Fun With Nostalgia

People who like nostalgia tend to like to collect it. But what to collect? Most collectible topics are very broad so one should think about what interests you the most. For example, a person who likes ephemera or paper collectibles would need to narrow it dramatically. Postcards , for examp,e would be a good specific topic within ephemera. You might decide on that because it has history, stamps, messages, fairly good availability and is day to store. To see more about collecting postcards go to this video.

Go to YouTube.com and search Old Stuff Show old postcards. What you will learn is that even with a specific collectible there are many sub reasons for collecting it. Postcard interest could be about:

-a local location like the town you live in

a specific topic that you are interested in like old buildings, railways, seasonal like Christmas, Valentines, Halloween, military,war, events

stamps on the back, postmarks on the back written messages

street scenes in cities and towns, towns that have disappeared

humour, animals, cartoons

real photo cards which are highly valuable

buy, sell , and trade with others to improve your collection

checking auctions, EBay and Facebook buy and sell sites

It can be fun trying to find as many postcards about your community as you can

So Nostalgia is fun. Collecting it is great fun!