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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;toomanytocount, post: 265879, member: 5115&quot;]It happens to be the situation now that smaller items are the most favorable of antique/vintage goods.</p><p>My own conclusion about that is based on the effect of internet shopping, auctions, and the cost of shipping. The smaller the item, the lower the costs. This appeals to collectors and resellers, who all have to add shipping to the overall value of items as an investment, or as a cut to their profits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I, as an internet seller of 15 years or more, have seen the Post Office fees go up and up, due to their own financial problems, where letters are a thing of the past, and parcels are now their money makers.</p><p>In the last five years, they also have cancelled their reasonable shipping choices for us, to ones that benefits them the most.</p><p>I used to buy a lot of large items, and resold them easily, worldwide. Now the high costs makes that impossible, there is no profit for me, and often buyers pay more for shipping than for the antique/vintage item they purchased.</p><p>Hence, the decision to go with small items, or low cost items, that are not a high risk to ship with the less secure and cheaper shipping options.</p><p><br /></p><p>If younger buyers would rather collect smaller items for their small homes, that works well for everyone. But I think today&#039;s working generations are more inclined to spend their available cash on new technology of all kinds, rather than old stuff.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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