A few days ago I purchased a

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6. I have fun for several reasons.

I love to learn.
Research is so fun and full of surprises. I use to make mistakes by not looking items up, still do but not as often. I recently found a small curled up aluminum spoon. Kind of corroded and didn't look like much. Before tossing it away I rubbed on it and saw "cream top" embossed on it. Looked a little harder and saw pat. dates 1925, 1924. Googled images and saw that it use to hang on cream top milk bottles and was used to dip out the cream. Wow. I love those moments.
I love to talk to people and get them to talk about their passions.
Not hard to do. Just ask a collector what the holy grail is that he or she is looking for. Their eyes light up as they give you a lesson about their passion and search.

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