Downsizing: Week Two

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14. I spend time looking at collectibles and the market for them.

Some things go out of favor or almost disappear. The internet has killed the cookbook market. So easy to google a recipe now. If you can find a "one off" family recipe, hand written and old, there is a great market for it.
Just like clocks. Not that long ago they were always a good investment. However, most of those collections were life time collections of older folks. They are passing away fast and now the value and interest is about gone.
The market can change quickly. I had an antique shop back in the 90s. I had a box full of all kinds of old door knobs, crystal, brass and even iron ones. Never more than one at a time. One day a lady came in and bought a half dozen, all different. The next day it happened again and then again. So, I asked what was going on and found out Martha Steward had an article in her magazine about making coat hooks out of door knobs.
Back in those days, I had a friend that sold tons of costume jewelry on eBay and was making a ton of $ doing it. Then one day it just stopped, she couldn't sell any. She found out lamps were hot and did that for a while.