I was reading through some of my favorite blogs today, including the blog Forgotten Bookmarks, which chronicles the bookmarks found in old books by a person who works at a used bookstore.
They posted recently about an 1837 family bible that includes not only family vital information, but also had in it photos which may likely be of the family itself. You can check out the blog post here (I recommend the blog for book and history junkies who like that sort of random stuff). You can see the auction for it here. The bible is being sold with the photos itact.
If you see a snoot as a high-bidder, that's me. I don't know the family, but would hate to see this land in a private collection and not make its way back to the family. I'll happily yield the auction or sell for cost to the right family! Spread the word and maybe we can hook a descendant up with this treasure!!
Surnames seem to include: Tyson/Tison, Hall, Carty, Knight
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27 August 2008
Feeding eBay [Quick Tips]
I covered the fine art of subscribing to feeds from Flickr a while back, but today I wanted to give a quick tip on subscribing to feeds from ebay.
If you're particularly interested in a certain city, state or area, checking ebay on occasion is a good move, as interesting photos, postcards, letters, even newspapers, magazines and other historic items often appear up for sale on the site. Even if you're not interested in purchasing the items, just browsing can be a rewarding experience.
Since we're all about being automated and having our content come to us, let's subscribe to an RSS feed for our ebay search!
Enter Your Search Term
Even if you've never used ebay before, the site layout is relatively easy to use for our purposes. Just focus on the big search field at the top of the homepage. Enter the location you are interested in, and use the drop-down menu to select a category to search in. I like to use the "Collectibles" category, which seems to be a catch-all for historical items:
Locate the Feed Button
After you click the Search button, you'll be presented with a page of results. Note that you can refine your results using the sub-categories on the left-hand side:
Once you have refined your results (if desired), find the RSS-feed button on the bottom of the page:
Click the button and follow instructions particular to your feed reader.
Sit Back and Enjoy
Here's a glimpse of what my ebay feed looks like in Google Reader:
Success! Now I can peruse posted items of interest without having to remember to go to ebay to look!
If you're particularly interested in a certain city, state or area, checking ebay on occasion is a good move, as interesting photos, postcards, letters, even newspapers, magazines and other historic items often appear up for sale on the site. Even if you're not interested in purchasing the items, just browsing can be a rewarding experience.
Since we're all about being automated and having our content come to us, let's subscribe to an RSS feed for our ebay search!
Enter Your Search Term
Even if you've never used ebay before, the site layout is relatively easy to use for our purposes. Just focus on the big search field at the top of the homepage. Enter the location you are interested in, and use the drop-down menu to select a category to search in. I like to use the "Collectibles" category, which seems to be a catch-all for historical items:
Locate the Feed Button
After you click the Search button, you'll be presented with a page of results. Note that you can refine your results using the sub-categories on the left-hand side:
Once you have refined your results (if desired), find the RSS-feed button on the bottom of the page:
Click the button and follow instructions particular to your feed reader.
Sit Back and Enjoy
Here's a glimpse of what my ebay feed looks like in Google Reader:
Success! Now I can peruse posted items of interest without having to remember to go to ebay to look!
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