AN OLD COLLECTIBLE BECOMES NEW AGAIN

Although I have talked to you in past posts in my blog about spring cleaning and using that effort to make decisions about your collectibles or just collections, it is now officially summer and I am still working on spring cleaning efforts. Part of my trouble is the pack-rat gene that I inherited from my Mother. She always saved some of the strangest things. Now I realize that her collections/collectibles were not at all strange to her. They represented things that she considered treasures. And in a child's eyeview they represented trash. Now I understand the meaning behind the saying, "One person's trash is another person's treasure". Now as I am trying to downsize, de-clutter and get organized; I find that I have a lot of "treasures" that I am sure my husband sees as "trash".

I also have found some boxes containing collections of mine that had been a passion a long time ago. For instance, one of my earlier pieces that I wanted to collect were unicorns. Unicorns of any making--statues, pictures, sun-catchers, and books. In fact, I just received a great Unicorn book from my youngest son this last Christmas. So now with my inability to stay focused on the job at hand, I find myself taking out of the boxes the unicorns that I have collected over the years.

I would love to hear from you about what some of your old collections have been and if they have become new again to you. In case unicorns are one of your old passions turned new,
I found a source for just that. Enjoy.

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Remember to leave a comment about your collections/collectibles/antiques.

TIME TO THINK ABOUT "NEW COLLECTIBLES"

Life has a tendency to get in the way of doing the things that we "want to do" by interrupting us with all the things that we "have to do"; that I have been neglecting updating this blog and even being able to do the work I want to be doing on my collections. I did attend an eBay University held in San Diego about a week ago. I went with my reacquainted friend from grade and high school as I am trying to motivate both of us to start doing more with both buying and selling on eBay. Great learning experience for both of us. I would highly recommend it if it is in a city near you. But if not, eBay has excellent training materials and tutorials on it's website. My research into items of interest to the readers of this blog or for articles for the same did turn up a really good article about how not only have the faces of the collectors changed, but the things that they are wanting to collect has changed as well. This is a good piece about how you might process ways to find new "collectible" pieces.

Tip of the Week: The "New Collectibles" - www.WhatDoISell.com

Read and let me know what you think.