Collecting For Value vs. Just Getting Cool Pieces
Recently, due to life events, I had to look at my various collections and estimate a value to them. I have never been one to collect as an investment and rarely worry about the actual value of the pieces in my collections. Due to that mentality, I have large collections that do not have much financial value to them. They look impressive and massive, but I would have hard time making in real money off of selling them. With-in that I have a handful of valuable pieces, but nothing outrageous or life changing in value. If I had any of those pieces, I would have a hard time justifying keeping it in my collection. Yet I know people who are first and foremost concerned with the value of the collection. I have had people look at my collection and instantly assume it is valuable and are often surprised when I tell them that is not a priority for me. I would rather have interesting pieces with some story behind them than just valuable pieces. One of my favorite interesting pieces to s...