My wife says I am a hoarder, lol. But she doesn't want to count the number of pairs of shoes she has. I grew up on a small farm north of Kansas City. I remember in the late 50's it seemed like all my uncles had dark green Chevy pickups, beat all to hell. I grew up using old farm machinery and we had old (hand me down) furniture in the house. Always liked the old stuff, not into the brass and glass that my daughter has.
My first buy I can remember was at about age 7. Was at an auction in early May, I bought 2 crystal wine glasses for my Mom for Mother's Day. $ 1.50 for the pair, wiped me out. I have been buying and selling ever since. Have had a few old signs from the farm that I kept, but working with this friend on disposing of his collection has got me hooked in a new area. I am retired so can go out scouting a lot, just got to put them away for a few weeks before the wife sees them.
