Why Collect Depression Glass?

Some people wonder why I would want to collect depression glass, or anything else for that matter. Honestly, I don't know what it is that makes one person decide to collect something while the next person has no interest whatsoever. It might be memories tied to some particular person or event that sparks an interest. It might be recognizing some special pattern of glass that your Grandmother used to give you homemade lemonade in, there is just no telling.

One thing I've learned in my years of collecting is that people collect just about anything that you can possibly think of. If you doubt that, take a gander at the collectibles that get bought and sold on eBay on any given day. I mean, people collect old advertising, gum wrappers, Pez dispensers, and the list goes on and on. For each of them, there is something that makes that item special in some way.

Some people collect as a method of investing. They make each purchase with an eye to that item's future value or how it will add to the value of a collection they already have. Some people just "like" the stuff they collect. There really is no right or wrong reason to start a collection. I have bought many items over the years that have appreciated in value, but I have also made many purchases knowing that there would probably be no financial gain from it in the end. I just thought that particular item was interesting and wanted to have it, so it ended up in my varied collection of "stuff". I'm sure I could probably open up a small collectibles store with the many things I've acquired over the years, but I personally wouldn't put my green depression glass up for sale. Is that strange? I don't know. It is just how I am. Some day maybe it will get passed on or maybe my family will just put it up for sale in an estate sale. I suppose it won't matter much to me at that point, but for now I enjoy having it around. I think that is why people start collecting. They just like having that stuff around.

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