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A retired geography and his,--- --*hen I believe they have deep-
tory teacher, Mr. Brociaky start- er meaning for the people who
ed his collectikyrr -When he was 8 want to buy them."
yearn-v13 ald expanded it as he
Before Mr. Brodsky sells any
raveled and participated in postcard of which he is espe-
local and distant collectors cially fond, he makes a copy
shows.
which he will keep. He also will
"I've learned so much by go- purchase many copies of one
ing through postcards because card he thinks others will like
I find out about places and what so that he can have an original
they are known for," he said. and trade or sell the rest.
"I've traveled to every state ex-
About 300,000 of his cards are
cept Hawaii, as well as every multiples.
county in Michigan, and I have
Another synagogue card with
postcards from every place I vis- special meaning was one he re-
ited."
ceived from a former student
Ironically, Mr. Brodsky's who brought him a picture of a
interest was sparked in his own synagogue in St. Thomas.
home and not in a tourist shop.
"I look for synagogue post-
On a day his mother kept him cards because they show how
from school due to illness, he different the buildings are," he
looked through some postcards
said. "To say synagogues all look
his mother had come across alike is similar to saying all
while cleaning out a drawer. Jews look alike."
David began arranging them by
state and later decided to write
for samples from states that
were not represented. From
then on, wherever he went, post-
cards caught his eye, and the col-
lection grew.
After the postcards became
too numerous to keep in one box,
He says that "there are peo-
he devised a system for orga- ple who collect postcards but
nizing them — by states, by don't realize it. People who save
cities within states, by types of correspondence or keep travel
places within cities and by sub- mementoes often have large
jects that don't fit into any geo- numbers of postcards."
graphic category. Alligators,
Mr. Brodsky likes to discuss
lighthouses and Great Lakes the history of postcards, their
freighters are among those in value and general facts about
the latter group, and these are them. He reports:
the ones he is most willing to
*Over the years, the standard
part with through sale or trad- size of postcards has gone from
ing.
3 1/2 x 5 inches to 4 x 6 inches.
"I can locate any card within
*Old urban scenes can have
15 seconds," Mr. Brodsky said.
higher sale values than rural
File cabinets filled with post- scenes because man-made struc-
cards line his basement, and tures make changes more evi-
some are even in his living room. dent.
Mr. Brodsky preserVes his
*Postcards that have been
cards by placing them in either mailed and have postmarks can
photo albums or polyethylene reach high values because their
sleeves contained in labeled box-
dates can be authenticated.
es. The care he gives has to do
*Travelers to Lake Placid get
more with the personal mean- free postcards and postage from
ings the cards represent than the Chamber of Commerce.
the dollar amount they might
*A former Detroit librarian is
get from other collectors.
trying to establish a postcard
When Mr. Brodsky goes to museum in Pennsylvania.
postcard shows, he generally
"People who collect postcards
winds up buying more than he are known as deltiologists, and
sells, as he did in April at a col- we are fascinated by the pic-
lectors sale and exchange in tures," Mr. Brodsky said. Some
Berkley. He sold 500 cards and of his favorites: Those showing
bought 2,000.
the only place where three
"My favorite card shows a trains going in different direc-
synagogue in Manchuria," Mr. tions can cross an intricate
Brodsky said. He paid $25 for arrangement of railroad tracks,
the card. "It's so unique, and I a bridge that reaches below the
find it interesting that they had water level and buildings de-
a synagogue there.
signed by Albert Kahn.
"I sell those kinds of cards
A synagogue in
Manchuria is
a favorite.
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