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We are also fortunate to have a member of staff who collects books and therefore monitors ebay himself. We have recently purchased a volume of accounts from ebay via the staff member, but were outbid on log book for Spurn Lightship - who buys these things?! I see from the HMC website that their sale advisory service includes monitoring of "sales only available on the internet" as well as paper catalogues. Perhaps HMC has this in hand already? Martin Taylor City Archivist Hull City Archives 79 Lowgate Kingston upon Hull HU1 1HN Telephone: 01482 615110 Fax: 01482 613051 -----Original Message----- From: Birch,P CSD-REC.Conservator [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 15 October 2003 08:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: monitoring ebay? One of our archivists monitors ebay on an informal basis, i.e. he buys a lot of stuff for himself so he keeps an eye out for things which might interest the office. So far we have bought a couple of things this way. We have also had a searcher donate to us something which he bought on ebay with us in mind. One problem would appear to me to be when the office ends up bidding against someone who intends to buy in order to give to us but I would assume that this is pretty unlikely. It does seem worth doing, most of the things seem to sell for small sums and so far we have been able to cover the costs from our donations fund. Regards Pamela Birch Bedfordshire & Luton Archives Service ---------- From: Postles, Dr D.A. To: [log in to unmask]; Birch,P CSD-REC.Conservator Subject: monitoring ebay? Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:33AM Is it worth monitoring ebay? I realise that most record offices will not have revenue expenditure for contingent purchases, but might it be worth tracking what is passing through the online auction market? There are currently many ms items for sale on ebay UK, mostly 17th-19th-century deeds, but also, for example, a late-15th-century charter: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2563833576&category=356 &sspagename=rvi:1:2 (Bucks.); and a schoolteacher's diary for early-19th-century Leeds (I haven't viewed this time). Cheers, Dave Postles ******************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your email software. Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any modification of the contents of this email is strictly prohibited unless expressly authorised by the sender. ******************************************* ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************