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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Small Size, post: 2412134, member: 77924&quot;]I&#039;ve been collecting things since I was five. First coins, then stamps, then paper money, then stamps some more, then paper money some more, then, etc. etc.</p><p>Along the way I&#039;ve bought things that are now worth dozens of times what I paid for them. I bought lots of turkeys, too. The thing is, I almost never sold or otherwise disposed of anything. So I&#039;ve experienced the pleasure of ownership of some things for decades.</p><p>When the time comes to seriously start selling things (the stamp collection is up first, it&#039;s the most likely to decline in value in the future), I&#039;m sure all totaled I&#039;ll wind up with a very great net profit, that will doubtlessly help as my wife and I approach retirement. But I never bought things with that in mind. I always bought what appealed to me in the basic, visceral collecting sense.</p><p>If I&#039;d bought as an investor, I doubt my potential profit would be anywhere near what it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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