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"It is always a buyer
beware market," says
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valuables," you could follow one of
three current trends. Says Ralph,
"Either go 1950's, English Coun-
try, or High Tech and Deco. The
latter are the people who want the
old radios."
The second, more common
type of collector pays no attention
to what's in. "They collect what
they enjoy. They don't necessarily
have a use for it. They don't plan
on selling it for a big profit," Ralph
says. Moreover, as far as he's con-
cerned, if you get into collecting in
the hopes of making your fortune,
"you're a fool, unless you're real
lucky."
Collecting is now a popular
pastime. By the Kovels' estimate,
one in three people owns or buys
an antique. And while there are
probably psychological reasons
for why people collect what they
do, the Kovels haven't delved too
deeply into it. Obviously, they say,
some collections are nostalgia-

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based, such as the men who col-
lect toys they couldn't afford as
children. Or aptitude-based, such
as the NASA scientist they know
who has a collection of 15,000 ad-
justable wrenches.
But "why do I collect printed
textiles? Who knows?" Terry
shrugs. Ralph stage whispers,
"I'm sitting next to a lady who col-
lects stickers off bananas and puts
them in albums."
Although people collect at dif-
ferent price levels, "the average
person doesn't go out and buy
stuff at the $1000 to $2000 and
above level," says Ralph. "Our
recommendation is to buy one
good piece rather than many
cheaper pieces."
Just as in the art market, at the
upper price level, where antique
items are sold for hundreds of
thousands, not to say millions, of

