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At the pleasant airport of Antwerp, another aviation fair will be organized on Saturday 9 May 2009 by ASA . Times: 10am to 4pm. Admission: € 2.50 (ASA members € 1.25) Free parking. More info: http://www.asa-be.com/Photogallery_ASA_antwerp_…

After exactly 150 years, the world of the Märklin seems to be disappearing.
The company from Göppingen in South Germany is bankrupt. The banks no longer want to grant credit to the loss-making company. Theodor Märklin's sons made the first model train in 1891. Supporters of Fleischmann now seem to have won. Although Märklin can console herself with the thought that the major competitor has already gone bankrupt and has made a new start.
It seems that Märklin will also make a restart. Porsche intends to revive Märklin. One of the reasons is that Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking is himself a Märklin fanatic… he seems to own a very valuable collection of model trains.
Whether Porsche will really save Märklin will soon become clear.

Worldwide there are many banknotes in or in circulation. One collects them per country, the other per… well you say it.
Let us know under what heading you collect banknotes, and maybe we can have it placed as a theme at the top of the page.

Typo:
That's how it often happens ...

Dear banknote lover.
Do you have a nicer note than is listed in the Catawiki, do not hesitate to add the scans of it.
What can be extra exciting is to first see if there are , maybe differences. It often happens that there are several signatures in circulation on an otherwise the same note.
Have fun.

Tips for taking beautiful *) photos:
1. Take your photo with a digital camera and take several, so you can choose the best one on the computer;
2. Take your photo in daylight and without flash;
3. Use the macro function of your camera;
4. Try to photograph the calculator full-screen and straight from above as much as possible;
5. Use software on your computer to fill the calculator in the middle;
6. Many software can rotate the photo slightly so that the calculator is nicely upright in the photo.
If you are unable to edit your photos, email them to me (send me a personal message).
Admittedly not all of my photos are of the best quality; if anyone has a nice photo from a calculator that is of better quality, feel free to replace the existing photo!

Hewlett Packard (HP) is the brand with a large following. Many collectors only collect calculators of this brand. The general rule therefore applies that LCD is not collectible, and LED is, not for the LCD Hewlett Packard brand calculators.

Many people contact me for information about various calculators they have in their drawer. The most important indicator for the collective value is first of all the way in which the figures are displayed. LED (lights, which are therefore also visible in the dark) calculators are usually older and more collectible than calculators with LCD . There are also some subtle exceptions, I will write a few more notes about that.

Tomorrow Catawiki will be present at the Maastricht pottery fair in the Mercure hotel in Bunnik. Address Kosterijland 3.

Although the discussion is already closed, I may add a small contribution for the sake of completeness. The usefulness of posting multiple photos is shown by the phenomenon that some games with the same name and number can have radically different content. Example is Word / Wort mastermind from Invicta.
Another site showing the usefulness of many photos is Boardgamegeek
Stand there so many different versions of games with the same name that the collection would be confusing without photos.

Thank you for your response to my question Wilma.
It is clear to me now.
Mvg: Frikas (Henk

Game collectors buy a lot of games second-hand, especially the older ones. A collector would like to know exactly what should be in a game, because many second-hand games are offered incomplete or not completely original at auctions. Hence it can be useful to show as much details of a game as possible in pictures 2 and 3.
For example, take a look at the older games in the Stratego section. They often only differ from each other in a few details.

Guess I don't quite understand the
CataWiki.
Thought it was a catalog of WHICH GAMES exist.
So not for the sell it for collecting. (in your own collection)
It works the same as with postage stamps.
If the comics or books and games are for sale, then I understand that you can get as much of it as possible want to find out about the object.

The Stratego section is now also fully completed for the period 1947 to the present. Thanks to Beteljuice for the beautiful close-up of the game pieces from 1947 and the Spruyt family for the beautiful photos of the green box

The different editions of two Monopoly series are often so difficult to distinguish from each other that I have set up two separate web pages with a detailed overview:
The black boxes from the period 1941-1968: http://vlinden.com/monopoly
The white and blue and white boxes from the period 1968-1979: http://vlinden.com/monopoly/white

De Monopoly sectie is nu geheel ingevuld en beslaat alle Nederlandse edities van 1937 tot heden. In totaal staan er nu 150 verschillende uitgaves op. Er zijn diverse subselecties aangemaakt, zoals b.v. “Monopoly Junior”.
Een groot deel van de ingevoerde gegevens is (met toestemming van de Monopoloog Albert Veldhuis, waarvoor grote dank) afkomstig van het Monopoly Lexicon.
Albert stuurde mij daarvoor ook nog zijn overige foto collectie die niet nog op het Lexicon was gebruikt.

The Monopoly section is now completely filled in and covers all Dutch editions from 1937 to the present. In total there are now 150 different editions. Various subselections have been created, such as “Monopoly Junior”.
A large part of the entered data comes (with the permission of the Monopologist Albert Veldhuis, for which we are very grateful) from the Monopoly Lexicon .
Albert also sent me his other photo collection that had not yet been used on the Lexicon.

Sorry, that comment was from Arco, not Magny!

As Magny pointed out, only the first photo is indeed mandatory. The second is very much appreciated but there may of course be reasons why this is not possible (for example with new games that are still in the foil. Remember that for collectors it is often important to be able to see as much detail of the games as possible, especially if there are several different editions of it.
Furthermore, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the guidelines of the first photo to prevent the overview from getting a messy look.
In the games there are also some (first) photos of myself that do not meet this requirement (these were included with the initial upload of the database). I am currently in the process of replacing all of them.

I wrote the response to Wilma.

Nowhere does it say that photo 2 and 3 are mandatory, you know. It only explains what 1, 2 and 3 are for. Only 1 is therefore mandatory (the lid).

Finds the explanation about games (3 required pictures) a bit overdone.
It should be enough if you place 1 picture of the game.
And note the data in the attachment.
Mvg: Henk

Perhaps it is an idea to consider including a field in the catalog in which a link can be placed to background information about an item or series. For example: Monopoly could be referred to Albert Veldhuis' excellent Monopoly Lexicon.
Regards
Magny

Dear Magny,
This is a good point. Our idea is to have 1 central theme list for the whole of Catawiki. In this way all items in the entire catalog can be shown around a theme. So yes, this is being worked on but it will take a few more weeks for this to be realized.
Regards,
René

Hello!
Is it also not useful to bind the description of themes etc. to a fixed list (a thesaurus?) Only the administrator should make additions to the thesaurus. This is to prevent proliferation and to keep structure in the Games Catawiki.
The example of the Deutsches Spiele Archive might be a good start.
Greeting
Magny

Ever found and can never be traced back. It is a rectangular plastic game with a transparent lid. The sign is reminiscent of Patrol (Flamenco) in the distance. The game pieces are Horses and Pawns as they appear in pocket chess games. Image can be found under Patrol (?) On Catawiki Games.
Thanks in advance
Magny