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Market for Disaster Goods Grows on Internet, at Flea Markets.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2003
By Cathleen Ferraro, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 24--Cement chunks from the World Trade Center. Television news footage of the Columbine school shootings. A hefty pile of debris from the space shuttle Columbia.
For disaster buffs, the abundance of such goods now available on the Internet, at flea markets, in gift shops and catalogs is nothing but bliss.
The future value of such items often is a dice throw, but plenty of people keep reaching for more.
Experts say the selling and buying of collectibles, particularly those connected to catastrophes, reflects how Americans view making a buck and something more - how we experience a public death.
"People want an emotional reminder of...
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