Dub’s Treasure Blog May 26 Show: Antique Auctions

Hey all internet followers out there, Dub here bring a quick blog post. Todays show is about auctions. I am at an Atlanta auction. The stuff that discuss about throughout my entire online presence talks about antique dealers struggling in these challening times. I see so many items going through this auction passing with no bids because even though some items have five and ten dollar starting bids, they are not good reseller items. Alot of people are trying to get rid of china sets, and you can not even give this stuff away. Or either the people just do not have the money. So in my opinion not only do people determine the markets for this stuff, but also the auction scenes determine these markets. This does not apply though to online auctions.
That is all for this segment in today’s show. When we come back from the break I will segway into gaming.

Social Media & Unique Collecting

In my opinion is seems like antique dealers are the only ones who do not have much or anything to gain from Facebook. Successful campaigns on social platforms is central key note to growing a small business, or is it? I am also going to use some social disciplinary terminology to demonstrate the bind for antiquers’ specifically dealers. In statistics and sociology there are polling identifiers one of which forms a cluster. A combination of similarities in which midegates individualistic choice. One strategy of these aggregates is the “Like” button. Thus making purchase decisions are guided by choices made by other people. The entirity of antique collecting is a medium of uniqueness. On my website I highlight uniqueIo features of each object to distinguish it from others in the same category. Trying to unite our unique pieces with unique collectors. This is why my blog has taken slacking hits, but now we have established ourselves on the net, and I will be bringing at least on articles per week on all my blogs.

Economic Themes of the Progressive Era

During the late 1860’s towards the progressive era there is a common theme among events in time that reflect a heavy emphasis on economic topics relating to people and business.  In my research I found a great change in business practices, economic statuses of woman, and an economic change inside institutions during this time. These economic themes are playing a majority role on the macro level, yet micro level economics can been viewed. Economics covers so many different topics, yet the most important to this paper is the way labor shapes production.

 ~~ Click here to read a new thesis I am researching: Economic Themes of the Past. ~~ I research random topics because I love learning about a wide variety are subjects. This is a sociological review of some historical elements that I think are note worthy! ~~ If you are having trouble opening the above word document click here.

Discovering the Right Hobby for You.

~~ Greetings, Dub here. If your here reading this post today, then you most be interested in learning about different hobbies. Well that Fantastic! Here is summary of my experience with the hobby and game mechanics.~~

A Hobby Perspective

Purpose: To inform that there are other hobbies out there that offers a variety of things to do in respect to a modeling hobby.

 Usually, modeling is the first part of your adventure when entering the 41^st millennium, but some people want to do some research first on the items their going to purchase. The price of the hobby as a whole is a lot, but it is hard to put a price on the value you get out of the whole experience also. First you decide on your play style shooting, aggressive hand to hand combat, or a balanced force. You could just pick the army that appeals to you most, or whatever just looks the coolest. Once you make up your mind you want to stick with that decision because the models tend to be on the expensive side, but this creates a more mature audience usually.  There are instructions how to build your force, but you can create new models or convert existing models into a new creation of your imagination. This is why it is my favorite part because you are free to do what you want and then show it off by crushing your foes. Bob Force a five year veteran and two times painting tournament finalist notes that, “assembling models is cool and all, but I love building my own boards and scenery to match my army for an extra added theme.”

Next is painting your force which you can just slop on some primer and air brush one or two coats of paint to just start playing.  If you desire to get more of a sense of accomplishment like most other gamers then painting is the most important part.  Because you want your hard work to be aesthetically pleasing to you and your opponents there are plenty of painting competitions to participate in. In my opinion though painting is the most tedious part and hurts my hands. David Rush, a six year casual gamer says that, “I had to paint my force to enter the tournament under the standard because they were the most detailed army, but you have to for sanctioned game play.” Fortunately when you paint your army to a table top standard which is three layers of paint you will devastate opponents who have unfinished armies with the totality of your model count, and the sheer shock and awe of your painted force. The podcast, Dice like Thunder of August 28, 2010, notes “80% of Games Workshop sales are Space Marines because they are the Mickey Mouse, or poster boy for the company, and are easiest to paint.”

Competitions are easily found, but I do not get to actually play the game competitively because I too busy having fun building and painting, but game play has the most rewarding aspects of the entire hobby. From material rewards at tournaments to just plain out knowing you stomped a fifteen year veteran into the ground makes for a nice cup of java at the end of the day.  It is important to get a bit of actual game play time to enjoy your hard work.

Finally, Warhammer and the other relative products are here to stay because the company Games Workshop has been around for twenty five years and still counting. I am a hobby enthusiast and collector specialist, so I recommend this awesome table top game to anyone over the age of thirteen to forty plus.  Remember your experience is all up to your imagination and creativity. This is why Warhammer 40k is my favorite table top game because the modeling, painting, and competitive gaming aspects have years of fun down the road for anyone.

 

Wrecked Space Marine Rhino!