7. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help/Blast from the past

Do you have an interesting story to tell? Send your story to
newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here.  If we use your story, we'll
send you a handy-dandy TIAS pocket tape measure & magnifier
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TIASAntiques/vide...

Please be sure to include your name and postal mailing address. (Valid for US
addresses only)

Here's a reprint from 2/28/2002:

Proof that collecting is genetic. This reader found that the collecting bug is
indeed something that can be passed on from generation to generation.  I know a
 lot of people collect postcards, but I think that this is a new one.  My mom
traveled a lot for work, so I started a collection of postcards from all of the
 places she traveled when I was a kid.  I also asked everyone I knew to pick
some up for me on their travels.  I have collected over 2,000 in my 30 years. 
About a month after my grandfather died in 1999 my grandmother gave me two big
metal boxes.  I opened them up to find some smaller WW II ammunition type boxes
 inside.  I thought that the boxes were great, but she said to keep looking. 
Inside those boxes was the collection that of postcards that my grandfather had
 been collecting since he was a kid!  The second big box was even better. 
Inside were more ammo boxes, this time, they were from WWI!  These boxes were
the collection that my Great Grandfather had started as a kid!  I never had any
 idea that the postcard thing was in the blood!......Gwen S

8. Facebook Updates

Remember that you can check out our Facebook page for some interesting updates.
  Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques
If you have photos of items you would like to share you can post them there as
well.  You don't need a Facebook account to visit our page.  If you do have a
Facebook account please "Like" us!

Also, everyday we post a "This Date In History" story on our Facebook page,
along with an item for sale on http://www.tias.com that relates to the event. 
We're also highlighting one item each day that we find particularly interesting
 - something that's very unusual!  Check it out!

It's always fun to see what other people own and treasure! Although we can't
put the pictures in this newsletter, please visit our Facebook page to view the
 images and learn about those items.
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