Originally Posted by Frank Mulligan:
Originally Posted by overlandflyer:
then came the internet/ eBay... i still have my character glass collection it took me more than a decade to piece together, but just for laughs, i recently visited eBay and did a search, what originally took me a dozen years of collecting can now be done online in a weekend.
Yeah, but wasn't it so much more fun "hunting" for the items you needed at flea markets/antique shops/garage sales/auctions/train shows/swap meets? 
Remember the days of going into a record store to see what they had?
Remember the days of going into a record store to see what they had?
records? ... what are those? 
yes it was fun collecting in those pre-web days. many towns around me have an antique store district and i still like to roam around a real store when i get the chance. i even see some tinplate occasionally, but it's typically either overpriced or overdistressed or both.
cheers...gary
