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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinage86, post: 187487, member: 7584&quot;]Im a collector:&nbsp; War letters and diaries&nbsp; (WWI; WWII; Korea; Vietnam);&nbsp; Vietnam slides;&nbsp; Pocket Watches; Glass negatives;&nbsp; large size antique&nbsp; framed/matted photos; Coin collecting is #3 in my priority of collecting.&nbsp;&nbsp; The letters and diaries are #1;&nbsp; The watches are #2.&nbsp; The watches are similar to coins: condition sensitive, although no formal grading standards exist.&nbsp; Merely poor, fine, and near mint.&nbsp; Ive seen some average to less than watches sell in shops for ridiculous money.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coin dealers sell a few pocket watches at shows, often overpriced.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; On ebay the price you pay for a common but near-mint, antique pocket watch, is the same price you pay in a retail dealer&#039;s shop for a flawed, average or less than average piece.&nbsp;&nbsp; ...letters and diaries:&nbsp; I love the old handwritten stuff.&nbsp; But I like historical content that tells a story; Im not looking for autographs of famous people.&nbsp;&nbsp; And antique store ledgers from the local general store:&nbsp; I dont want it.&nbsp; I have no use for accounting ledgers.&nbsp;&nbsp; People think the old store ledgers are collectible.&nbsp;&nbsp; NO way.&nbsp; Value on those is limited, unless it has historical relevance to a particular person place or event.&nbsp; ...glass negatives:&nbsp; some great old glass negatives out there, if you have an eye for a great photo.&nbsp;&nbsp; The glass negatives you can scan and make prints of some great vintage scenes[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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