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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe2007, post: 158727, member: 1262&quot;]From the Bangor Daily News</p><p><br /></p><p>How buying patterns, fewer collectors are affecting Maine businesses</p><p><a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2016/07/03/homestead/how-buying-patterns-fewer-collectors-are-affecting-maine-businesses/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bangordailynews.com/2016/07/03/homestead/how-buying-patterns-fewer-collectors-are-affecting-maine-businesses/" rel="nofollow">http://bangordailynews.com/2016/07/03/homestead/how-buying-patterns-fewer-collectors-are-affecting-maine-businesses/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>According to the article:</p><p><br /></p><p>Items like depression glass, Longaberger baskets, cookie jar, salt cellars, and other glassware are dead stock.</p><p><br /></p><p>Items like Indian artifacts, cast-iron cookware, antique toys, fishing and sporting equipment are selling well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting quote from the article:</p><p>“We’re seeing younger collectors,” Oakes said. “They’re just collecting the stuff we grew up with. The chrome dining room sets, the funky lights, the Pyrex, the CorningWare, the Fiestaware.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Twenty-four years ago, we wouldn’t have had a Pyrex bowl here,” he said. “I tend to like formal furniture. When I started in this business in the 1980s, that stuff was extremely popular. People wanted the beautiful sideboards.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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