Will they cash in on treasure...
or cash out on trash?
Back in early 1990s I would go to this auction called Danny's Auction Barn, still running in Foster, Rhode Island, and I would buy little things. I would purchase old painted furniture, fix it up, put it in a better sale, and make some good money... I was hooked!
I grew up in a tract development on Long Island and all the kids in my neighborhood collected the classic comics of the late 1950s and early 1960s. We would wait for the weekend when they were delivered to the one stationery store in town and ride our bikes down to buy them. One day I got the idea to approach the storeowner and offered to buy every comic that came in at a nickel above the marked selling price. He agreed and then I would sell them to the neighborhood kids at 10 to 15 cents above the marked price. This worked for quite a while and gave me insight into buying & selling — plus I bankrolled a very tidy profit!
I was born to appraise — I love history, and at a young age I was always examining objects in the attic looking for treasures from the past. I would play dress up in my grandmother’s vintage clothing and costume jewelry, and I managed to purchase and buy objects and build collections at a young age. Some of my collections included dolls, costume jewelry, hats, boxes, seashells, paperweights, and silk fans.
