For over 25 years, I have been buying and selling quality antiques, collectibles, and watches, as well as fine gold, silver, platinum, and costume estate jewelry in the WV, MD, and PA areas. I am also currently an appraiser for ValueThisNow.com. With the advent of eBay in 1996, I began buying and selling world-wide. This adventure all started when a young boy was given his first pocket knife, and 1 eventually turned into over 300! My business is currently located at Valley Antiques & Uniques in Funkstown, MD, and my new location at Patriot Antiques in Martinsburg, WV. I have sold over 10,000 items on eBay since 1996, maintaining a positive feedback rating of 100%. I specialize in gold, silver, and platinum estate and costume jewelry, wrist and pocket watches, clocks, gold and silver watch fobs and chains, advertising collectibles, pocket and hunting knives, militaria, vintage photographs, sterling and gold thimbles and other vintage sewing items, compacts, tobacciana, cigarette lighters, high end and artisan smoking pipes, and many other vintage collectible items. I work very hard to provide a diverse mix of items for my customers. If I don't have what they are seeking in my inventory, I will do whatever I can to find it for them. I will also help to broker transactions between my clients and other dealers. I am well versed in jewelry and watch terminology, having studied these fields extensively over the past 25 years.