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<p>[QUOTE="Bdigger, post: 4025, member: 157"]Hello. I have been on here a couple weeks and just noticed this thread. My noame is Mike, and I live in Valrico Florida. I have been collecting and selling since the late eighties. I never had much interest in Antiques while growing up. In the late eighties I lost my job as a Hotel Manager, and went for a long time without the "will" to look for another Job. During that time , a Great Aunt of mine passed away, so I went up to my parents home to help my Father with the estate. The woman was a hoarder, and the house was packed floor to ceiling with all manor of stuff she had collected over the years, she was the type to put little notes on everything,,,,,In her desk we found a small bag of candy with a note stating that it was a gift to her on the occcaision of her wedding in 1902 from a neighbor.....you get the idea. Anyway, at her estate auction ( which took 3 days) . I bought a couple box lots which were mostley glass stuff, but had other things I wanted along with it. I never thought much about it. I brought the stuff back home to Florida. One day a neighbor had come over and noticed the boxes, and said...."you know, I think you have some really valuable stuff there". she called a friend that was an independent appraiser, who graciously agreed to come over to take a look. </p><p>As, it turns out, there was mostly depression glass, but some of it WAS Rare. I couldn't believe the prices she was telling me I could get for it. I thought to myself, you know, I have seen tons of this stuff at garages sales and flea markets, I bet nobody realizes what they have. That started the ball rolling. I bought a DG book and started searching. Soon after I rented my first space in a Flea Maket and began selling my great aunts stuff. I made $400.00 my first day. It saved me from getting thrown out of the place I was renting and starving to death. Soon I began finding and selling depression glass full time and have been trading in all types of glass ever since. I rarely do depression glass anymore, and my favorite to collect now is Alexandrite colored glass. </p><p>Some may remember me from my weekly posts as we were bottle feeding some week old abandoined kittens. I used to post periodic updates on them on the PGP board, which everybody seemed to enjoy and look forward to. One day I posted that one for the Cats had snuck out, got pregnant and presented us with 3 more kittens. I took some real nasty comments from a few people, and that ended my kitty updates. So for those of you who are curious, we are the proud parents to 10 kittie who are all happy, healthy, and fixed. All descendants of Ferals that we have socialized and cared for over the years. </p><p>Happy to be here!</p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bdigger, post: 4025, member: 157"]Hello. I have been on here a couple weeks and just noticed this thread. My noame is Mike, and I live in Valrico Florida. I have been collecting and selling since the late eighties. I never had much interest in Antiques while growing up. In the late eighties I lost my job as a Hotel Manager, and went for a long time without the "will" to look for another Job. During that time , a Great Aunt of mine passed away, so I went up to my parents home to help my Father with the estate. The woman was a hoarder, and the house was packed floor to ceiling with all manor of stuff she had collected over the years, she was the type to put little notes on everything,,,,,In her desk we found a small bag of candy with a note stating that it was a gift to her on the occcaision of her wedding in 1902 from a neighbor.....you get the idea. Anyway, at her estate auction ( which took 3 days) . I bought a couple box lots which were mostley glass stuff, but had other things I wanted along with it. I never thought much about it. I brought the stuff back home to Florida. One day a neighbor had come over and noticed the boxes, and said...."you know, I think you have some really valuable stuff there". she called a friend that was an independent appraiser, who graciously agreed to come over to take a look. As, it turns out, there was mostly depression glass, but some of it WAS Rare. I couldn't believe the prices she was telling me I could get for it. I thought to myself, you know, I have seen tons of this stuff at garages sales and flea markets, I bet nobody realizes what they have. That started the ball rolling. I bought a DG book and started searching. Soon after I rented my first space in a Flea Maket and began selling my great aunts stuff. I made $400.00 my first day. It saved me from getting thrown out of the place I was renting and starving to death. Soon I began finding and selling depression glass full time and have been trading in all types of glass ever since. I rarely do depression glass anymore, and my favorite to collect now is Alexandrite colored glass. Some may remember me from my weekly posts as we were bottle feeding some week old abandoined kittens. I used to post periodic updates on them on the PGP board, which everybody seemed to enjoy and look forward to. One day I posted that one for the Cats had snuck out, got pregnant and presented us with 3 more kittens. I took some real nasty comments from a few people, and that ended my kitty updates. So for those of you who are curious, we are the proud parents to 10 kittie who are all happy, healthy, and fixed. All descendants of Ferals that we have socialized and cared for over the years. Happy to be here! Mike[/QUOTE]
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