Have You Recently Completed a Collection, or Stopped Collecting?
rcbsam0131
collection?
I collect small plastic NFL football helmets (from gumball machines),
and I need two more to complete my collection. I'm getting pretty
anxious - every trip to the store brings at least a few tries at
obtaining those elusive last two helmets.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I'm also a university professor who
writes frequently on why people collect.
I'd greatly appreciate your responses, either to the group or offline
at rcb...@comcast.net, to these questions:
Take me through what you were thinking when you completed the
collection.
Walk me through the pursuit of that final item.
Again, I'm indebted to those who respond. I do intend to write about
what I learn - your identity will be protected. Thanks again.
Art Layton
I am fairly close to completing my collection of books about the
Vietnam conflict. There are two or three books that I would like to
have, but either the price is too high (for me) or copies in very good
condition are rare. Now what to do? Do I look for better copies of
books I have now? Look for inscribed copies? I have started thinking
about other areas of collecting specialties. I will probably start
collecting books about World War I, even though the US only had a
small role. What appeals to me are the changes that happened as a
result of WWI, not just the conflict itself. And also the sense of
irony, as Paul Fussell expressed.
Art Layton
Stamford CT
RWF
> Has anyone recently completed, or is close to completing, a collection?
I don't know if any book collector ever regards their collection as truly
complete.
There is always that copy in better condition that would sure look good on
the shelf...
--
Bob Finnan
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http://users.arczip.com/fwdixon
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"rcbsam0131" <rcb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Has anyone recently completed, or is close to completing, a
> collection?
Not personally,but my ex-wife has a complete set of my testicles.
rcbsam0131
collecting? Or, if one could complete a collection, what then?
Thanks to all who have responded - Ron Bishop
michael adams
> Hello again - let's try it this way: is it possible to ever stop
> collecting? Or, if one could complete a collection, what then?
>
> Thanks to all who have responded - Ron Bishop
There are many well documented examples of collectors auctioning off
their entire collections, and starting again in a totally different
field. So well documented in fact that I can't think of any, OTTOMH.
Not just in books but in all fields of collecting.
michael adams