Playing Detective: The Thomas Cole Jr. Story
January was a period of recovery from my Business class, 4 shows, and the holidays. February is a tough month; I have a new saying "every time the snow flies, a dollar dies" as students cancel, or I am unable to get to my very part time job. So when the going gets rough, I sell on eBay. I have been selling on eBay for 16 years and have made around 3000 transactions. I have excellent ratings, and it has kept my studio heated and business bills paid when I needed money. I have joked that I would sell everything in the house if I had to. For the most part I enjoy it - from the treasure hunt/junking to find things to sell, the research, and then the excitement of the auctions. I have an entire education from it, and have become quite knowledgeable about many things, from illustrated books, ephemera, to photography and more. The most recent exciting research came from photographs I started listing from an album that I've had for a long time. So long that I don...