Well, it certainly depends on WHEN you started collecting.
I agree that the "expensive pieces" are dirt-cheap even today and were expensive some time ago, but the OC material has been cheaper last year. The bargains with pieces below $ 100 have certainly decreased. But if you have a lot to spend, you can get larger pieces very cheap.
But I am still convinced that the gold rush is coming to an end...
Bernhard
At 17:21 26.11.2004, you wrote:
> political ramblings are no place for this list.
.. because this will automatically split this haunted place into at least two opposing factions mirroring the election results in the USA.
> no one should be in this just for profit or > investment, buy something you love ...
I have never considered my meteorite collection a financial investment. The opposite is true, ... my meteorite collection absorbs a lot of money. Its absolute (objective?) value would presently amount to several 10,000 dollars but if I ever intended to sell it, I would probably get no more than 1/3 this sum or even less (rule of thumb for stamps when I was a serious and passionate collector).
Collectibles lose their inherent charm as soon as we see the money first like Uncle Scrooge does :-)
That was also the case when I started selling some of my rarer stamps many years ago. As soon as I saw in them a potential source of making money, the joy, the charm these little works of art imparted was gone for good.
Best regards,
Bernd
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