I didn't pay much attention to this small toy until I started to bring it to life with Photoshop.

AS I worked on each image, I started to notice how well the toy had been created. The porter has  beautiful  posing and a fine expression. This is what one gets to see when an item is presented with many photos, the nuances from different camera angles, or the toy moved around relative to the camera.  What's also interesting is to have so many different colours on a hand painted toy.

The light post  is most interesting when detailed photos are provided. Also, I learned that the Gong Bell Company produced other things besides pull toy gong bells. Also, I assume that this item was made much later the the 1900'1030 period when the "typical" pull toy Gong Bell toy was made. What I also like is that the street names on the signs are "Main" and State". I always had a smile smile on my face whenever I travel in the States and see the "typical, typical" street names named after trees, states, presidents, and so forth. Of course here in  Montreal and the province of Quebec, you'll find plenty of cities and streets names after saints. 

The Auburn rubber toy above is a relative "youngster" of about 50-60 years "young". I've written about rubber and vinyl toys from earlier times. What amazes me most is that toys were actually made of rubber and that the toys are able to have such detail as in the driver's face. Also, being rubber, these toys do not break as easily as other materials and  have lasted for so long.

I wrote yesterday's post and worked on the photos for this post also yesterday. Thus, I've only presented to you 4 toys, but all very diverse and to me most interesting.

Like Arnold (Schwarzenegger) says in many of his movies "I'll be back".

You can be sure, I'll be returning to Mark's  store searching out for those interesting items.

Thanks for dropping bu to visit,

and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com