Many long term readers have learned a bit about my family as a result of my columns over the last 20 years. In particular, my eldest daughter, Jane, has been the target of numerous commentaries by her old man. During her early years, I talked about how we built an interest in collecting by introducing her to collecting Wade figures. Later, she was focused on toy trains, and readers recall that I would reveal in my column what she was getting for Christmas. Ironically, she never read enough of my columns to figure out that I was telling the entire world about the O-scale GG-1 train that she got at age 12. Well, Jane graduated this year from American University with her M.A. in Museum Studies. She went to Susquehanna University for her B.A. I was proud as punch but also worried, like parents do, about her first job. The museum world has changed a lot since I first started, and competition for jobs is fierce. So, it was with great lan that she told me that she had taken a position as a manager at Cordier Auctions in Harrisburg. While I do not offer commercials for any businesses in my columns, I do have to say how proud I am that Jane is now in the antiques and art business full time. Having known Dave Cordier and his family for decades (back to when he set up at Silver Springs Flea Market near Mechanicsburg), I am happy to have her working for this company. Jane and I talked about the auction world a great deal, and I do see her as a Gen Z being the future of our profession/passion. The antiques and art market has changed tremendously in my life. The pundits who still seem happy to talk about it being dead and saying there are no collectors left must enjoy the sound of their own voices, as no one else is listening. Change in the market has brought new areas to the forefront of interest while leaving others behind. If my grandparents had invested in American Empire and Jacobean furnishings in the 1920s, they would be devastated to see the literal pennies on the dollar for those items since the 1980s. The market has a way of finding itself around what is hot at any given moment. For the new generations, they will decide what the rising stars of the antiques world are. Jane collects things unique to her generation, film cameras and vinyl, but she also collects things unique to mine, books! This diversity is what the future of the market will be. So, I look forward to seeing the antiques world through the eyes of my daughter as she makes her way working in the auction world. I will be curious what words of wisdom she imparts to her old man that might just find their way into a future column. Born to collect should be the motto of Peter Seiberts family. Raised in Central Pennsylvania, Seibert has been collecting and writing about antiques for more than three decades. By day, he is a museum director and has worked in Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Virginia and New Mexico. In addition, he advises and consults with auction houses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly about American furniture and decorative arts. Seiberts writings include books on photography, American fraternal societies and paintings. He and his family are restoring a 1905 arts and crafts house filled with years worth of antique treasures found in shops, co-ops and at auctions.