You don't want to have to pay to move that furniture when you move routinely.

As a former antiques dealer, I bought and sold some great stuff over the years. I now see posts on our local 'sale' sites for wonderful furniture that begs for a customer.
I cringe when I see young people buying stuff like the screw together Ikea particle board. Use it a while, throw it out. Hopefully it does not fall apart.

Things will probably change again, wants seem to run in cycles. In the meantime, I sure feel sorry for anyone who does not buy good stuff. It never goes out of style. I'm not talking about expensive, I'm talking about good, solid, 'stood the test of time' goods.

I replied 2 days ago and no-one seemed to read it. Today, a big conversation with tons of replies in GD.
Worth a read for the comments.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027856788

From the article, collecting is less of an adventure.

Used to be people would travel around and find items for their collections. Today's collector can do that all from home on eBay which takes some of the "adventure" out of collecting.

huge quantity of glassware and dishes. Nobody wants that stuff anymore.

that must have cost 12 grand when new, sold for 75 bucks hammer price.
I have seen this happen again and again. If it looks like an antique style or an ornate piece the youngsters don't want it.
The mid century modern stuff though can't stay in stock and they fight over at the auctions.

Advertising, the older the better. Military. Gas and oil items. Transportation related. Erotica. Auto and motorcycle related. Hunting and fishing related. Anything Gothic. While old clocks don't do well, clock parts get bought up by Steam Punk jewelry makers. Items that craft people use. Glass and pottery not so much, even mid-century.

As always, you can sell almost anything if you have the lowest prices.

my eBay sales are about 60% of what they were a year ago. Same mix.

Baby boomers are flooding the market with stuff. I barely get page views on
most items, and or the first time ever it is common for items not to be viewed
at all. I think the search engines are tweaked to higher priced items than I
tend to offer.

We have retired and sold our home. I offered my kids first choice of items to big to fit in a condo but they turned down most of it. One daughter took all the picture albums but nothing else. Another took a few pieces of china but little else. I have sold a bunch on Craig's List and will be selling for many days.