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6. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help We try to post stories and
comments from our readers each week. Send your story to newsletter@tias.com and
we'll publish it in an upcoming newsletter.  Please share your story about what
you collect and what got you started collecting.  We *love* to hear your
stories!  If you have a story you'd like to share, tell us about it and if you
have any photos, we'd love to see them! Send us an email to newsletter@tias.com
so we can share your story with the rest of our readers.
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We haven't had any stories submitted in quite some time. We sure would love to
hear yours!  Here's one submitted and published in our very first Collectors
Newsletter on December 1, 2001:

A collection of sand.  One reader submitted her husbands unusual collection
this week.  My husband, Marcel, has a sand collection which includes some from
several different countries, as well as the USA.  He collected rocks when he
was 12 years old, and decided sand was a part of rocks, so he got his first
sample at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.  He is now nearly 58 and has 114 USA
samples and 45 foreign samples.  Some he collected himself and some were
collected by other people who brought samples back to him.  Most are either
desert or beach sand, some are dull and some are beautiful.  One looks like
garnet.  They are displayed in clear plastic bottles in a homemade rack, which
he made specifically to fit the bottles.  They are all labeled as to where they
came from.--Beryl B
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Last week Andrew sent in a picture of a large collection of old tools, and he
was having trouble finding info about them.  Most of our readers agreed that
they appear to be stone cutter / sculpture tools.  To view the image, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques/photos/pb.331482348655.-
2207520000.1458577851./10154047992913656/?type=3&theater [wraps]

Quite a few helpful comments made by our readers. Thank you!
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One of our readers sent in this request for help to identify an item she has
had for years :

"This is a metal plaque-picture ICÇÖve had for years and I canCÇÖt find
anything about it.  It weighs 3 3/4 lbs and the size is 7&11/16CÇØ X 12&1/4CÇØ
There is nothing written on the back.  I can read most of the front which is:
BREAKING HOME TIES IN '61 "GOODBYE-GOD SPARE YOU"
Thank You!  Linda"
View the images here:
https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques/posts/10154092803773656
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