Tonight I was watching the TV show where people bring in some possession and have appraisers tell them what it's "worth" on the market. A question came to me--as it often does when I see the show
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Personally, if I really liked something and it was also given a high monetary value, that wouldn't change the fact that I liked it and I'd also keep it. I might make sure it was noted on my home insurance policy, but the value is only a number and it's nobody's business so I wouldn't be bragging. Normally I would say this is a normal response, but nowdays people seem to need to tell the world about the cost of everything, so probably not.
Since I love telling stories, I'm sure I'd be telling people of how I went on Antique Roadshow with a piece of junk, and then got the surprise of how much its worth. It's a great story to tell. It might be seen as bragging by some but my purpose would just be the story. That's why I have an online journal. I love to tell the stories of what I'm experiencing. I'd keep it because trying to sell something is a hassle. If it turned out I had something worth millions from the Ming Dynasty or something, then I'd seriously look into getting it to a museum.
My attitude would improve a little toward the object because now its more interesting.
This seems like a typical response to me, but I've often discovered how I'm not quite normal. Just a little out of the mainstream.
It would depend on how sentimental I was about the item. If it were say my mother's engagement ring, I'd just keep on loving it no matter what it was worth. If it were a piece of furniture to which I wasn't attached I might try to sell it but I don't think I'd ever brag about how much something I have is worth. It's not in me to do that.
Interesting. There are no heirlooms in my family, from either side, since Daddy's Parents came over from Czechosolvakia in 1915, while Daddy was in utero. They came over with the clothes on their backs.
Mom's parents had a fire when she was about 8, and anything heirloomy went in the blaze.
I dunno. Personally, I'm very attached to things that Daddy built with his own hands...one is an escher-like piece, a 3D thing he built out of graph paper. I'm tempted to say if there were a valuable thing that were simply valuable, I'd sell it. If it'd been dear to Mom or Dad, I wouldn't.
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My attitude would improve a little toward the object because now its more interesting.
This seems like a typical response to me, but I've often discovered how I'm not quite normal. Just a little out of the mainstream.
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Mom's parents had a fire when she was about 8, and anything heirloomy went in the blaze.
I dunno. Personally, I'm very attached to things that Daddy built with his own hands...one is an escher-like piece, a 3D thing he built out of graph paper. I'm tempted to say if there were a valuable thing that were simply valuable, I'd sell it. If it'd been dear to Mom or Dad, I wouldn't.
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Sell?
I dunno.
Antiques Road Show is fun to watch.
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