Old woodworking textbooks

I came across some wonderful old leather-bound woodworking textbooks at a yard sale. I bought them to sell on eBay, and they will fetch about four times what I paid for them. My problem is that I want to keep them. Does anyone else keep bringing things into the house you planned to sell and end up keeping them? This is not a good thing, for I do not like a lot of clutter. Still, I love the old books.

 

I rarely have that problem. My clutter usually consists mainly of extra supplies for my woodworking or other hobbies. I do a variety of crafts and tend to overdo buying supplies so things start overflowing into the rest of the house. I have to say, though, that if I came across antique woodworking books, I'd have to keep those and try some of the projects instead of selling them.

 

I would build a box or cabinet to display them in my shop. and I also would try some of the projects. post pics of them. neat find.

 

I found a vintage book on glassblowing, that I was going to sell. I was too intrigued by the book to sell it, even if I never planned on learning how to blow glass. I also have various other things that came in auction boxes I have bought. I only wanted a few things out of the boxes, and then I figured I would sell the rest. That never happened, and I guess when spring cleaning rolls around I will get rid of this clutter.

 

This happens to me all the time. I'm always buying a book or picking one up really cheap at the second-hand store. My intent is to read it and give it away. Too often it ends up on the shelf and becoming more clutter.