"funcollector" (ID) Site where you can view my positive feedback rating (click the number next to "funcollector"), as well as the star button. Also, come check out my RSA "About Me" page!
"funcollector" (ID) Site where you can view my positive feedback rating (click the number next to "funcollector"), as well as the star button. Also, come check out my RSA "About Me" page!
Also collecting & selling 1970s nostalgia.
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"My Auction Finds" !
Read my story in the January, 2000 issue of Dear eBay Life/Letter from the Editor in the end, w/ my name "Karen", about 'finally finding the 2 books written by his mother', referring to former teen idol, Leif Garrett:
"Dear eBay Life,I searched for two publications about 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett for a long time. One of the books was a paperback written by Leif's mother that my own mother had destroyed and the other was a concert tour book. For about 20 years, I visited used book stores and library sales in the hope of finding these books, but I always went away empty-handed. "Boo, my mother ruined everything," I thought. Recently, someone on a Leif Garrett fan Web site told me about eBay. I thought I'd try it and see if anyone was selling the two publications that I had been searching for. Lo and behold, there they were...two sellers selling one each! I immediately registered on eBay and bid. Now the publications are here with me, safely away from my mother! Why were the two publications so important? I guess they represented how close I was to meeting my hero, not to mention that Leif Garrett's mother was involved in participating in those two beautiful books. Thanks eBay!
Karen"
I'm a firm believer in business ethics, as I publish our newsletter Website, THE SHIH TZU FORUM. I'm an honest buyer & seller in auctions- once I bid/sell, it means I really want the item(s) / or I need to sell the item(s). (I usually buy/sell rare, hard-to-find items only). Auctioning is not like buying something at Wal-Mart then simply taking the item(s) back because we changed our mind; auctioning is for serious buyers/sellers who really want the item(s) / or really need to sell, right? Importantly, we're in a SMOKE-FREE environment!Thanks for viewing our special Page, and we certainly hope you remain satisfied as our buyer or seller. Thanks a bunch!
During the course of selling/bidding with me, in the event there's a contact problem such as ISP situations, please check eBay's Emergency Contact board (go to eBay's Site Map & scroll down until you spot 'Emergency Contact') to find whether I posted a message. I believe in ethical communications during a business-in-process. Thanks!
Read my August 2001 OAUA article about eBay's Feedback Forum: "Some Observations on Feedback". This should give you a hint about my style of leaving feedback.
From my June 2002 OAUA article:"To neg or not to neg...That is the question." Some Observations On Feedback
by Karen Catalioto
A Good Idea
Feedback forum is a "report card" designed to compliment or warn buyers and sellers of how each of the parties involved in a transaction performed accordingly. Instead of grades A to F, it uses Positive, Neutral or Negative scores. After eBay's inception, the feedback forum was warmly welcomed and taken for granted and looked like a great idea, sort of our protector. It has helped buyers and sellers look great or very bad, and the latter has caused a lot of resentment or worse: temper flare-ups.
A Good Idea Tuns Bad
Until more discussion and chat rooms were added by eBay about various categories such as toys, new features, etc., many posters using the rooms eventually had become disparaging, and some had unjustly used the feedback forum to vent their frustrations simply over a disagreement, (rather than observing the buyer/seller transactions rule).
After the 'innocents' complained to eBay begging to remove the negative scores, eBay changed the format allowing posters to apply feedback only after the actual buying/selling transactions were performed.
Some Good Came My Way
For me personally, I am thankful eBay didn't exercise this new format when I joined in 1999. My first seller was from Canada and the auction ended with someone else outbidding me. But he had a second copy for me to buy, (on the side). He left me my first positive feedback with a nice message welcoming me to eBay! He would not have been able to do that with that new format. Although I rarely visit the discussion and chat rooms, whenever I did, it was enjoyable with no negative experiences. I am more of a lurker than a poster. I learn more by 'listening' than 'talking'.
Fun Is Good, But More Is Better
My auction experience with eBay has been an overall fun event. I buy more than sell however I should have a little more than 17 positive feedback postings. Why? I can only guess that some didn't leave anything for me because they either they forgot or were busy or had computer problems, or had trouble with eBay's frequent technical problems with processing feedback.
My first buyer was a "good one". I had a long wait for the money. At the time, there was a hurricane in Florida, (where she lived), so it's possible she was having problems. She did send me the check, (after my polite note), and the item was sent. That's really what matters. She did not leave me any feedback though I left a positive one for her.
