16 Oct
2001
16 Oct
'01
7:09 a.m.
>Vintage computer collecting is really no different
from many other forms of
>collecting, its simply less common.
>Vintage car buffs clearly are more advanced in
their restoration and repair
>Firearms collecting (in the USA) is probably the
most similar form of
>In all these forms of collecting, as well as
stamps, coins, and any antiques,
Two basic types of collector, those who assemble sets
of items of value,
whose value is enhanced by completeness of the set, and those who collect
examples of fine craftsmanship and items of special merit compared to there
contemporaries. Most of my favorite systems I would be collecting
regardless if they are rare or common. Things I hunt down mostly because
they are rare, often prove much less satisfying to own than to look for.
Well, I still go for a variation of Murphey's law, which I found
to fit at least my experiance:
As soon as you aquired someting you belive to be truly rate and
unique, A second incarnation will popup close thereafter.
And as a bylaw it's stated:
The price asked for the second item is as lower as more you did
spend on the first.
I got again the proof right after I returned last week:
This summer I found a original tool box for a BF 109 figher
(basicly a big wooden chest), and I payed a premium to haul
it home ... now a good friend of mine, which I was teasing
with my find literaly stumbeled across exact the same chest
in an old basement - and got it for free!
Well.
Gruss
H.
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