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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;antidiem, post: 174355, member: 30&quot;]My great grandmother was a Nottingham who married a west Texas cowboy. Her &quot;costume jewelry&quot; was all sterling silver (or better). At age 3, I remember climbing up in her lap and admiring her art nouveau earrings. She took them off and gave them to me to keep! My mother, in protest, told her I was too young to have such nice things, not to give it to me, and in defiance, she pulled off her silver bracelet and gave it to me because they matched!</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yeah! I was hooked on art nouveau! I still have that set too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was a typical antiquer kid, had collections of rocks, shells, cans, books, souvenirs, post cards, art, anything. When I was a teen I went to a university, but I lived way out in the country in an area where general stores were still the norm. There, I bought McCoy mixing bowls and small ceramic planters - these were the items I could afford. I began to go to garage sales, even had a garage sale with my neighbors - I was hooked!</p><p><br /></p><p>I stopped buying stuff nearly a decade ago. I have enough stuff to last lifetimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I am downsizing in preparation for the next portion of my life: old age. haha!</p><p>I sold my ex-biz property and my friends and the local collectors (dealers) were thrilled with the treasures they hauled out of there! ..But, I&#039;d already brought the &quot;best stuff&quot; home. I have started to clear out my home to sell it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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