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YIKES!! Collecting stuff can be expensive!!

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I just started a small collection of cute teddy bears to decorate the living room. I looked around and some of the 'artist' bears I thought were really nice that are all fancy and made with mohair and have cute handmade outfits and some of them sell for (I am not joking) eight hundred bucks!!!

People collect lots of stuff that one would think would be pricey like good golf clubs, or jewelry, and so on. But BEARS?

What is the world coming to?
 
i know..its insane...its like people out there know that there are people out there that do happen to collect random things and are willing to pay the price...when i was a kid, my dad bought me a stuffed cute frog for $50....a stuffed toy...even i told my dad that was too expensive...but then again...im an only child..haha
 
Sounds like you need to collect something else. LOL
Look at the price of roses when Velentines day is nearing. They get costly too.
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
Look at the price of roses when Velentines day is nearing. They get costly too.
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Well, true. But the Rules say Y'ALL hafta buy the roses for US..... :hehe:
 
A friend of mine purchased several Longaberger (SP) bears for over $50 apiece....I told her she was nuts, lol.

Then again, we've collected a lot of NASCAR diecast cars over the years...I started adding up what we had spent on them over the years, and I stopped because it was just too scary!! Right after Earnhardt's death, I paid over $250 for what was pretty much the only car of his we didn't have................am I nuts too? Probably. LOL.

I keep my chicken collection cheap, however, lol. My Mom got me some beautiful hand-painted ones for Christmas, though.... :)
 
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