The Stamp Gallery

This is a wonderful stamp store and the owner Spence is a great guy. They have a stamp auction every Saturday at Noon and it’s a great way to find stamp collections at a great price. The rules work like an eBay auction. You find an item you want to bid on (may be a single stamp, a binder of stamps, or a whole box of stamps) and you add your bid to the card on the wall. Once you’ve done that you can also put in a secret bid which goes into a container. You do not have to be present to win (since everyone has a bidder number) but it’s more fun that way. The store has a lot of stamps which you can see at this link,
. They have there own parking which is a good thing in Walnut Creek. I highly recommend the Stamp Gallery.

Saw this stamp dealer from the street and thought I would stop and ask if they would be interested in my collection of 1,038 unused US stamps.
I asked the man at the counter if they are currently buying collections.
«That’s how we make our money,» he said sarcasticallly. «Of course we do.»
I then asked when I could bring in my collection and he said «anytime, it shouldn’t take long at all to give you a price on a collection like that.»
Brought my collection in on April 17 just when the store opened. I was told they would need at least 30 minutes to take a look at it. Came back 30 minutes later and was told they never even looked at the album, and I’d be better off just taking it home and USING IT FOR POSTAGE.
This is a very clean well taken care of collection, so as a last resort, I listed it on eBay and sold it for $ 200 within one day! As for the stamp gallery they were wrong about this collection, very rude and condescending, and I would have taken $ 100 from them if they had made me a fair offer. My advice: If you are selling stamps, avoid this place and try eBay, craiglist, or reputable stamp dealers.

I know nothing about stamps-​but The Stamp Gallery does. I took a large collection of stamps to get a valuation to Spencer, the owner. Every interaction I had with him further assured me he was supremely knowledgeable, fair, and honest. He and his staff –specifically Rick, who is equally trustworthy-​worked for at least 6 hours on my written estimate and charged what I feel was a very reasonable fee.
The store definitely has a «60’s» kitsch feel to it-​which I loved– but it was well-​organized and I loved looking through their on-​going auctions of stamps. If the number of die-​hard collectors who were there is anything to go by, The Stamp Gallery is 5 star rated whether I post this or not.
All the staff are wonderfully loveable characters with excellent ethics.