September 26, 2005 archive

I was scanning eBay for the first time in a while and looking at all the auctions underway when one caught my eye.  It was for a 8" world globe by Terrestrial Globe, John Wanamaker, New York, Philadelphia, copyright G. W. Bacon & Co., London.  Judging by the information provided by the seller, the globe sounded like it was quite old.  Obviously, however, it caught the eye of a good number of other people as well.  The opening price was set at $5.99 but the first bidder opened at $24 and 18 bids later the 19th bidder took it home at $616.88! 

Too rich for my taste right now, but there’s an eBay seller out there who is very happy tonight!

As I was preparing to post an entry to my primary weblog about some recent globe purchases, I realized that: a) these postings had really nothing to do with the other stuff I talk about; and b) it might be a nice excuse to try out TypePad and the new ecto offline client I’d like to try. When I found that “thisoldglobe.com” was available, it was just too much, so here I am with yet another blog.

So, welcome! My name is Dan York. I’ve been blogging for over 5 years and using the Internet in one form of another for about 20 years. My main blog is http://blog.danyork.com/ and you can find other information about me at http://www.danyork.com/.

Somewhere along the way, I started to collect globes and now have about a dozen or two floating around the house in various sizes and conditions. As a long-time lover of maps, it’s a fun hobby and quite interesting and educational. (Did you know that the Italians once controlled part of Eastern Africa? I didn’t, but do now.) In this blog, I intend to merely write down some of the things I see and learn about globes… and perhaps about some of the interesting ones I find as well. I don’t know how often I’ll update it… time will tell. In the meantime, enjoy!