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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. Throwaway society and collecting are two entirely different things.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 20, 2021, 07:21 PM

Feb 2021

Middle class Victorians amassed huge quantities of decorative things. They would cover every single surface with lots and lots of stuff.

Stamp collecting actually became a thing as soon as the very first stamps were issued, in 1847.

Just Google "photograph of Victorian parlor". Here's one example.

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I wonder if early man collected things? [View all] Marthe48 Feb 2021 OP

We could probably figure it out by looking at modern nomadic people. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #1

Exactly, when you move from place to place, on foot, you carry the minimum. Chainfire Feb 2021 #4

Definitely. We did not become a throwaway society untl the 1960s. Sneederbunk Feb 2021 #2

Throwaway society and collecting are two entirely different things. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #7

Looks like my living room! Marthe48 Feb 2021 #8

Some of their things would have been curios from travels, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #10

Interesting question. I suspect that there have been studies done already on this, SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #3

I was watching history documentaries all weekend Marthe48 Feb 2021 #9

How did you miss Paleolithic Barbie? LOL. Vinca Feb 2021 #5

Doubt there was much to collect until you had time to appreciate what was collectable. cachukis Feb 2021 #6