I collect fountain pens and pocket watches, does anyone else on DU?

[Mike 03]

7. Are the prices about in line with your experience as a collector?

I ask because although I don't collect pens or watches, I do collect mostly books or other odds and ends. I also look at the prices of other objects on eBay and what is blowing my mind is how the prices on collectibles seems to have dropped significantly from when I was a more active collector of first editions and signed first editions.

Maybe I'm wrong and I just happened to look at things that are not in high demand anymore. But I'm insanely curious to know if anyone else has noticed this with the items they happen to collect.

And if it's true, Why? Are people re-evaluating the worth of things in a world that is so troubled? Or is that prices have come down to meet the majority of people who simply don't have much disposable income on hand?

Actually, I DO Have a pocket watch that my father gave me. His grandfather had owned it. It's small and (allegedly) gold. It's somewhere in a box in my garage. I have no clue as to its value. When I saw your post I phoned my mother to see if she could remember a little bit more about it, but she doesn't know much more than I do. The thing that struck me about the watch was how small it is. I recall it as being rather heavy, with a flip up cover.