For me, There is only one criteria for collecting - does it pique my interest in some way? If it does, I'll add it to my classic computer collection, and proceed to use it, for something... :-) --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 ! -----Original Message----- ! From: Hans Franke [mailto:Hans.Franke@mch20.sbs.de] ! Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:10 PM ! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org ! Subject: Re: Collections vs. accumulations, was Re: How many ! collectors? ! ! ! > >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. ! ! -- ! VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen ! http://www.vcfe.org/ !