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MissMorrigan -> RE: The Hobby of Kings (3/25/2009 7:42:24 AM)
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This once long-time collector is now a minimalist. My ex hubby and I had a handsome collection of books, some of which were first editions, scripts and original film posters. When we decided we could no longer move around comfortably in our home due to the clutter we reluctantly packed them all neatly in tea chests - the large wooden kind, and then stored them in our garden shed, which has a concrete flooring and solid door. Several weeks after storing them in there we needed a book only to discover that mice had gotten into the shed somehow and shredded every single leaf of paper, every script, every poster into bedding from each and every tea chest... not a book remained, just the covers. Almost 50 years of collection between us reduced to rodent bedding. I have expensive jewellery which has been purchased or passed down to me as heirlooms, and the only other thing that we really do collect is our pervertibles/furniture. We have a couple of philatelists in the family, which I find quite interesting.
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