In the past 20 years, I have gone to the countryside to collect a lot of old things, but in general, I have lost and earned, but I have not made a lot of money. On the contrary, because there are several types of old objects because of errors in judgment, and spent a lot of money in vain, to trap, leaving a painful lesson, worthy of peers or enthusiasts to collect friends, take warning.
1. Hand-cranked old-fashioned spinning wheel
This is the tool used for spinning in the past, mainly for spinning cotton thread. In the past, when it was windy and rainy, the elderly would take it out and weave cotton thread to pass the time. The age of those who can still recognize this tool is at least thirty years old.
It is very troublesome to use, the seeded cotton, first loosened, kneaded into thumb-like thick cotton slivers, glued the fibers on the tip of the end of the cotton sliver to the tip of the wooden spindle, and then shake the spinning wheel, while shaking the fiber of the cotton sliver to pull out, slowly twisted into cotton yarn. Without skilled kung fu, ordinary people may not be able to operate well.
The large wheel has a diameter of more than one meter, and the small one can be lifted with one hand. Around 2000, a lot of such old objects were found in the countryside, and I thought that they could become cultural relics in the future. Unexpectedly, decades have passed, and the wood is about to be eaten by insects, ** is ridiculously low, and you can buy it for dozens of dollars on the Internet. Spending so much money in vain, not only did it not maintain its value, but it also underperformed inflation.
2, Tang Pozi
Tang Pozi is also called "Tang Baozi", alias "Foot Po", this thing has appeared in the Song Dynasty. The soup bowl is used to warm hands and feet in winter, and its principle is the same as that of a warm water bag, except that a flat round bottle made of copper or steel is poured into it, and after tightening the nut, it can be stuffed into a cloth bag of a similar size and used in the quilt. In the morning, the water poured out of the pot is still lukewarm and can be used to wash your face, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
These soup women who were common before the 90s are now unseen by many young people. I'm also greedy enough, hoarding a lot of soup women, thinking that I can sell them for a ** money in the future, but now I have been slapped by reality. Young people don't like it, and it's cumbersome to hold, far worse than a charged hand warmer.
Most of the soup women on the market today are made by machines. Even if it is really handmade in the Qing Dynasty or the early years, the collection value is generally only about a few hundred yuan to a thousand yuan. If you have one at home, keep it.
3. Old-fashioned wooden locks
To be honest, collecting old-fashioned wooden locks is not as appreciative as collecting copper locks, wooden locks are not easy to preserve, and the market is relatively niche. The copper lock in the Ming and Qing dynasties is the mainstream, and the old copper lock has a unique technology, unique shape, and is suitable for playing.
The more beautiful and complex the pattern on some hand-made copper locks, the more unique the shape, and the higher the collection value. Look at the pile of wooden locks that I pounded, I can't sell ** at all, and it's an eyesore when I put it, so I can only use it as firewood.
4. Vinyl record player
In addition to the hand-cranked record player with the appearance of a large horn, there are also portable vinyl record players, which are larger than the size of today's laptops. Before the 80s of the last century, listening to songs was done with a record player, put the record in, and then put the pointer, and the sound would come out continuously, and a record would have 2 songs.
At that time, it was always on the shopping list for some young people from wealthy families to get married. The ** of vinyl record players is not cheap, and it costs most of the average person's salary for half a year.
Now there are also record players on the Internet that imitate the shape of the past, and they are not expensive, hundreds of yuan each. But the few hundred dollars now are obviously not the same thing as the hundreds of dollars in the past. I didn't understand this field before, and I bought a lot, but I didn't expect it to be so vulnerable in front of electronic products. It's just barely holding its value, and it's hard to make money from it.
Looking back on the past 20 years of collecting, I can see it. This industry requires knowledge and vision, but also self-confidence. Collect because of true love, you can play. Even if the price of chromium falls in the later period, it will not hurt the temper. If you want to make a fortune to collect, it is often difficult to get as good as you want!