Bride fan

I follow the 'data hoarders' sub Reddit on Reddit and they have some excellent guides to archiving stuff. I'll make a thread on BlueAcadia's new site regarding archiving for the cheapskate.

I wonder if the mods would allow a buy-n-sell thread on Bellazon?

Greed...good old fashioned greed. Probably a bit of pig-headedness too. A person will see a magazine being offered for say $180 and thinks, "That's what it's 'going for.'" It's not 'going for' that much, it's just what someone is asking. They don't follow it and see what it sells for, if it sells at all. They get it in their head that this is what it's worth and that figure sticks. Every month or two the seller will drop the price a few bucks but of course it makes no difference. I mentioned this to Ebay but of course they won't listen to me, while in the same breath they complain that sales are waaaaay down. They need to bring back listing fees. I also watch car parts for my vintage car and see the same problem. The smart sellers listing for low prices, get a bunch of people into a bidding war and wind up selling while the greedy so-n-so's watch their items sit there for months.

I've been watching several older bridal mags on Ebay for over two years and the greedy so-n-so wants 200 bucks for them! In almost every case I'll see the same mag come up for a reasonable price and I jump on it. I'll take a screenshot of the price I paid and send it to the greedy seller.

It would be nice if Bellazon WOULD TELL US WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN so that folks can download or backup their stuff. I keep saying that we need a 'fire escape' for the gang here. Just a place we can regroup if it goes down for good. Discord would be a good choice. Yes?

When I scan, I use a hand planer to *carefully* remove the spine and glue, usually a mm or two. This gives you the whole page. Message me if you want pictures and all the gory details.

...aaaand we're back. That was two days this time? I'm thinking of making a Discord server as a backup for here. It would be a 'fire escape' or common meeting point if/when this place goes down again, maybe for good next time. Comments?

Hey! Many of us are kind, gentle, sensitive, loving, compassionate, supportive, understanding and just plain good...no make that great folks. I help my wife (of 42 years) with her gardens and her huge (and still growing) stamp collection even though I consider both hobbies to be stupid and senseless.

I have plenty of those pictures already. Every time I see a Jaguar, especially an E-Type, in a fashion ad, I stash it away. Jags where used a lot since they where seen as 'sexy' and fashionable...just like me.... ..ok, stop laughing.....no really, you can stop laughing now.

It's a Lambourghini Countach LP500..... .....oops sorry, I thought I was in the car forum. :-)

WhoooH! Site went 404 yesterday for about 12 hours. Welcome back, that was scary!

She's Genevieve Brabrant. Wow!....my first ID! Do I get a cookie?

It's nice when you read about a model that eventually got a regular (more normal?) career, got married, had kids, STAYED married (and happily so), and generally had a happy and satisfying life. It wasn't all bad I guess.

I'm old enough that I fondly remember the mail order catalogues from the 70's and 80's. I'd see the same women over the span of a decade or more and now wonder who they where. It may not have been glamorous work but it was certainly steady.

I'm not so sure that the new owner is opening or closing it on purpose. The last 'open' seemed to be a back door or something mistakenly left unlinked(?). I get the feeling that the new owner has no idea what to do with the place and is just stumbling along. It could be a fan who bought it but is now overwhelmed with the task of making it available, or someone with dreams of making big money by offering membership and has either lost interest or is also overwhelmed.

....aaand a happy New Years to all of you here! Thanks for all the model ID's, my repository is growing and I'll be putting these on my Tumblr blog and eventually my Flickr account along with my bridal magazine scans. I've been exploring AI and as soon as I finished the present batch of scans, I'll be loading up Stable diffusion and want to play with some of my scans. I have so many gorgeous gowns and intend to swap faces for models I find more attractive.

It's fun that you knew what the car was. A friend of mine had one for several years. He also had a couple of 2CVs. Great cars all.

*sigh* I'm still seeing lots (lots and LOTS) of various sellers with many different titles, none of which have anything to do with fashion models. Most of the books are about business management. You NEED to supply your seller ID number, THAT will uniquely identify you. How about a screenshot of one of your auctions?

Searching for the book you quoted brings up many (many, MANY!) different sellers and your name doesn't return any results. You need to state your seller ID number.

Ahhhhhh....I've never used the search page and didn't know one existed. All I ever did was browse, searching for my mystery bride model. Thanks a bunch!

All I get is a log-in page. I don't remember ever having to use a password and I don't have one stored in any of my browsers. This must be new? I've been hoping that it comes back online, even if it requires a membership.

I hope they're working on the new site, 'Golden Age of Print'. I've got tons of scans from bridal magazines with the model's identified that I hope to donate to the site.

I found the 'Dozydawn' Tumblr blog and grabbed some ID's. She posts a lot of stuff from bridal magazines and has recently began adding names to them. Does anyone know if the person is on here? They don't accept messages unless they're following you and I guess I'm not worthy. My 42,000 images from bridal magazines don't cut it?

What-where is this 'computer match face scan you mention? This would be crazy handy for me. I've got a few 'possibles' I'd like to check out. Thanks bunches!

I found this picture in some blog somewhere (then promptly forgot which one). It sure looks like her but I can find no other information by searching her name.