Light bulb database

[Amptiques]

Hi all

I am a new kid on this block.......but has anyone before suggested starting a database with a photo, description, manufacturer, approx date of manufacturer etc of light bulbs?

It could be done in such a way that members could access and update data with their own specialised knowledge and it could come in useful for collectors. A "prices people pay" might be handy for us novices and maybe a updating count of how many of each bulb is known to exist in collections.

Ian Tolhurst

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[Tim]

Hi Ian,

has anyone before suggested starting a database with a photo, description, manufacturer, approx date of manufacturer etc of light bulbs?

Nice idea but there are so many varieties of bulbs to collect that it could be a daunting task.  Getting all collectors to cooperate and participate would be hard too.  I?d like to hear more input on the idea though ? anyone?

A "prices people pay" might be handy for us novices

I?ve been toying with this idea and may implement a ?past auctions? bulb database sometime in the future.  It will probably be a subscription based service (for a very small nominal fee) which would go directly to covering the cost (hosting fees) of this web site.  There are many details to work out yet but I feel other collectors might benefit from such a service.


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Tim
Kilokat's Antique Light Bulb Site
Mountain Dew Collectibles, Volume I

[Yoshi]

I started a bulb database a long while ago. It is made up entirely of past ebay items. It can be found at my site:

http://bulbs.2yr.net/bulbdb.shtml


The galleries also have useful info about each bulb:

http://bulbs.2yr.net/galleries.shtml


Now that I have a new digital camera, I'll be able to add lots more bulbs. I still have hundreds of bulbs to photograph, so at best I may add them later this year.


 

It could be done in such a way that members could access and update data with their own specialised knowledge and it could come in useful for collectors

I've tried things like this before (inviting visitors to help with the site), and I know for a fact that it doesn't work. Especially in such a small community like this.

I strongly believe that if a collectible lightbulb database is to be made, that it should be easy to read and understand for non-collectors, otherwise its popularity will never rise. But still, I wouldn't expect it to rise that much anyway, as the general public's interest in collectible lightbulbs is very very low compared with other collectibles.


-Yoshi

[Amptiques]

Gentlemen,

thanks for the feedback

Ian Tolhurst