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multigraincracker

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5. Clocks are a great example.
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 06:05 AM
Sep 2021

They were lots of collectors 30 years ago. But most were old guys that liked to tinker with them. They are dying off now and not many looking for them now.
Not to say they might make a come back some day.
For some reason, I like to pick up old match books with advertising on them. Use to be free everywhere. I keep thinking they will be collectible some day. Old phones have kept some value over time. So, I grab dial phones whenI see them cheap and they sell fast for me.
When I had a store, I had a box full of old door knobs and would hardly ever sell any. One day a lady came in and bough 6. After that more and more sold. Found out Martha Steward had a story about making coat hooks out of them.

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eBay is getting tired for me [View all] bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 OP
I left eBay some years ago samplegirl Sep 2021 #1
Thanks, no idea why, try this one bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #3
Nope, doesn't work for me. sinkingfeeling Sep 2021 #8
The address wasn't understood An error occurred during a connection to tinyurl.com. Trueblue1968 Dec 2021 #11
I've been in the antique business for over 30 years and multigraincracker Sep 2021 #2
Harry Rinker wrote price guides and one collecting book late in his career bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #4
Clocks are a great example. multigraincracker Sep 2021 #5
re: Martha Stewart bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #9
Unfortunately all you said is tight alfie Sep 2021 #6
We live in the IKEA generation bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #10
Kids don't want this stuff cyclonefence Sep 2021 #7
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