7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
1:33 p.m.
> Am I the only 'collector' who doesn't
much care about the value of the
> items hi his colelction? I collect things becuase I'm interested in them,
> I find them beautiful (in a somewhat odd way, I can appreciate the good
> design in a PDP11 or HP98x0 CPU, for example). I don't collect in the
> hope that I'll be able to sell them later for more money.
I hope that my collection is worth enough when I die
that it offsets the
cost of disposal of the CRTs I am keeping. Would hate to die and leave
somebody with a bill for cleanup.
I'd much rather that all the CRTs I own. amd the equipment that contains
them, carries on being used and enjoyed after I pass away.
It is more fun to collect things that are not worth
that much. If you had a
$250K guitar would you leave it in your room and play it all the time or
would it end up in some expensive display case hidden from view incase
somebody wanted to steal it? How many people with original Apple I's would
run them very often if at all?
Indeed.
Actually, even if I have machines that are claimed to be valuable, I'd
much rather enjoy them even if I risk lowering the value by so doing. I
have, for example, dismantled my HP9100B to show others how it all fits
together, the slight risk of damaging the machine seems worth it.
An Apple 1 is not a machine I particularly desire, though. Sure if I was
given one I'd accept it and probably investigate it. But there are plenty
of more interesting machines _to me_ that I don't yet have.
-tony