Your reward will be some great buys. Do specific homework. One rookie trader, deciding that such high-priced fish must be worth tasting, actually takes delivery of his sardines. Certain collectible objects enjoy trading bubbles that can produce great short-term profits for a brief period. Any poor fool who decided these were worth holding learned a harsh market lesson.
Some sardines are for trading.
He sees these items as another type of asset in which to place one's money. To that end he keeps price histories and charting information on various categories of objects.