I think the money/value aspect has killed it for a lot of people -
most collectors I know
collect for many reasons - none of which have anything to do with the
value of what
they are collecting (if it does go up in value, its a plus, of
course) - personally I couldn't
be happier that my phonograph records have no $ value - it means I
can enjoy them,
listen to them, and never acquire one because I think its worth
something (or will be).
Did those who collected comic books in the 60's & 70's do so because
of their future value?
but along comes 1989, direct sales and spot market speculation, and
all of a sudden
comics are the new collectable - and every issue a potential gold
mine. A friend of
mine passed away a few years back - and his family is still trying to
understand how
the 25,000 comic books in their basement have no value.
Collecting is also about the joy of the hunt - a good deal of which
died when Al Gore
invented the world wide web.
And I attribute a portion of this lack of interest in collecting to
the tiny attention span
of todays population - something that was deliberately pushed on us
by the ad men and
manufacturers - the more ephemeral product become, the sooner we discard them
and buy a new one.
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