I should have saved EVERYTHING in my youth!

[Adam Helmer]

As the PA Dutch say, "Too soon old and too late schmart." I just came back from an indoor yard sale and it was a shock to realize how old I am and how much VALUABLE stuff I burned in the burning barrel out back or took to the dump.

Cases in point: I handled dozens of different year's editions of Sears and Montgomery Ward Catalogues from 1950, 1951.......up to the 1960s. In addition, there were the smaller Christmas Catalogues for the 1950s years. The prices were $20-$150.00 EACH. I saw Colt .45 Automatics for $77.50, Winchester Model 70 rifles for $96.50, etc. Had we know the value of old Sears and "Monkey Ward" Catalogues, we would never have consigned them to the outhouse as we routinely did in days of yore.

Yep, too soon old and too late schmart, or maybe we just lived too long to realize what treasures we tossed.

Adam