I actually found one of my old QSL's on eBay. It was sent to VP9MZ for a
1993 QSO. I probably needed his for DXCC. I bought it just for grins. :-)
73, Zack W9SZ
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On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 8:32 PM Chris Plumblee <chris.plumblee@gmail.com>
wrote:
> There is a (bewildering) market for old QSL cards, even common USA cards
> that are not fancy or unique in design. I went to the restaurant in the
> basement of the Fairmont hotel in San Francisco about 16-17 years ago when
> in SF for work, and they used images of old QSL cards from Tahiti and other
> South Pacific entities on the cover of their menu.
>
> Common USA cards sell all the time on eBay. They don’t seem to go for much
> money; $4-$6 seems about average. I’ve threatened to buy N4WW one of his
> old cards. He hasn’t changed card designs in >40 years, but it’s an
> expensive joke for $4 + $5 shipping.
>
> I try to be conscientious about cards and answer bureau cards at least
> every 4-5 years or so. My volume of QSOs with my call is relatively small
> so it’s not a big burden for me, though I do discard cards received that
> don’t say “QSL PSE” somewhere. My assumption for cards without such
> information is that they’re just getting ahead of future requests.
>
> 73,
> Chris W4WF
>
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 5:17 PM Barry W2UP <w2up.co@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > About 15-20 years ago, I sold batches of 100 and 500 (buro) QSL cards on
> > ebay. They always sold. It got to the point where I just threw them
> away,
> > and when LOTW hit the scene, I told the buro to just throw them away.
> >
> > Barry W2UP
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 11:18 AM <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe they are valuable? Someone is selling by 1984 KK9A/V2A card on
> > ebay:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/144587245014?hash=item21aa1245d6:g:2W4AAOSwB0Bim2t9
> > >
> > > John KK9A
> > >
> > >
> > > K2SX wrote:
> > >
> > > I have several (3-4) file cabinets filed with QSL cards going back to
> the
> > > mid-1950s, including a large number of DX QSLs. I seem to remember
> that
> > > someone on this reflector had mentioned some place that takes these QSL
> > > cards. Would someone please remind me of whom that was? Tnx.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Dennis, K2SX
> > >
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