Andrew
Well-Known Member
Ok I’ve been in exile for the last few years perfecting my surfing obsession but I still get the daily emails from eBay to my inbox of searches I once eagerly scanned.
Those days they were full of real stuff that had actually been there and done it and had a history and story and it was like trawling through a museum. Now when I can be bothered to check the listings, they are full of CRAP which are mostly poor repros or worthless reprints or copies. Nothing real at all and often the actual name has been reappropriated to misrepresent something completely different and useless. I’m sure you guys know what I mean.
I guess this was bound to happen eventually and I should be happy to have been active when much of the stuff, people and events were accessible. It seems that that period’s largely passed now unfortunately.
For quite a while now I’ve been trying to motivate myself to move most of my collection on to others who will appreciate and look after it (mainly as I’m pretty much fully cured and I hate the thought of it not being looked after). I’m now more of a minimalist and really need to refine my small but refined surfboard collection with the exact same dedication. It won’t be easy and it will certainly be a different selling environment from that when I accumulated it. My big hurdle is my youngest lad is now 17, is an amazing actor and history buff and everything fits him perfectly
Just interested in hearing what you guys who are still in the zone think and feel about this. Oh, and hi to all of you old timers and friends. Hope you’re all ok ....
Those days they were full of real stuff that had actually been there and done it and had a history and story and it was like trawling through a museum. Now when I can be bothered to check the listings, they are full of CRAP which are mostly poor repros or worthless reprints or copies. Nothing real at all and often the actual name has been reappropriated to misrepresent something completely different and useless. I’m sure you guys know what I mean.
I guess this was bound to happen eventually and I should be happy to have been active when much of the stuff, people and events were accessible. It seems that that period’s largely passed now unfortunately.
For quite a while now I’ve been trying to motivate myself to move most of my collection on to others who will appreciate and look after it (mainly as I’m pretty much fully cured and I hate the thought of it not being looked after). I’m now more of a minimalist and really need to refine my small but refined surfboard collection with the exact same dedication. It won’t be easy and it will certainly be a different selling environment from that when I accumulated it. My big hurdle is my youngest lad is now 17, is an amazing actor and history buff and everything fits him perfectly
Just interested in hearing what you guys who are still in the zone think and feel about this. Oh, and hi to all of you old timers and friends. Hope you’re all ok ....