I spent this morning working on post sale reports, and ensuring that everything on said reports will fit on one page. Then in the afternoon I did a nicely varied set of imaging. Away from the work front today saw a milestone worth a brief shout out: my personal twitter account, @aspitweets, gained its 100th follower.
The wind was sufficiently high for there to be waves on the Great Ouse, the sky at its best was leaden, and still I managed two walks around King’s Lynn today, one either side of lunch which was at the new Mediterrenean restaurant on King’s Lynn High Street. I have some good photos for you (albeit still with my second best camera)…
I call this structure Cormorant Platform, and you can see why from this shot!
In between unloading the van, sorting stuff for tomorrow’s fair and loading that stuff on to the van I did manage to get some imaging for the November sale (29th Nov, Prince of Wales Suite, Fakenham Racecourse) done. My first batch of imaging was d0ne with scanner as it consisted of tax discs and log books, then late in the day I did some photographing of a variety of interesting items. Here are the highlights as far as I was concerned…
This hydrometer was fun to image.
Just to demonstrate the amount of editing necessary post scanning for best images this is what the unedited scans of a set of six discs look like!
Log books do not image particularly well, but I include this one as a sample.
Yesterday started with another walk around King’s Lynn, with attendant photo opportunities. A Sunday lunch in East Rudham followed, and then a stroll home from my aunt’s by way of the riverside. My personal twitter account is booming at present – long my it continue. Enjoy some photos (even with the old camera they are not so bad!)…
The autumn flowers are in bloom in St James Park, King’s Lynn
It was not just humans who took walks yesterday!
Can you spot the squirrel?(it IS in there).
These quinces, grown on my mother’s tree in Greece, weigh 5 Kilograms between them.Picture display on the side of Custom House, King’s Lynn
Some decent weather in King’s Lynn today almost made up for the absence of my best camera, in Dereham for repairs, and probably not going to be available again for two more weeks. The £128 price tag for the repairs is also more than a minor vexation. Still in the course of walking to and from the Hardwick Estate (different route each way) I did get some good photos…
Exactly a week ago (almost to the minute) I launched my personal twitter account, @aspitweets as a companion to this blog. I was inspired by the success of @great_auction, which I have administered for some time, and which now has 271 followers. In its first week of existence aspitweets has garnered 34 followers, and quite a few appreciative mentions. No new photos today, but I shall find some from the past…
This box of stamps (not originally imaged by me) went for a whacking £370 at our most recentt auction.This propeller went for £725 in our July sale.
Another busy day at James and Sons. I have done some database work, and also started imaging lots for our next auction, which will take place on November 29th. Although I am still stuck with my old camera, I still managed to produce some decent pictures. The lost I imaged today were an interesting mix…
Actually given the weather that title is a trifle optimistic! Nevertheless, the October auction of James and Sons was a MASSIVE success. There will be press releases in the near future about Hornby train sets, stamps and militaria to name but three successful areas. Also look out for related posts on my personal twitter account. The single most astonishing story from the auction concerns a box of loose penny red-browns, with may be a few penny rose reds in there as well, which started at £30 and ended up fetching a cool £350!
I do have some photos for you, but because my good camera is at the repair shop they were taken with my old camera and are therefore not as good as they would be had I been using my camera of choice…
A scene from the walk from Fakenham town centre to the racecourse.The Prince of Wales Suite, Fakenham Racecourse, all set for auction action!This pair of U-Boat binoculars went for a mere £3,000The tax discs had some advance publicity in the Lynn News.This cake stand sold.The Fitzroy Barometer was a rare disappointment on a very successful day.In spite of being carefully presented by yours truly most of these suffered the usual fate of books of auction.The banner, behind the rostrum.The view out of the window.The Hornby stuff was a monster success!
This lot sold reaasonably well, and just sneaking into shot is the Connaught Rangers helmet which sold for £160This is not an auction lot – it is marble pestle and mortar bought in Dimitsana and now in residence in my kitchen.