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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5512434, member: 19463&quot;]A repeating story of my life is regret for selling collectibles when I changed to another type.&nbsp; In each case I saved a few very special ones but regret not having saved more of the stamps. This is one I kept from the stamp days. As with coins, I forgave the faults here because of the interest but sold the higher grade items that were less complex.&nbsp; Most of my off cover stamps were from the time you could get your choice from old collections for 2 cents a stamp and I still have those. Most of the classics were sold (sadly).</p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/88/582688/1/164286107.FH2qyllU.shipletter1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Changing your mind as to what is collectible is not a financially rewarding thing but my heirs are as uninterested in my photos (mostly stereoviews), meteorites and my wife&#039;s bells as they are in my coins. I have no idea what will become of those as well as the coins.&nbsp; Today, more young people &#039;do&#039; rather than collect.</p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o3/88/582688/1/89477007.X5LCNArU.tucsonring.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>ambrotype</p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/v3/88/582688/1/47057887.ambromc2631sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>daguerreotype (He knew his father would beat him if he moved and wasted the quarter paid for the photo. I paid more.)</p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/v3/88/582688/1/47057870.dagboysm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o6/88/582688/1/89764842.LXNcSjkI.0metsa5068a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o1/88/582688/1/139716552.XbhsSbhM.0bell0468.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This full plate tintype is my great-great-grandfather c.1877 when he died standing on a train track built across his land.&nbsp; Now you know where I got my good looks. My daughter at least wants this part of the photo collection. </p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o9/88/582688/1/153389649.uKfrBNiw.hlinn10060.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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