Some Good Comes Of It
Nowadays, I make sure to leave feedback for everyone. But there was one I didn't leave. Because I was the buyer, I must admit that I was waiting for them to leave a comment first before I would respond. That was my test. What should I do? Send a polite reminder or just disregard it and move on. As it happened, time passed without any exchange of comments. But, being a fairly new OAUA member, I now know that it's better to just leave a feedback comment without waiting or expecting one in return.
Because people lead unpredictable lives and may not be communicative, I no longer take feedback seriously,. I am dealing with strangers, not family or friends and I buy from, or sell to them because I honestly meant to do so. What counts is I either have the item I died for or made money! Feedback is good but a good transaction is better. Karen
Karen is known as "funcollectorgirl" on eBay. She lives in Arizona with "Beau", a "winsome liver/white 8˝-year-old Shih Tzu" and a new 1-year-old red/white Persian kitty named "Rudy".Here are links to her eBay auctions and About Me page.
Education is Power
Empower Your On-Line BusinessTips for Sellers from a Buyer's Viewpoint
by Karen Catalioto
I think it is exciting to sell at an auction online, but I rarely have anything to sell. I primarily buy. So, I have prepared a few tips from the buyers' viewpoint for auction sellers.
I use eBay exclusively. The Sell Your Item form that eBay uses looks interesting, but best of all, it accepts HTML. The end result is so much nicer than classified ads in newspapers.
While most of the form looks like a multiple choice test, the one big text area is what I would call like an essay test: the description. This is the defining section of the form. It determines your bids. Every single character you put in there affects whether you'll sell or get a bidding war.
When writing the description determine whether you are selling an item that bidders truly want? Is it rare or hard-to-find? Is it in demand as today's 'hot item'? Describe any flaws precisely. Be careful when using words such as vintage, rare, beautiful or cute. Keep it objective. Make sure you indicate if it is damaged, broken, or whether it works, when applicable.
Using HTML entices bidders. It shows you took the time to design the listing to please your buyers. Text-only listings may tell the buyers that you do not care enough to take the time to learn HTML. It also makes you look like an amateur!
When using HTML, please stick to the basic commands. Avoid fancy things such as javascript, audio, and lots of graphics or pictures. They slow down loading time. You wouldn't want a potential bidder to give up while waiting for the auction to load. When putting pictures in your listing, keep them small. Set up thumbnails if you have several pictures. In addition, eBay has recently blocked javascript and frame codes.
I also highly suggest that you build your About Me page first. I tend to feel more comfortable buying from a seller who sets up the About Me page. Again, keep it simple and to-the-point.
You might want to include your auction philosophy, as well as simple-to-read rules. This can help your buyers understand your selling ethics. A couple of small pictures and a few fast-loading graphics are nice.
With respect to payment, I think accepting Billpoint and PayPal is beneficial. I currently buy from sellers who accept either. It makes me feel protected. State whether you accept PayPal with credit cards or only with existing bank accounts or funds set up in the PayPal account.
If you accept cash, state if it is at the buyer's risk. If you accept personal checks, mention whether they must clear first before shipping the item. Include any guarantees or refund policies.
I also like to see the shipping cost. If I don't see it, I don't bother to bid. Having it in writing prevents surprises. Don't force a buyer to pay extra for insurance. Sometimes insurance is free through credit card companies. Make sure you mention sales tax where required.
When mentioning feedback forum information, be cautious. I think stating that you will leave negative feedback if your buyer doesn't complete the transaction makes you look non-negotiable.
When should you leave feedback? I prefer to receive it right after I buy with Billpoint or PayPal, not after the transaction is complete. I pay right after the auction ends and I like to be rewarded for that.
It bothers me when I pay quickly, and I don't get feedback until after I have received my item. I leave positive feedback anyway. Then I tell the seller I like the item, left positive feedback, and would like the same in return. If waiting is your policy, please mention it.
After all of this, I try to be light about it. I still made it past 10 feedback.
From AuctionBytes.com/November 3, 2002 edition:
Collector's Corner: A Collection with Special Meaning (November 03, 2002, Issue #82)
Karen Catalioto talks about the factors that have influenced her collecting activities. From Precious Moments figurines, which she began collecting in her early 20s, to the rubber stamps she now collects, all of Karen's collectibles hold special meaning to her.Collector's Corner: A Collection with Special Meaning
By Karen Catalioto
November 03, 2002
A "collectible" is an item being collected either for its appreciation in value over time, or for the satisfaction the owner receives from owning, using and displaying the items.
