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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSW, post: 1457472, member: 8708&quot;]I think I collect for quite different reasons. I’ve always liked jewellery but just had the bits handed down from my mum and grandmother and rarely bought anything. I had another passion in my life which took up my every minute, then the kids came along and my lifelong passion was replaced by two fantastic kids that left no time for anything else. Don’t get me wrong, they are my world and adored above and beyond&nbsp; but sometimes you need something for yourself and 8 years in I was starting to lose the plot. Just stressed about everything. </p><p>I randomly bought a box of jewellery at auction and I found a love of sorting and researching vintage jewellery. I like anything I can research as that gives me some time every day when I can mentally go ‘somewhere else’. </p><p>Reading that back I sound like a basket case!</p><p>My tastes are eclectic but above all it has to be interesting- whether it’s a silver mark or a type of bead or a manufacturing process. I much prefer the older stuff but I’ve got one or two more modern pieces I’ve kept hold of. </p><p>If I fall out of love with them I move them on. </p><p>Like the OP, I’m also collecting some nice bits for the girls to inherit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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