7. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help/Blast from the past

Do you have an interesting story to tell? Send your story to
newsletter{at}tias.com and we may publish it here.  If we use your story,
we'll send you a handy-dandy TIAS pocket tape measure & magnifier
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TIASAntiques/videos/?ref=page_internal

Please be sure to include your name and postal mailing address. (Valid for
US addresses only)

Here's a reprint from 2/28/2002:

Proof that collecting is genetic. This reader found that the collecting bug
is indeed something that can be passed on from generation to generation.  I
know a lot of people collect postcards, but I think that this is a new one.
 My mom traveled a lot for work, so I started a collection of postcards
from all of the places she traveled when I was a kid.  I also asked
everyone I knew to pick some up for me on their travels.  I have collected
over 2,000 in my 30 years.  About a month after my grandfather died in 1999
my grandmother gave me two big metal boxes.  I opened them up to find some
smaller WW II ammunition type boxes inside.  I thought that the boxes were
great, but she said to keep looking.  Inside those boxes was the collection
that of postcards that my grandfather had been collecting since he was a
kid!  The second big box was even better.  Inside were more ammo boxes,
this time, they were from WWI!  These boxes were the collection that my
Great Grandfather had started as a kid!  I never had any idea that the
postcard thing was in the blood!......Gwen S

8. Facebook Updates

Remember that you can check out our Facebook page for some interesting
updates.  Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques
If you have photos of items you would like to share you can post them there
as well.  You don't need a Facebook account to visit our page.  If you do
have a Facebook account please "Like" us!

Also, everyday we post a "This Date In History" story on our
Facebook page, along with an item for sale on http://www.tias.com that
relates to the event.  We're also highlighting one item each day that we
find particularly interesting - something that's very unusual!  Check it
out!

It's always fun to see what other people own and treasure! Although we
can't put the pictures in this newsletter, please visit our Facebook page
to view the images and learn about those items.
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