I started my collections because they represent my life, my home environment, my life style. In my early 20s, I started with the Precious Moments figurines, because of the manufacturer's representation of Christianity and its specialty towards animals and the handicapped. I am a Christian hearing-impaired animal lover. I was also inspired by an acquaintance, who collected them with her sister. I purchased the figurines hat depicted the rain-drop eyes of a girl with a cat or with a dog or both.
As I eventually moseyed on to a different collection in my 30s, I fell in love with rubber-stamping and scrap-booking, because they value family ethics and about being thoughtful towards others. I had a Tuxedo cat (who passed away) and have a red/white Persian cat, along with a Shih Tzu dog. Therefore, I collect (and use) rubber stamps that depict them and their ways. Not only have I succeeded in finding several Shih Tzu, Persian, and Tuxedo stamps, I've also branched out to seasonal stamps with dogs and cats involved.
I have amassed such a collection of stamps that I've purchased various shelves to properly display them. I don't put them away in the drawers or boxes. I have one shelf for Christmas, the other for other seasons, the other for animals, the other for miscellaneous, etc.
I also collect figurines, statues, sculptures, and miniatures of a Shih Tzu (any color), a Persian (reds), and a Tuxedo. I'm mainly partial to the stamps, because they don't sit there and take up so much room like the figurines; you can use them at play by creating and making things with them. The retired figurines and stamps have very high re-selling values, and I know I can have them as security for my future.
Anytime you acquire or are given an item that you absolutely do not want, don't throw it away; hold on to it and research and find out if there is a value. Maybe somebody else will value it and pay big money for it.
About the author: Karen Catalioto from Phoenix, Arizona, is "funcollector" on eBay.com and "Funcollector" on RubberStampAuction.com. She mainly buys on eBay and also supports buying from local merchants. She has been with eBay since June of 1999 and RubberStampAuction since June of 2002. She is an active member of the OAUA since January of 2000, as "funcollectorgirl." Check out her eBay About Me page: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/funcollector.
Collector's Corner: Precious Moments FigurinesBy Karen Catalioto
July 27, 2003
Precious Moments, the trademark pastel-hued figurines with teardrop-shaped eyes, were created by Samuel Butcher of Missouri in 1978, with 21 figurines ("Original 21"). Sam Butcher was a preacher, and he based his creations on Christian values, naming each figurine based on either sayings from children, or deriving from their innocence. There are also holiday themes. He thoughtfully recognized special needs, with a figurine of a boy on crutches and a figurine of a girl signaling an "I Love You" sign language with her hand.
Enesco Company sells the figurines, usually found in Hallmark stores and other gift shops ("official" dealers). The figurines' values increase every year on the secondary market. Secondary prices are based on demand after each retirement or suspension. Retirement means no longer made- with the original mold destroyed. Suspension means taken off the market (for various reasons- could be an error was found). Sometimes suspended items are returned with a new saying after adjustments are made. When purchasing a figurine, be sure there is a mark on the bottom for purpose of authentication and secondary pricing:
Date/Mark
1981 Triangle
1982 Hourglass
1983 Fish
1984 Cross
1985 Dove
1986 Olive Branch
1987 Cedar Tree
1988 Flower
1989 Bow & Arrow
1990 Flame
1991 Vessel
1992 Clef
1993 Butterfly
1994 Trumpet
1995 Ship
1996 Heart
1997 Sword
1998 Glasses
1999 Star
2000 Cracked Egg
2001 Sandal
2002 Cross in Heart
2003 CrownOne of the most popular Precious Moments to date is an early figurine of a girl pulling a cart full of puppies for sale entitled, "God Loveth a Cheerful Giver." The figurine retired quickly, so demand on the secondary market ran high, shooting the price up higher than expected.
When I began purchasing more than a few Precious Moments figurines in the early '90s, I selected the ones of girl/cat and girl/dog of various themes (and the one with the sign language). Because most reflected my special relationship with my "Furkids," I don't have a particular favorite, and none is for sale!
Be careful when handling the very fragile figurines, since they are made of clay and break very easily. They are sculpted and carved so intricately and detailed that they chip so easily. Be careful of cracks from high humidity or poor handling. Display them in cool rooms with low humidity and, depending on your region, with good air conditioning...
