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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

safeinOhio

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2. High end items go higher and higher,

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 06:43 AM

Mar 2013

while common low end items go lower and lower.

The rich have been getting richer and the poor, poorer.

I've noticed that magazines seem to spur runs on items at the mall. An article about garden art means a run on old farm machine parts. Articles in wedding mags mean runs on Ball jars for center pieces and one about hair styles means big buyers of paste brooches. If one could get these articles a month or two ahead of time, they could become rich.

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Drooling over these auction results [View all] grasswire Mar 2013 OP

It's nice to know there's still hope for bona fide antiques. Vinca Mar 2013 #1

High end items go higher and higher, safeinOhio Mar 2013 #2

well, Martha Stewart used to be a trend-setter in that regard. grasswire Mar 2013 #5

I owned a shop back in the mid safeinOhio Mar 2013 #7

Oh well, there is always the silver thimble I found last week.... Paper Roses Mar 2013 #3

oh, how are you, PR?? grasswire Mar 2013 #4

Hi grasswire and other friends in this group. Paper Roses Mar 2013 #6