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How To Begin Collecting
When I was first married, out of necessity I would go to garage sales, consignment, flea markets to find used items for decorating our home. Yankee Magazine - Turning Trash into Treasure
My weekly jaunts started my interest in collecting but soon became out of control. I needed to concentrate on specific collections, finding how important it is to research and become knowledgeable about my collections. Researching I found my pottery collection was valuable even though I paid very little. My Hull pottery collection as an example, I might have paid $10 for a piece was valued $250. I bought books, search online, read magazines, talk to other people who also collected the same items.
I collect, Hull Pottery, toleware, amber glassware, depression glass, copper, pewter and odds and ends for decorating accessories.
Part of my Hull collection.
There all types of collecting Types of Collections
My next entry, I will write about displaying your collections.
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I love anything pink from the era. I have a set of my Grandma's dishes...they are pink and I just love them! I see a book on carinival glass on your shelf I am quite taken with it too. Love your collection.
2/10/06 4:45 PM
I like to claim to have a legitimate bottle collection (of about 4000 bottles, some pretty nice). At other times, depending on the person I'm talking to, I just claim to have a collection of bottles, LOL.
Along with my bottle collecting, I have picked up an old Brownie camera, 3 sets of old dominoes, some unusual wood carvings (unrelated to my own woodwork), 2 sorta-old GE oscillating fans, and various other wierd stuffs.
I once read an article or an interview of/from a well known person and collector of delicate items. I don't remember the person and I'm not sure of the exact quote, but it went something like this: "We own breakables to remind ourselves that we have children to teach." The idea, in the write-up, was: No matter how expensive our collectible is, it does not compare to the value of our children, so if one of our children breaks one of our collectibles, the piece can always be replaced. A child cannot be replaced. If you don't want your collectible broken, put it somewhere else, out of reach of your babies. Don't fuss your babies for your putting an item in harm's way. And if they do manage to break something, teach them how to be careful, but don't fuss as a technique of teaching.