For more information, here are two Web sites:
http://www.preciousmoments.com
http://www.enesco.comYou will also find legitimate sources that sell official guidebooks for pricing.
Happy collecting!
About the author:Karen Catalioto from Phoenix, Arizona, is "funcollector" on eBay.com and "Funcollector" on RubberStampAuction.com. She mainly buys on eBay and also supports buying from local merchants. She has been with eBay since June of 1999 and RubberStampAuction since June of 2002. She is an active member of the OAUA since January of 2000, as "funcollectorgirl." Check out her eBay About Me page: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/funcollector.
Collector's Corner: Tiger Beat Magazine: Withstanding the Test of Time
By Karen Catalioto
AuctionBytes.com
October 19, 2003
Tiger Beat magazine was founded in September 1965 (issues cost 35 cents) by Los Angeles-based Teen magazine founder Charles Laufer. He saw further need - and profit - in promoting a publication devoted to the rising young stars / teen idols who ran the gamut of TV, movie, fashion, sports, music, and stage. Laufer found devoted female readers, whose ages averaged from 10 to 19. The magazine was published by Ralph Benner.
Tiger Beat also released spinoff magazines and special issues. Spinoffs were Tiger Beat Fave (1967-1973), Tiger Beat Spectacular (1970-1973), and Tiger Beat Star (1977-1990). Specials included Tiger Beat Official Monkees Spectacular (16 issues), Tiger Beat Official Partridge Family Magazine (18 issues), booklets such as the Leif Garrett Photo Album, as well as a number of paperback books over the years, including The Brady Bunch mystery series.
The magazine was renowned for its vividly colorful covers and "pin-ups" (so-called because girls tacked and adorned them on their bedroom walls) with photos of the latest teen idols on them. Tiger Beat held its office right on the fabled Hollywood Boulevard, where it captured a generation of youth with cheesy articles and quality photos taken by excellent staff photographers.
The magazine ran articles with such catchy titles as "Shaun: A Junk Food Junkie?" "Leif's Sad Childhood," "Bobby's Favorite Type of Girls," "Olivia's New Love," "Marie: Fighting with Donny?" and the like. The magazine also ran a staple of columns: Meow! by Sharon Lee and contests (Treasure Chest, for one), such as vying for the stars' personal belongings. I particularly liked the clean-cut image where they even omitted the "tender" subject of smoking, even though some pin-ups featured questionable shirtless males.
Tiger Beat has done remarkably well during five decades of cultural changes, as well as being able to adapt financially to each of those decades. It still sells at various stores across the United States and some other countries, as well as the sought-after past issues on eBay.
Tiger Beat was not the first teen-idol magazine. The more provocative 16 Magazine, with its first issue released in May 1957, was actually the New York-based rival and is still thriving today.
I, too, was a giddy pre-teen who loved and collected (and saved) many Tiger Beat magazines. Legend has it that I first discovered the magazine at aged 12, when my mother somehow purchased one issue at a supermarket, courtesy of my begging youngest sister (which I'm thankful about nowadays!). My paternal grandmother helped me to afford them (thanks Grandma, Bless you in Heaven).
Interestingly, the founder's son, Scott Laufer, purchased the magazine in 2003.
As for present value; very early magazines might average $15 if intact (including pin-ups) in excellent condition. The first issue of Sept. 1965 might yield up to $20. Later issues average $3-$5.
For more, here are two Web sites:
http://www.tigerbeatmag.com (official Web site, currently in the works)
http://www.sunshineday.com/neugast (Mrs. Neugast's Fan Worship Page for Tiger Beat fans)
About the author:Karen Catalioto from Phoenix, Arizona, is "funcollector" on eBay.com and "Funcollector" on RubberStampAuction.com. She mainly buys on eBay and also supports buying from local merchants. She has been with eBay since June of 1999 and RubberStampAuction since June of 2002. She is an active member of the OAUA since January of 2000, as "funcollectorgirl." Check out her eBay About Me page: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/funcollector.
Collector's Corner: View-Master, the Battery-Powered Postcard
By Karen Catalioto
AuctionBytes.com
November 02, 2003
View-Master (always hyphenated) was introduced at the 1939 New York World's Fair as a "souvenir" by William Gruber, an avid photographer and organ maker from Portland, Oregon. Gruber took the old idea of the stereoscope and updated it with the new Kodachrome natural color film.
