You're welcome! I'm glad I could help, there sure us a dearth of information out there on this, so I try to do what I can. :)

I'm glad you're interested in all of that! Sadly there aren't a lot of books that I've read on this, I've mostly just studied history, stuff on the subject, and more. That being said, there are some books that I'd recommend including The Art of War (war and business have many similarities), As I See It by John Paul Getty, and Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. Those help teach you the mindset that you need plus some good skills. As for the farming aspect, I'm currently reading The Living Soil Handbook by Jesse Frost, it is just about i.proving soil health and ecological farming, but, based on my thousands of hours of research, soil is everything, as such, soil is my focus at present and has been the focus of my experiments as well. Much of what I has learned truly has been from many hundreds of sources across many different fields. My primary area of focus for learning how to be a "baron" is from studying information far and wide about families who have generational wealth that lasts at least 4 or so generations, a lot of this research has been on KZbin. I have a slew of recommended channels on my channel where a lot of this can be learned! I hope that gets you on the right direction, sorry I can't be of more help.

Agreed! The Australian mining space has been making some awesome leaps and bounds as well--I would just like to see them get more on-shore refining as well because most of their stuff is shipped off to China to be refined right now. Big missed opportunity, if you ask me. Of course, I get they do it because they're making good money still, but I am a bit of a protectionist and like to see at least a strategic level of refining maintained in any given country, just in case. (And I'd like that done by the company under their own volition, not under the dictate of the powers that be.) For me, I'm currently invested almost entirely in mining right now. :) I didn't need one to grow mine--I didn't know any states needed to! (The ATF doesn't care if you grow it for personal use.) But it does look 4 states do require it back east, go figure. Now I have a new fun fact! Lol Yeah, I grew Havana Gold, which is supposed to be a great wrapper for cigars. Also tried to grow Virginia Gold, which is supposed to be a good filler, but it failed to thrive. I look forward to rolling a few! Still not about to smoke them, but I'll be happy to look at them! :)

But now it's a COOL book! (Sorry, I had to crack a pun.) For me, I've never been a fan of the freezer method to get rid of stink. I think I've done it a grand total of one time because so many people said to do it online. I had no luck there, but I did like it for dealing with mold. If I were in your shoes, I'd just leave the book open in a room with an air purifier if you have it. If you don't, I'd still air the book out like that, but it'll take a while longer. I'd leave it open halfway through the book and, if you don't have an air purifier, I'd stick a little Pyrex bowl full of baking soda beside it. Maybe a bowl of vinegar beside it as well, if you know it won't get spilled. Those could help reduce the smell faster. (I'll have to test out doing it with an onion as well since those do the trick for getting rid of the stink in refrigerators.) Hope that helps!

@antiquebookcollective let me know if you find something that works, or should we turn the page and move on.

@@darleneaitken1620 Airing out books works great! Air purifiers are my favorite way to air them out. (Ozone is my extra favorite though, but Californians complain about them.)

Lol! Well, there are plenty of crazy cat ladies who leave everything to their cats, so I guess it only makes sense to have your cats work for it if they're gonna get it! #MikeTheCrazyCatLady #FreeET

I actually follow some people who do just that--*2 is 1* is a great channel for that. He recently sold some of his stack to buy Bitcoin to cash in on what he expected to be a Trump win. I think it's a great, albeit possibly risky, choice where someone can really up their purchasing power and add to their stack when they do things right though! As a quick aside, I'll be curious if they eventually admit that Bitcoin is not digital gold though as it trades as a high beta risk-on trade. For me, I can't do Crypto for a set of reasons, but I do like to keep an eye on things. But I'm a tangible fellow myself, so I'm more than happy with my shiny. :)

For me I've just had enough luck getting into them. Honestly, I might need to do a video on it. Long story short, I have always looked for these because I'm a Christian, but I really got turned onto them for reselling because of my stint as an FBA scanner where I saw the new ones held so much value. One thing led to another during all of that and I was grabbing antiques and eventually I discovered the niche of antique Christian being a big moneymaker for me. From there it was just establishing the best places to get more of those same sorts of books. (I'll have to keep that a secret until the video though! Lol)

I'm glad the bleach helped! Like you said, it ain't perfect, but it can sure get the job done when all else fails. I'm not bold enough to try sanding most of the books I get, but that's because they're a hundred years old and the paper is brittle! Lol

Love it! :)

Lol Yeah, I can't recall which show I watched growing up where they said that, but it's where I picked it up from!

I sure with I could count to 3! Alas, that is math and you know what they say about math these days. Gotta be anti-racist and avoid doing math at all costs!!! (This was a sarcastic comment--Oregon got rid of a load of graduation requirements because of that misguided, and racist, train of thought. Yes, I'm still bitter about it. Lol)

Thanks for the comment! Sorry I didn't see yours, KZbin was holding them for some reason.

Glad you liked it! I have not and will not ever store books in Ziplocks for long term storage because I've seen plastic ruin enough items after being in contact with them for an extended period of time. All of the things I've seen were irreparably damaged or marred due to plastic which does not last forever in any way shape or form. In short, I don't recommend it and won't be testing it out myself! Hope that helps. :)

@antiquebookcollective Thank you for your reply! Also i wanted to ask you, what do you think about storing comics/books in those anti acid plastic bags? I have seen lots of videos doing this.

