I frequently end up with pieces that other people consider to be rare, but which don't particularly have much appeal to me. I'll keep them if they fall into my pattern of collecting, but sell or trade them if they don't. Not banking lures for trade is a flaw in my thinking and habits, but I have a hard time allocating funds into something I don't really like or need in anticipation that someone else might like it and want to trade me something I like. In the end, if I spend an hour looking through my collection and find things I just don't care about anymore, I move them to the side and after a while move them out to other collectors. We all have mood swings and collecting is no different.
Collectibles go through mass psychological movements as to desirability.
If an article is published on Shakespeare, then all of a sudden collectors can identify that area and they start selling or collecting based on that information. There are whole areas which have not been documented and that makes for areas to collect ahead of the herd. Tell us what you have to sell. You may not legally use any variation or contraction of AntiqueLures for any other Web site. AntiqueLures is a registered Trademark and you must have written permission from Phillip Talkington to use any of the content or photos on this Web site.