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Message:: [QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 242007, member: 88"]Folks also tend to collect what reminds them of their childhood growing up. Take me for instance, I started buying perfume bottles when I saw a pretty one that appealed to me. Then I started to educate myself about the bottles & learned that DeVilbiss was a major manufacturer of the hardware for the atomizers. I always knew that there was a company with that name in Toledo where I was born, but had no clue they made perfume bottles. My collection now is about 85% DeVilbiss bottles. The ice cream scoops would not mean much to anyone under the age of 30 unless they had an older family member who collected such things. Add that to the fact that these things are not as rare as folks once thought they were & then add the fact that most of the younger generations have no interest in antiques. This is how you end up with an item that your in-laws paid $60 for & now if it brings $10 you'll be lucky. Case in point, the people that contacted Mason a bit ago asking about the sterling Apostle spoons he had given someone as a christening present. They were moving into one of those tiny houses & asked if he minded if they only kept 4 of the spoons. They were down sizing to what could fit into 2 or 3 totes.[/QUOTE]