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I am Mariance, also known as Ash or Mare
I am just getting restarted here,
and could use all the help I can get!
We live on the shore of the Great Lake Erie, in an area that is known as "Wine Country, USA".
We would be more than happy to try to find what ever interests you in our area. Beach treasure, Driftwood, for instance, or various types of rocks, worn pieces of glass, fossils, shale, old net floats, fishing lures ... it is simply amazing what washes up on the beach!
Along the Pennsylvanie/New York portion of Lake Erie we have vineyards, orchards ... an amazing variety of farms (and Wineries!), so if your wish list includes vines, seeds, even gourds, and Indian Corn (multi-colored) for crafts or other projects, please let us know, and we would be honored to help you with your own personal Wish List!
This area also takes pride in having the Largest planting of garden mums, a Railway Museum, "Beefalo", and a variety of things in between! We often offer postcards, both recent as well as vintage, and since I also collect local postcards, and local history, so I am also pleased to personally offer trade in addition to auctions!
Thank you for reading my perspective on our hometown, which I confess may well be prejudiced.(grin)
BIN - Buy It Now
MOC - Mint On Card, usually refers to toys, action figures, small model cars, et cetera
MIB - Mint In Box - Like new, with original box, most likely never opened
OOP - Out Of Print, usually referring to books, videos or music that are no longer in print
Lot - An auction conatining more that one item, being sold together rather than by the piece
Wx - weather
Ltd - Limited Edition
Comic Gradings:
Grades go from the worst possible condition of a comic to the best, which is what it would be new ... although sometimes new comics cannot stand up to the grading ... these grades are used by the Seller to describe for collectors, usually based on the Official OverStreet Comic Book Price Guide, which is released on a yearly basis. This is available at most bookstores, or they can order it for you.
"Reader's Copies" are usually of a lower quality, but not always.
"DrSkull Orphans" are Comic books from DrSkull9 that seem to be all by their lonesome but often have a surpising way of fitting in just right some day.
Coverless - (obvious in meaning)
Pr or P - Poor
Fr or F - Fair
VG - Very Good
Fn of F - Fine
VF - Very Fine
NM - Near Mint
Often there is a Plus (+) or Minus (-) sign after the grading, meanining it is closer to the grading above or below it, but not quite
If cover only it is techinically in Fair, though some call it poor condition. It is called Being "Topped" or "Remaindered" like in books without covers, and commonly called "Logo off" as well
Slabbed - a term which most comic purists abhore; Slabbed is a Slang term for Comics, Coins or Cards Sealed in Acid Proof Plastic shells by Grading Companies. Such companies call it "Archiving".
More Abbreviations and Terms
Foxing - It's the yellow/orange spots that come through the older paper in books, usually pre 1900 books
GN - Graphic Novel
TPB - Trade Paper Back
PB - Paperback
MM - Mass Market
BCE - Book Club Edition
Cv - Cover
DJ - Dust Jacket
HC - Hard Cover
HC/DJ - Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
Ltl - Limited Edition
Ed - Edition
Ltd Ed - Limited Edition
S&N - Signed and Numbered
AUTO - Autograph
COA- Certificate of Authenticity
Mags - Magazines
- Pulps - Named for the type of paper used, 1890-1950's
- Digest Sized - Next generaltion of Pulps (reader's Digest Sized)
- Life Sized - same size as a Life Magazine
- Square Bound - thicker magazines or comics that have squared edges
- Fanzine or
- Zine - Any Fan Published Magazine or Pamphlete to celebrate an Author,
Character or Genre
Stamp Terms:
Philately - pertaining to or concerning Postage and Mail
(Including Stamps but no limited to)
FDC - First Day Cover
FF - First Flight
CTO - Cancel to Order
Hinged - A stamp that has had a Gum hinge put on it to adhere it to the stamp album
NH - Never Hinged
MNH - Mint Never Hinged
SS - Souvenir Sheet
Gum - The sticky stuff on the back of the stamp
Perf - An Abbreviation for "Perforations", when the stamps are torn from a sheet
When describing Stamp Lots (Philately) we use the following form:
Scott's # (Scott's is a reference guide that gives you numbers and ways to ID
various stamps, and gives the market value for collectors)
The next line is a stamp description, starting with the price of the
stamps originally, the color as the Scott's defines them
Stamps come in a variety of colors, many of which are unique to the
world of Philately, please see the scans we put with an auction for
a better idea on the idea of what color is what.
For Instance: Lake - which is a red purple kind of color,
Vermillion - another reddish color,
Chocolate - a color of brown, and so on.
The next portion of the stamp desciptor is the name of the person,
or if it is in a Definitive (general issues) or
Commemorative (the name of the set, usually at the beginning of the Lot Description
The next line would be Mint (never used) or Used, with more description
as to the condition of the stamp.
The last line will have the current Catalog Price
for the stamp in its current condition
I realize most Philatelists already know all this, but I thought it
might help anyone that is just getting in to Stamp Collecting
Please use the link below to Bull*Dozer, as most of the stamps go on his eBay Seller ID. We are the Isle OF View Family
For more adult oriented items:
Masked.Gropers
We appreciate your business, and thank you to all of our great customers!
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