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Antiquing is something that my great grandma loved to do. When I was little we would go to a bunch of antique shops and look around. I didn't always understand the appeal, but now that I am a lot older (and in line to get some of her antique jewelry) I appreciate it a lot more.

I remember my friends mom looked everywhere for this vintage antique collectible dress. The dresses had a ton of detail on them and they were worn by people who were on the titanic (she had some sort of obsession with the titanic). But the dresses really were amazing. They had jewels on them and so much more detail then you would ever see on a dress now. And they were covered with silks and different colors.

I also heard about my roommate's professor collecting antique Christmas lights. Now that I think is really cool. I never got to see them but she was telling us about them and they were all different shapes and would look so cool (I love holiday decorations, especially white Christmas lights).

Although I have never really had the energy r the desire to go out and antique, I feel like maybe when I am older I would. I don't really have a lot of patience to look around everywhere for one specific thing and I am not really into collecting items (yet, who knows maybe one day I will be). But if I am out and I come across an antique shop, I will almost always go in and take a look around. You can usually find something that is really cool and stands out for yourself or something that you know would be perfect for someone you know or a close friend.

I do also like the shows on TV where you have to guess how much the antiques cost. I think it is really interesting to hear about their histories and how rare they are and how much they are worth. I couldn't believe how much some of the items were one time last year when I was watching the show. They had spoons (like the kind you eat with) for thousands of dollars and people were fighting over them. It seems kind of weird to me, but on the other hand those items may be really important to someone else. I guess it is true when they say one man's junk is another man's treasure.