On 22 Jan 97, Carin M. Armlin wrote to Shoshona Bieman:
 SB>> I don't care HOW "vintage" or "valuable" the item is -- to me it is
 SB>> utterly worthless if you can't enjoy it in the manner it was created.
 SB>> This applies to films, books, comic books, recordings, and so on.
 SB>> Otherwise, it is all just bits of plastic, paper, and cardboard --
 SB>> falsely manipulated into a false value.
I can see it now!  You inherit a bottle of 1895 Chateau LeFeit, worth 
thousands, carefully preserved by your grandparents and parents.  It's a 
bottle that came from the wedding of your great-grandparents in 1897 - they 
saved one bottle as a souvenir, and handed it down to your grandparents, who 
handed it down to your parents - each generation taking great care never to 
damage it or cause it to spoil.   And the day you inherit it, instead of 
protecting it as everyone else has, you break out the wine goblets to 
celebrate your inheritance!!!  Gawd, I can just see it now.
 SB>> I much prefer the value of enjoying a great Disney film or reading a
 SB>> wonderful book or listening to an incredible recording. FEH on never
 SB>> opening and enjoying these items -- and FEH on people who gouge
 SB>> others who want to enjoy the contents of something the gougers have
 SB>> manipulated into "rarity" & an expensive sticker price...
I've never met a person who disliked the very notion of "collecting" or of 
"collectables".  Congrats, you're the first "anti-collector" I've ever met.
 CA>  Of course, I can understand my brother not wanting to take the
 CA> shrink-wrap off the last album that Lynard Skynard did before the
 CA> accident that claimed some of the members' lives.  But, he didn't do it
 CA> out of greed. He did it out of mourning and in tribute.
I wonder, if that album were worth $250.00 and someone wanted to buy it from 
him and he needed money, if he'd take the money.  You have to wonder.... 
~smirk~  If it was *your* album and you took the money, you'd be a hypocrite. 
Ah well, no one will ever want that album anyway, too many were made.
--- GoldED 2.50
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