Confessions of a Suburban Treasure Hunter

My neighborhood is either getting poorer or they're holding onto things in fear of the apocalypse - an event in which gold and diamonds ...

All things I buy, I buy because they're lovely and/or useful. Sometimes they're useful, however, as a simple asset. Take beads. ...

I'm a jewelry hound, and a cheap one at that - I won't pay for anything I'll lose money on if I change my mind later (a hangover...

A friend of mine told me once that when you have a timepiece that has the case of one company, the dial of another, and the works of yet one...

'Tis the season. I found another one.  Seriously, it's the third I've seen in a year or so, and this one was a quarter. ...