INFLATION

by Don Sikes , Vera Cruz, Missouri, Friday, August 11, 2023, 01:47 (470 days ago) @ JimT

this is one of the reasons I started collecting guns, knives, and swords after I retired from the military back in the mid-90's... besides my fascination with weapons I found them to be good investment against lack of "funds" when money was needed for emergencies and such...

having to sell off parts of my collection has been painful to say the least but it has saved my bacon several times to include as recently as 2017...

I'm back up to a fairly comfortable level of "items" in my collection currently... tho lately my inventory of swords (specially Japanese swords) is getting fairly abundant... I try to find them at low auction prices so that if I do have to "give up" any, with appreciation of value as a consideration, I should be well above water... needless to say, my handgun, long-gun, and shotgun inventory were acquired at prices that I found reasonable and are appreciating in value nearly as soon as I acquired them...

I enjoy my collection and my wife finds comfort in that we have "investment" inventory if needed for any future emergencies where "funds" are needed rather quickly...