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What is something worth collecting?

I was thinking about starting a collection of Japanese moriage. I’m wondering if starting this collection is worth the money? Any ideas as to what else I could collect that would be worth something down the road?

Honestly, with the coming of ebay, there isn’t much out there that is worth saving anymore.

You used to be able to save toys, so everyone did. Held onto their little alfs. They would go for as much as $20 at flea markets for this vintage find… and now they go for as low as $5 on ebay.

If I were you, I would invest in silver. As far a collection, just whatever you like to have, and don’t worry about it being an investment, since you’ll probably become attatched anyway.

[V0324] 斎灘４：高縄半島から波方半島のしまなみ海道の来島海峡大橋へ

Japanese Moriage Oriental Red Dragonware Tea Set Japanese Dragonware Moriage Tea Set in unusual bright Oriental Red, which is an Orangish Red. Moriage is a raised pattern. Dragons are White, Gray and Aqua Blue. There are also Aqua Blue decorations scattered on the lids and sides of the pieces. All have Gold trim on the handles, lids and rims and also Gold accents on the Dragons. All of the pieces are in excellent condition with no chips, cracks …

Picture Bride $11.13 Carrying a photograph of the man she is to marry but has yet to meet, young Hana Omiya arrives in San Francisco, California, in 1917, one of several hundred Japanese picture brides whose arranged marriages brought them to America in the early 1900…

An Autumn Afternoon – Criterion Collection (DVD) $18.05 In his final film Yasujiro Ozu returns to the story of a widowed father giving up his favorite daughter in marriage, only to be left alone. The setting is the industrialized Japan of the 1960s, with small but intense traces of traditional Japanese cult…

Wind-Up Bird Chronicle $11.41 When a young man’s marriage breaks up, his subsequent search for identity mirrors that of his country, Japan.

Shizuko`s Daughter $6.92 A 12-year-old Japanese girl named Yuki must deal with the suicide of her mother and her father`s subsequent marriage to a dislikable woman. This story traces Yuki`s life throughout her adolescence.

Twinkle Twinkle $13.88 This Japanese romance, first published in 1991 and winner of the Lady Murasaki Award, is about a marriage of convenience between a gay doctor and a translator who adores him.

Some Prefer Nettles (Paperback) $10.07 Kaname`s father-in-law plans to save Kaname`s marriage by involving the couple in the classic traditions of Japan, especially the puppet theater

How to Be an American Housewife (Hardcover) $16.38 Entreated to visit her ancestral family in Japan in place of her ailing mother, Sue uncovers family secrets that influence her life in unforeseen ways, offer insight into her mother`s marriage to an American GI and reveal the role of tradition in shapi…