mkscollectables

I'm Kim. I live in San Diego, CA. I love my family, cooking, urban gardening, and of course collecting. I grew up in Miami, FL and Kaneohe, HI. Spent summers on my maternal grandparents farm as a kid in Gates, N.C. Hunter gather, yes, I think I was born with a strong representation of that gene. I'm trying to remember back when it reared it lovely head. I think it started with collecting shells on the beach, followed soon after by rocks (still have zillions of both). Then mom introduced stamps to help me with geography and to learn of the world (still have zillions).

I come from a family of collectors. My Grandmother was the greatest influence. She (and Grandpa) lived in a 200 year old Greek revival in Gates, N.C. It has always been our family home, on my maternal side, and still is today. Grandma loved antiques of all kinds, but in particular glass: carnival, cut and EAPG and everything else early American too. My mother has the collecting bug too, but she leans toward Asian, African and South American. She has a lovely collection at her home in Hawaii.

I specifically remember the defining moment of my collecting future. There was a huge church in the Perrine area of Florida that my Step-father learned was being torn down. It had a huge semi lower level library. He took us there to take books if we wanted them because they were all going to be plowed under the next day. I was about 11 so I was still in the kids section. I remember being in the dark trying to see and finding a few things in the very few minutes we were there. I think I took 6 books, and have them all today. Attached are 4 of them. Tragic loss of books!

So, why I'm here? During the recession I lost my Purchasing Manager Biotech job. For the first time in my life I found it impossible to find work, and after 25 years in purchasing, it was a devastating. A friend had made a killing on eBay in its heyday, so I turned there, in all honesty, in desperation. I took my VERY limited knowledge and forged ahead. It's been a few years now, some successes, some utter failures, but I forge ahead