"When I was a little girl, I remember having birthday parties at my house and taking my friends down to our basement to see my mom's huge collection of tiny figures, neatly organised in typeset trays hanging all over the walls. Our entire 1000-square-foot basement had been turned into a sort of antique warehouse."
"Each birthday, her aunts would gift her $2 to buy a charm for her charm bracelet, but instead of buying a charm, Mom would buy a miniature for her tray. One after another, typeset trays filled. And this is still happening even today."
"Every Saturday, my mom, grandma, and I would head out to the garage sales to find new additions. We called ourselves the Three Musketeers. We'd scan all the knickknacks to see what we liked, what we didn't have, and what would fit in the typeset."
Celina Myers' mother began collecting miniatures at age 14 in the early 1970s after being inspired by a friend's typeset tray. She started purchasing miniatures from garage sales and continued adding to her collection through birthday gifts and weekly outings. The entire 1,000-square-foot basement became an organized antique warehouse filled with typeset trays hanging wall-to-wall. As a child, Celina and her friends enjoyed visiting the collection, which included nostalgic items like Spice Girls dolls and crazy bones. Her mother established a rule to look but not touch. Weekly garage sale trips with Celina and her grandmother, called the Three Musketeers, became a family tradition. Despite becoming disabled, her mother continues adding to the collection, finding ongoing joy in the hobby.
Read at Business Insider
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