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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lvetterli, post: 5774007, member: 130&quot;]I never have been a huge collector, had a stamp collection as a kid which got packed away and pretty much forgotten. But I loved to read. Young adult literature: Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, Little Women. That broadened to A. J. Cronin, James Michener and many more that I can&#039;t remember, that will pop back into memory at 3 a.m. some morning. But the buying and selling came much later. I frequented the St. Vincent&#039;s here in Wisconsin, always watching for reasonable clothes for my growing kids, both very tall with very distinct tastes. On one occasion I saw a huge box of gorgeous blue and white china with a fairly sizable price on it (at that point in time, about 25 years ago probably around $25.00). I watched it sit through several visits until it was 75% off and on a whim I bought it. I knew it was good china, Mintons. I had never seen Mintons china but knew the name from some novel I had read who knows how long ago. I took it home and using the online tutorials,&nbsp; learned how to sell on eBay. My first sale was 2 cups and saucers of Mintons Gower. They sold for more than the original price of the whole box. I went on to sell bits and pieces of that set, along with other things I picked up and researched, for probably 2 years. I think there is still a large lid and maybe a dinner plate stuffed in a tub somewhere in storage. I now sell in 3 antique malls that net me enough to afford a vacation every summer with my kids, Christmas gifts and the ability to support a number of charities I could not otherwise afford. Of course, this avocation has taken over my entire house with stuff, in tubs and boxes, on shelves and hanging in closets and covering most flat surfaces. But my kids stopped threatening to call Hoarders when I let them in on how much I was making! Besides, my &quot;job&quot; is shopping, what woman doesn&#039;t love that?</p><p><br /></p><p>Linda[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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