There's a new program on - the Nate Burkus Show - one of Oprah's spinoff's. I've caught it a couple of times during the week. He does a lot with de-cluttering and flea market finds. A great idea is to have people "shop their own houses."

I'm underwhelmed by his person who advises on collectibles and such. Frankly, I can't see going to Target to buy some platter because this assistant says that in 10 or 20 years it will be worth a few bucks more. What a waste of time and money. Like the collections of Beanie Babies and such - they are artificially "valuable" and that idea can tank easily (and, I think, predictably).

Maybe in 50 years a Beanie Baby collection will have some value and interest, but there are a lot of things people collect that are so widely mass produced that frankly, putting the uncirculated paper money away for many years will probably bring more value from collectors than the things you'd buy with the cash.

SRS