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Message:: [QUOTE="SYNCHRONCITY, post: 2123263, member: 6283"]I have been doing tip number one for years and the funny part is he doesn't notice anything new because to him all antiques look alike. I have tried tip number two and he said the value means nothing to him because it isn't worth that much unless I sell it for that perceived value and get a buyer for it. The only time he has ever realized that some of these antiques have value is when I bought an antique diary on ebay for $50 and ended up selling it for $4,000 and used the proceeds to pay for a semester of college for my daughter. Another time I found a rare Moser glass sugar casket box at a thrift shop for $25 and sold it for $1,850. He was was quite shocked with these sales, but still doesn't think any of these old things are worth collecting. Maybe one day I will hopefully get him interested in these old treasures. I once told him he will be a big idiot if he dumps everything because antique pickers/dealers will grab all the stuff out of the dumpster and get a huge payday. He said good for them because he doesn't feel like bothering trying to sell all these things. He is as stubborn as a mule. Instead of bothering to tell him the values of my items anymore, I put tags on all my things with info and values and inform my teenage daughters that if I kick the bucket to take the stuff away before daddy throws it away. What a big dope, but I love him anyway, lol.[/QUOTE]