Does anyone here collect antique Masonic stuff?

[The Night Owl]

For some reason, I have a compulsion to buy antique Masonic stuff when I come across it at estate sales and I'm wondering if I'm alone in that compulsion.

[Vinca]

1. I buy it when I see it, but only for resale. It doesn't interest me much at all.

(I'm a whole lot more interested in a piece of pottery I spotted at a Masonic Temple sale one time. The place was filled with antiques - sadly,not for sale - and the pottery looked like a Grueby or maybe Hampshire umbrella stand that had been filled with sand and converted to an ashtray. Maybe someday they'll all give up smoking and put it in the sale.)

[zabet]

2. Got loads of it from my Dad...

he is/was a Mason for umpteen years, actually a past Grand Master. Some of it brings good money for resale. Some of the pieces I have sold over the years he has been really helpful in IDing the purpose/meaning of for me.