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Some of it is genuinely useful: a 50 year old Sunbeam Mixmaster is going to need some maintenance but will last another few decades if taken care of vs the crap
by technofiend 8y ago
Some of it is genuinely useful: a 50 year old Sunbeam Mixmaster is going to need some maintenance but will last another few decades if taken care of vs the crap built with plastic gears these days.
I think these antique malls spring up as much as anything from people who valuing these items collecting them. At some point you wake up and realize unless you're going to open a museum you don't actually need 10 examples of whatever.
- ghaff 8y agoYou either get into buying and selling or you open up a B&B :-) I'm convinced a lot of B&B owners got into it so that they could cover every last surface with cutesy "antiques."
- technofiend 8y agoHah. And with any luck some of your light fingered guests help you reduce your collection. But seriously I think the appeal of these things also reflects a completely different lifestyle. These days if you really think you'll have unexpected overnight guests you'll have a sleeper sofa instead of a Murphy Bed. My wife collects Singer Featherweight portable electric sewing machines. With the low cost of new and used clothes plus so few learning to sew I can't think of anything more absurdly useless. Although in her defense she's made use of it herself I don't think anyone under 40 would have any use for it unless they're trying to start a retro YouTube channel.
- ghaff 8y agoPeople still repair and modify stuff. A friend of mine literally just replaced a backpack zipper for me. But I agree it’s almost certainly less common than it was.