@gaku95 I have seen those and seen comics that have been in those bags for 30 to 40 years without issue, which I suppose is pretty good! A lot of my concerns arose because of things like the old PVC coin holders, low grade plastics, and other such ones that people used that broke down and the effect of that ruined, damaged, or marked what they were supposed to protect. For me, I tend to revert to the old way of things as often as possible because even the "tested" new things aren't tested enough. I want a hundred years of testing if I am working with something a hundred years old because it's tried and true. Might not be the best, but it's a known risk. That's just me though! :)

I stick with the original definitions and understandings of things. I don't play the constant definition-changing game governments play. Depressions are depressed growth.

@@antiquebookcollective "depressed growth" is literally ambiguous. In fact it suggests still positive growth. Anyway, not sure why you would use "original" meanings whatever that means. The meanings of things change over time. Is your definition from 1930? 1970? Today depression means deflation.

Hope it wasn't too boring! :)

Love it! :)

Agreed!

Yeah, it was WAAAYYY up from what it was before lockdowns. I am so happy to see its price dropping. :)

Yes!

Yep. My family went there a few years back and it was like 17 for a footlong. They used to be 5! (Like you said.) People can't afford this. It's insane.

Hope the hot minute was worthwhile! :)

Glad you liked it and thank you! :)

Yeah, Walmart has some great boxes at great prices! My boxes all come from Uline, Amazon (several different sellers), and Walmart. Most usually come from Amazon for me though.

Couldn't agree more! Silver has its place, but it's more volatile--ergo more speculative--than gold. The streets of Heaven are paved in gold and not silver for a reason! :) I'm still over the moon about my 1908 $5 liberty. Got a great deal for it and traded out of silver to get it.

There's our Trump victory! I could live with a gold and silver price drop now! Don't need that insurance no more! :) ...But I would like to see it climb still anyhows!

@@antiquebookcollective When prices drop, buy more! Also, buy land if you can. Next hurdle will be the East Coast Port workers strike. They started it just as the Huricanes slammed into Fl and NC, Tn, but they paused it, as too many people negatively impacted by those storms and they would not of gotten positive public support.

@@thriftingsisters1226 Exactly! That's the plan, got a property all picked out and I'm actually running some budgets for all of that now for getting my farm started on that particular lot as well. Can't wait! Lord willing I'm able to get it soon. Agreed about all of the bad stuff going on too being big hurdles. I think they'll be announcing a recession soon (just making the one we're in official) in order to try and blame Trump. But there's no one I'd rather see as president right now to get us out of it! Future looks bright!

10 x 8 x 6 is one of the best sized boxes for my shop and that one's on sale. I could be blind, but I didn't see the other boxes I most often use on sale--those are the ones made for media that are just 2-ish inches tall and they have a folding flap on top. 12 x 10 x 8 is another one I use a lot, but 10 x 8 x 6 plus the ones made for media are the only ones I really use in my shop.

@@antiquebookcollective Thanks!

Sorry that happened, I know the struggle! Been trying to get my sales back up for a while now.

Very true.

Sorry to hear that, it's definitely an issue for new people getting into eBay.

I could not agree more. I hate it for that reason.

It doesn't seem right to me.

@@darleneaitken1620 Not at all. Hopefully, eBay lets sellers opt out of this.

the first buyer to "checkout" secures the items.

it's not that ethical to make or accept an offer you don't have money for. first come first serve.

Phew, that's frustrating. How long until we start burning eBay in effigy? asking for a friend. Lol

Don't you just hate it? Hopefully, eBay starts warning people about it because it's such a big change.

I've had mixed results there, but, yes, people do like those. That being said, they have to be books that have limited runs or limited signatures from the author to have any good value. More often than not these books aren't worth too much more--there's a reason why I settled on antique books and not vintage ones.

I sure try to! Principle above profit. :)

Yep, all the time. :) I usually take one of my medium or large boxes and cut them up to fit. So, yes, I fabricate when I need to.

No, but I usually just sell really old books too. That being said, I am not taking detailed photos of the contents of the book, I am just showing the interior of a book for the idea of quality and condition, not for the sake of distributing copyrighted materials.

@@antiquebookcollective Thank you; that makes sense.

@@jeme7339 Happy to help! :)

If you're willing to do whatever it takes to save them, then I'd be sure to air the books out outside in the sun to allow the UV rays to kill off a lot of the mold. There will be no getting it all, but you can slow the decay. I'd also invest in an ozone generator (under 100 bucks) and leave the books in a room with that machine running, it'll take care of most of the smell, if not all. You might have to open the books to, say, the beginning, then middle, then end for the best results there, but it'll take care of the stink AND kill mold too. All told, your bill to save all of those books, all of those memories, and a lot more will be under a hundred bucks, but you'll have to put in a lot of time cleaning them off too. ...And, if you promise to not tell any angry book conservators, I have had luck wiping down each and every page of a book down with a semi-damp Clorox wipe after the ozone treatment. Just know, those chemicals DO cause some damage, but for the ease of use and accessibility to lay people as ourselves, it can be a good one-time hit to do everything you can to stop the spread of the mold. :) Hope that helps!

Do NOT use ozone inside a residence that is occupied.

So many wonderful books in those places! A lot of my best finds. :)

@antiquebookcollective I think farmers used their barn for house overflow storage. I remember when we lived on a farm many years ago, there was a large wooden box upstairs in the barn where they kept the hay. I was very small, but when I opened the box, I found it full of beautiful lamps covered in many layers of dust and dirt. When I brushed it off, I found the most stupid thing I'd ever seen. Why would anyone name lamps after a girl Tiffany. The farm was over 100 yrs. old at the time.

@@darleneaitken1620 Phew! That's an awesome find, I'm a little jealous! Lol