Well, I'm trying to cut back, but Harbour Lights knows me too well. They keep introducing pieces that I can't live without, like Cape Charles and Price's Creek, for example.

My shelves are so cluttered now. They used to look neat. So I've got to find some more ways to display.

I love my collection; I enjoy my collection! Priorities!

But it's those darn boxes that truly aggravate me. WHY does having the original box, packaging and papers of a piece that's been displayed "in a smoke-free" home add to the value? So the next person can pay for extra square footage in order to store the same boxes??? Doesn't make a bit of sense to me. If you go to auctions and see the value and popularity of old toys, it's not the opened packages with used toys that sell well...it's the unopened packages.
Personally, I think that the box/value thing is a miff that we here on the forums haved fueled.

And, the bigger the piece, the bigger the box!

Judy