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Collecting – Tips for Fun and Profit

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I was a kid, I shook my head at my Aunt. However, she enjoyed her hobby immensely and kept right on collecting things of interest to her. My Aunt used to keep her house cooler than was comfortable for her – to protect the antique marble top Victorian furniture she had. Others may be appraisers or TV show stars as well!

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Collectible Financial Paper

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Save those annual reports and dusty old stock certificates , they may be worth money! My aunt and god-mother collected everything from spoons to stamps and dolls. Because of the acquirers in our family, I have a collection of odd, old stuff that may or may not hold monetary value but sometimes has emotional value to family members.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As it turns out, giving just may be a hard wired survival technique for humans. ” Rico suggests that we may be programmed neurologically and rewarded biochemically for giving and lists an experiment done on chimpanzees as proof that those things are in our evolutionary history. What hobbies do you pursue? Not necessarily.

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