HOW TO FIND TREASURE ON YOUR HOMESTEAD
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Over 800 different patents of barbed wire have been
recorded. There are variations in the twist, the barb, the
way of attaching the barb, the number of barbs per foot and
so on. Some wires look like rick-rack. Others have points
soldered on. There are round barbs with jagged edges and
barbs that are twisted around the main strand.
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Barbed wire variations seem endless and collectors are
eager to add to the specimens they own. Sticks of the more
common patterns sell for 50¢ each, while rare
varieties bring as much as $100.
Barbed Wire Collector's Associations have been formed in at
least nine states. Membership runs into the hundreds, with
regularly scheduled exhibitions and swapping meets.
WHERE TO SELL YOUR FINDS
Hundreds of junk and antique dealers across the country
handle bottles and other collectables. You'll find them
listed in phone books under ANTIQUES —
DEALERS. Keep in mind, though, that—while
dealers buy more at a time—private collectors will
pay more for individual items.
You can reach those private collectors with newspaper ads
and garage sales of your antiques. Flea markets—where
you can usually rent a table for about $5—are
excellent places to sell your treasures.
A number of antique collectors' magazines carry ads for
people who wish to buy or sell a multitude of items. One of
the most helpful is SPINNING WHEEL, a publication which
carries monthly lists of flea markets and antique shows
scheduled across the country . . . as well as a selection
of antique dealers, their addresses and their areas of
interest.
SPINNING WHEEL also contains an extensive "Antiques
Shopping Center" for both buyers and sellers. The May '72
Buying Column Ads placed by individual collectors and
dealers included such wanted items as old political
documents, military medals, mechanical banks, old books,
unusual fruit jars, campaign buttons, glass paperweights,
old coins, railroad items, insulators, Coca-Cola trays and
old beer cans.
If your library doesn't carry the magazine, you can order a
single copy, postpaid, for 75¢ from SPINNING WHEEL,
Exchange Place, Hanover, Pa. 17331.
Your library may have a copy of A.T. Evans' TREASURE
HUNTER'S YEARBOOK. In addition to treasure hunt
stories and hints, each copy of this annual carries a
bottle club directory and the 1970-71 issue lists names and
addresses of 96 bottle clubs located in nearly every state
including Hawaii. Another section in the Evans annual lists
names and addresses (and, sometimes, meeting places and
times) for 30 treasure clubs. The yearbook is available for
$4 from Eureka Press, P.O. Box 1215, Odessa, Texas 79760.
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