I would love to be able to buy an antique with a history.

"Those are cool earrings! Where did you get them?"

 The answer to that question doesn't have to be a simple answer. What if you could answer that question with a story? What if you weren't the first person to have those earings?

This sort of thing happens often in large families. But what about people who have no family? What if somebody has so many things that they can't be absorbed by the extended family? Or what if you just want to spread a legacy outside of your family?

My idea is to take the idea of an antique store a little further. A store that doesn't just sell "old stuff", but that sells things with a history, an actual written history attached to each item. The store I'm envisioning would be a museum where you can buy what is on display, a museum where the displays are always changing.

I already generally despise consumerism, if I have to purchase something, I would much rather have something with a history, something with a story, something that had meaning to somebody else.