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To: MSB who wrote (66089)	12/11/1999 11:45:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

You have to wait so long for most collectibles to be valuable (and I exclude here the odd phenomenon of faddish "instant" collectibles- like Beanies and Pokemon cards- things which will love their value as soon as the fad is over)- it is almost impossible to guess what the really valuable things will be. The best things to buy are antiques that have already stood the test of time- things from the Victorian period, for example, things that were not mass produced- I especially urge people to collect something in an area that has not yet seen a vast influx of collectors. The people that I know who try to be in front of the curve- are collecting 60's stuff- which does not yet have a huge market- mid century modern (50's stuff) is hot right now- but the 60's will become hot, and so will the 70's. If you want to collect modern stuff I would suggest those decades- but I am not a big fan of modernism. It does not appeal to me and I have no great experience in the area.