If you are in an upscale retail area, you'd better match
the look or you will be made to match
the look, one way or ano
ther. That Weill Bro
thers painting
of the shop I remember. I've been told it was tinier than it looked and very plain inside. You had to be specially invited into
the back
office where
the rarities and better items were.
Here it is today, an antique
shop as is typical
of the block:
The whole side
of the block have nothing remotely flashy in
the windows, no big banners.
They're saying, "Tourists, if you're not here for a reason, keep walking."
Blowup
stamp pics are great, but you still need to change up
the window to keep from people getting too used to what
they see every time
they pass. I remember a dealer who sold those brass US
stamp pins;
they were a fair p
art of his window display. He said it was great for meeting women who came in for
them, but anyone who bought or sold actual
stamps from that group was really, really rare. Treasure Coast may have
the best idea: name in large letters on
the window and
stamp blowups so someone calling
them or responding to ads can find
the shop easily.
As for smash-and-grab, jewelers put real stuff in
their windows and remove
them at night. I wouldn't do that with
stamps just because
of fading. It's a similar long-term problem with normal interior fluorescent lights. Color copies work, but what kind
of response would a dealer get when
the item in
the color copy has been sold?
There's a lot
of work for updating that kind
of display. Color copies
of packets,
then.
Posted 07/29/2017 9:19 pm