While visiting Oregon Caves, he met Harold Graves, president of Sawyer's Inc., a company that specialized in Edwin & Fred Mayer's photo-finishing greeting cards and postcards. They formed a company called "View-Master."
The View-Master was a successor to the stereograph viewer popularized in the 19th century by Oliver Wendell Holmes. View-Masters worked with color transparency film, called a Kodachrome, a 3-D (three-dimensional) pictorial taken by scenic photographers from all over, attached to a round single slide-like reel and rotate/stop with a click tab using a bakelite hand-held viewer with 2 round viewfinders for the eyes. Some View-Masters required users to face a light, others had batteries for built-in lighting.
Over the years, there were various viewer styles such as a projector-like viewer (for group viewing rather than individual) and a hand-held "talking" viewer.
In 1951, View-Master acquired its competitor, Tru-Vue Co. of Rock Island, Illinois, which produced stereo views on 35mm film strips and held the license to use Disney characters and promoted the grand opening of Disneyland.
By 1957, 3-reel packets and a new numbering system was established, applying to packets rather than to the former single reels. The older single reels could be found in packets as late as the mid-1960s, until Sawyer's depleted their inventory.
In 1966, Sawyer's sold View-Master to General Aniline and Film Corporation (GAF). New packet designs reflected the change in ownership and the number of View-Master packet titles continued to expand, marking a shift from travel/scenic subjects to pop-culture entertainment media (movies, TV shows, cartoons).
In 1981, GAF sold View-Master to a group of investors headed by Arnold Thaler, and the company was reconstituted as the View-Master International Group (VMI). VMI replaced the venerable packet with a hanging blisterpack that had space for three reels, with no booklet in the packet.
VMI subsequently acquired the Ideal Toy Company in 1984 and became known as the View-Master Ideal Group. VM Ideal was eventually purchased by Tyco Toys in 1989. In March 1997, Tyco, including the View-Master Ideal Group, merged with Mattel Inc./Fisher-Price Inc.
View-Master products are currently manufactured in Mexico since being sold by the Portland, Oregon manufacturing plant in 1999. Reels started out at approximately 10 cents-25 cents each in department stores. Today, it sells for over $5.00 and can be found at Target, KMart, and toy stores. You can find nostalgic ones at flea markets, garage sales or online auctions. I believe that some recent decline in popularity and sales is due to the invention of the VCR.
I began collecting in the 1970s, after I received my first hand-held viewer and reels as Christmas gifts. My favorites in my collection are mainly the 1970s TV shows such as The Brady Bunch, Nanny & the Professor, The New Mickey Mouse Club; movies such as Pippi Longstocking, Mary Poppins and lots of Disney. Relatives have given me reels of New Hampshire, Vermont, etc., as far back as the 1950s. And, by the way, my viewer still has the little light bulb that works!
More Information
http://digbig.com/3egm
(catalog numeric listings/years, other history)http://www.cinti.net/~vmmasell/welcome.html
(further history by the Sells, View-Master enthusiasts & collectors (see their book info. below), sample packets, detailed viewer models over the years, and various links)Books
View-Master Viewers: An Illustrated History
by Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell
http://www.cinti.net/~vmmasell/book.htmlCollectible View-Master price-value Guide
by Brad & Julie Welsch
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967719704/auctionbytescomAlso for sale on http://www.vmreels.com, which features various links and viewers/reels for sale
About the author:
Karen Catalioto from Phoenix, Arizona, is "funcollector" on eBay.com and "Funcollector" on RubberStampAuction.com. She mainly buys on eBay and also supports buying from local merchants. She has been with eBay since June of 1999 and RubberStampAuction since June of 2002. She is an active member of the OAUA since January of 2000, as "funcollectorgirl." Check out her eBay About Me page: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/funcollector(my Auction Bytes articles archival links)
And, here's my last submission to Auction Bytes that never got published; yet, I thought I'd share my compilation with you here:
Paint-by-Number Kits
(c) 2003 Karen Catalioto
by Karen Catalioto
In 1952, an unknown San Francisco hobbyist entered a Craft Master paint-by-number still life in a local art contest. The painting consisted of a cubist collage entitled 'Abstract No. One' which took third prize. It was until the end of the day that the prize was actually a kit that the judges were too embarrassed to comment.
