Tell It To Al

Collectors never stop collecting no matter how tight the economy. Even collectors of children’s books.

A copy of “Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There,” once owned by the girl who inspired the story, sold for $115,000 on Wednesday.

Author Beatrix Potter’s personal copy of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” sold for $92,000, and “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” brought in $51,750.

The seller was former Cincinnatti Bengals wide receiver and punter Pat McInally.

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The Internet has been around for years. Pawn shops have been around for thousands of years.

It’s taken a deep recession to finally bring them both together. Click here to read my column on Internet Pawn. Or check out internetpawn.com. I also talk about it on Fox Business.

Nothing like a bowl of canned beef stew in the middle of a long, cold recession.

Austin, Minn.-based Hormel Food Corp. attributed a 4% rise in profits to increased sales of  Dinty Moore stews.

Chi-Chi’s Mexican food and Spam have proved to be other downturn delights .

Click here for the details on MarketWatch.

 I get a lot of spam on this blog, but can’t say that I’ve opened a can of Spam in a long time.

It’s good to know that no matter how bad things get, we can always eat something besides beans and rice.

Have your eating habits changed since the recession hit?  What’s your favorite slump slop?

(PHOTOS: Al Lewis)