I'm an elf as well. The Nords are so racist. The shop owner in Whiterun said something about being busy in his store and that he ought to purchase one of my relatives to do the work. I think he's a Breton though, but I've heard other comments from Nords. The people in Falkreath were particularily nasty to me.
Some people may call these things junk. Me, I call them treasures.
Trinkets. Odds n' ends. That sort of thing.
Scumbag Belethor.