Collections vs. accumulations, was Re: How many collectors?

From: Jim Tuck <technos_at_nerdland.org>
Date: Mon Oct 15 17:48:29 2001

> 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 always refer to it as the Law of Affinity;
I saw it printed in a WWII collectors catalogue in the 80's and it
stuck

Objects have an affinity for each other equivalent to
(5/number you have seen)^(price)

The corrolary runs;

After the first object, all subsequent objects have a maximum price of
(price you last paid/(number you own +1))
Received on Mon Oct 15 2001 - 17:48:29 BST