Overheard a guy at the antique fair say he only collects things with a story

I was at the Brimfield show in Massachusetts and this older guy was telling his friend he doesn't just buy old keys, he only buys ones where the seller can tell him something about where they came from. I mean, idk, it made me look at my own collection of vintage postcards differently. Maybe it's just me, but now I'm trying to find out at least one thing about the sender or the place on each card. Anyone else try to add a story to every piece they pick up?

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coleman.gray23d ago

That Brimfield guy has a point. Does it ever feel like a hunt, though, trying to dig up that one specific detail on something so old?

the_anthony23d ago

Man, @coleman.gray, that hunt is the whole fun part for me.

ray13622d ago

Oh, it absolutely feels like a hunt. Sometimes you're tracking a ghost for weeks, following the faintest trail. Then you finally find that one tiny detail, like a maker's mark on the back of a plate, and it's like you bagged a ten-point buck. A very dusty, probably chipped, ten-point buck. Makes all the dead ends worth it.