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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LauraB, post: 261336, member: 5225&quot;]Mostly love jewelry (especially vintage sterling) and books (especially older medical guides, illustrated children&#039;s books, strange and unusual subjects) and older maps (local ones from the 40&#039;s and 50&#039;s that show old roads no longer used) and *anything* I have no clue what-it-is.&nbsp; I have a large collection of &quot;what&#039;s its?&quot;&nbsp; Mostly I love finding things that speak of a different era, speak of quality and craftsmanship and speak of lovely design.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been accumulating stuff for more than 25 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sigh.&nbsp; Can&#039;t give any of it up.&nbsp; So...I&#039;m a collector.&nbsp; Not a dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I grew up with a rock hound for a father and we spent our weekends doing three things:&nbsp; hunting for rocks, digging up ghost towns, enjoying the great outdoors.&nbsp; At that time, it was OK to dig up ghost towns, I promise.&nbsp; We never messed with the structures.&nbsp; Just found where the dump and the outhouse were and started digging.&nbsp; Amazing what you could find under remnants of an outhouse.&nbsp; Now, of course, archeologists do that.&nbsp; Yes, we have an archeologist in the family now.&nbsp; One of my daughters.&nbsp; Another daughter is in (take a guess) the jewelry business.&nbsp; The other daughter is a biologist who makes a living camping and backpacking in the great outdoors doing field research.&nbsp; The apple doesn&#039;t fall far from the tree, I guess.&nbsp; My 96 year old father loves to go estate saling and garage saling, the only kind of treasure hunting he can do now, so I take him every other weekend. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can see great knowledge here!&nbsp; Love it!&nbsp; And desire to help people of all kinds!&nbsp; Love it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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