Take a look at the following articles written by Harry:

RINKER ON COLLECTIBLES
SPECIAL SERIES COLUMNS

Column #836 - Where Can I Sell It?

Column #868 - Disposing of the Personal Property of a Parent, Relative, or Friend

Column #902 - Family Stories

Column #1206 - Ten Signposts to Identify Endangered Collecting Categories

Classic Columns

Column #92 – All Toilet Paper Is Not Created Equal

Defining an Antique

Column #1 – Hello Young Lovers Wherever You Are

Column #157 – But Who's Counting?

Column #942 – An Antique Is Anything Made Before 1963 

Column #1400 – An Antique Is Anything Made Before 1980

Column #1664 – What Is An Antique? - A 21st Century Definition

Top Ten Changes in the Last Five Years (2011-2016)

Column #1560 - To Infinity and Beyond: 30 Years and Still Going

Part I

Part II

Part III

20th Year Series

Column #1036 - Top 10 Changes in the Last 20 Years - Part I
Column #1038 - Top 10 Changes in the Last 20 Years - Part II

Column #1040 - Twenty Years and Counting

25th Year Series

Column #1300 - Twenty-five Years Old and Counting

Column #1304 - Top 10 Changes in the Last 5 Years - Part I
Column #1306 - Top 10 Changes in the Last 5 Years - Part II
Column #1308 - Top 10 Changes in the Last 5 Years - Part III

What Is Going to Happen to All My Stuff When I Die? Advice for the Collector's Executor(s)

Part I
Part II

Part III

Why Collectors Stop Collecting

Column #1198 - Why Collectors Stop Collecting – Part I
Column #1200 - Why Collectors Stop Collecting – Part II
Column #1202 - Why Collectors Stop Collecting – Part III
Column #1204 - Why Collectors Stop Collecting – Part IV
Column #1208 - Why Collectors Stop Collecting – The Final Word 

Globalization of Collecting

Part I – Understanding the Collecting Community
Part II – America's Role

Part III – Understanding the Foreign Collecting Scene
Part IV – Technology's Role, Current State of the Market and Growth Opportunities

Researching Collectibles

Part I – Research Facilities
Part II – Research Techniques

Dealing with Water Damage with Special
Emphasis on Flood Damage

Part I – Planning Ahead and Weathering the Immediate Emergency

Part II – Site Clean-up and Initial Recovery Steps
Part III – Recovery of Water-Damaged Paper, Books, and Photographs

Part IV – Recovery of Water-Damaged Ceramics, Glass, Furniture, Metals, and Textiles

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