> >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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Received on Tue Oct 16 2001 - 14:09:42 BST