Are Some Geographic Areas Better For Antiques?

Personally I feel that some areas are far better for antiquing than others. The city I currently live in was a boomtown in the early 1820's thru 1850's and has a rich history of being a manufacturing hub. Although severe economic decline occurred in the city from the 1960's through the present day there is still a lot of old money families in the area and since some families hit hard times they didn't have a lot of money to buy the newest fashions. So they kept their older possessions [and then passed them down to their heirs] and thus I've seen quite a few auctions and estate sales where there are a lot of multi-generation accumulations of antiques and household goods. A lot of hoarded stuff that may have not been collectable 50 years ago but is really neat now.

I've also found a lot of great stuff in small economically depressed rural towns as well, since people out there tend to keep older furniture and collectables rather than discard them then residents of more affluent areas might.

The best antiques seem to come from places that were once prosperous but in more recent times haven't seen as much prosperity compelling residents to not discard as much as they might typically in good economic times.

Your thoughts?

 

Hi Joe,
I agree. When I was working in a very affluent city that went down hill to poverty. It drove me nuts to see stained glass windows and 4 inch thick solid wood doors being tossed on the trash trucks. The worst was seeing a 12 piece set of incredible wrought iron garden furniture going in the truck.
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