Created in the late 1940s by Dan Robbins, who vaguely recalled a teacher in one of his art classes describing how Leonardo da Vinci had once done it. "When da Vinci had a lot of projects, he would have his students sort of block in background colors for him and so he used to number the patterns for these people," said Robbins, now a freelance designer in Oak Brook, Illinois. So began the Cratt Master paint-by-number craze developed by Robbins, based on an idea by da Vinci to teach painting that became the craze of the 1950s, which he reminded us that every man CAN be a Rembrandt. This allowed amateur home artists (consumers) to claim his designs as their art work. Robbins' claim to fame was that he could draw a blank such as his 1954 creation of da Vinci's 'Last Supper' (now in high demand by collectors). It remains the most popular paint-by-number kit ever made and sold. Remember 'Three Kittens' playing with a ball of yarn? Robbins drew it. He also had done seascapes, landscapes, a nude, abstract designs, and his late mother's personal favorite, which still hangs on his wall- 'Old Mill'.
Robbins was a designer in Detroit, Michigan in 1948, doing freelance artwork such as package designs and children's coloring pictures for Max Klein, owner of Palmer Paint Co. (and manufacturer of the paint-by-number oil & acrylic paints & those small container vials) and, with Klein and other artists whom Robbins eventually hired, parlayed into his own much-reviled-by-critics paint-by-number kitsch. Together, their Toledo, Ohio based plant churned out 15,000 kits for sale to hobby shops and drug stores for a few dollars each- netting 12 million dollars! The kits were generally a piece of cardboard (or canvas or velvet or later, wood) and were stamped with the outline of a drawing. Numbers were stamped onto the cardboard in jigsaw puzzle-like spaces, to be filled in with various colors of of oil or acrylic palnt that would correspond with the numbers. The small paint container vials were marked with a number on the lid cap to identify a number to match with a stamped number inside the outlines drawn on the cardboard to be painted over. These numbers act as a guide when painting. Average recommended ages were 8 to adult, being the paints were non-toxic.
The fad lasted up to the 1970s and was largely ignored during the 1980s when Paul Bridgewater, co-owner of Bridgewater/Lustberg Gatlery in New York's SoHo district, held the world premiere of The Fortieth Anniversary of Paint-by-Number Paintings exhibit in April 1992. It drew 1,000 people on its opening night and set off a media frenzy. After the kits originally debuted, President Eisenhower was such an enthusiast that he gave paint-by-number kits to the White House staff. And, pop artist Andy Warhol and artist Fernando Botero also took notice and paid $500 for a painted piece. Even actor Chevy Chase paid $250,000 (!) To add fuel to the craze, New York-based collector and author Michael O'Donoghue had 200 of his completed pieces that he picked up, displayed in that much-heralded Bridgewater exhibit. Recently, artist Sarah Sterling, who never painted, found herself fascinated by the results of what people achieved for decades with this once-popular artform and has been collecting for about five years. She's amassed a collection exceeding 500 pieces- including the version of da Vincis' Mona Lisa and works by Velasquez, which she presented on an episode of Martha Stewart.
I personally took a small interest in collecting paint-by-number kits as a pre-teen. My first kit was of some mouse in the garden that sold with acrylic colors. After college, I took on the feat of painting a landscape kit of 'Mountain Beauty' with a waterfall in Autumn, which came in 42 oil colors for 18"x24" that I purchased at Aaron Bros. Art Mart for $12.99 in 1987. I also have that 'Old Mill' kit. All remain in excellent shape after all these years.
Today, various sources make and sell the various new kits retailing from approximately $1.99 to approximately $12.95- depending on the sizes of the pieces. There is no known present value- it could be worth 25 cents or $25, depending on the negotiations between dealers and collectors. However, several rare completed pieces are still sought after by collectors and museums today.
For more information:
http://www.danrobbinspaintbynumbersguru.co (official website of Dan Robbins)
http://home.earthlink.net/~robbinspbn (another website of Dan Robbins featuring his book/autograph information)
http://members.cox.net/savellgraphics/sgl.html (paint-by-number links of interest)
Books & kits by various authors:
"Paint by Number" by William L. Bird, 2001, including a kit of pre-9/11 New York City skyline (original Dan Robbins creation, commissioned for this book)
Other books / information:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568982828/002-5610224-5925662?v=glance
From AuctionBytes.com/February 2, 2003 edition:
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