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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 5751297, member: 50&quot;]Good question. Where does the madness begin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Reflecting back, I suspect it was roaming the deserts of Arizona with my dad when I was very small and bringing back all the beautiful bits of rocks (fool&#039;s gold, sand ruby garnets etc). Then going to rock and gem shows with my dad (from the earliest time I can remember) and seeing all the beautiful things that I couldn&#039;t have<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>My dad also had framed points (arrowheads) that he had collected with his father hanging on the wall at home. It made me so aware of earlier peoples and their things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward, I was always interested in handmade pottery but not as a real collector. I developed some urge to handle and understand 17th and 18th C ceramics that might have been used around where I live. The trouble was that there wasn&#039;t much to handle and fiddle with. Museums don&#039;t want you to touch<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />. Enter early Ebay. I could find old ceramics to study and the doors were open! Egad![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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