Also living in California I have imagined a scenario where a devastating earthquake takes everything I own except my life. I confess I have thought it oddly liberating!
GT On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 7:53 PM Alan Adler <m...@charter.net> wrote: > About 20 something years back a wildfire worked its way up my street. Back > from work, I had 15 minutes to evacuate. It seemed like the fire was doors > away from me. I looked around at a room full of old toys, tons of paper, > screenplays I’d written, journals, you name it. I only had time to choose > one thing. I picked up my silver baby rattle that I’d recently found in a > box of goodies. I put it in my pocket and walked out with the first toy I > ever had. Seemed fitting. After the first item you bond with, everything > else is icing on the cake. Out of the canyon I waited and wondered for a > couple of days if my world was still there. In some way I had said goodbye > to all my stuff. And the oddest thing… when I came back and eveything was > intact and safe - I found I had to re-acquire it in my mind. Take on the > burden of it all once again after I’d said goodbye to it and made peace > with the loss. Will never forget how odd that felt. Such is life in the > world of collecting. > > Alan > > On Oct 16, 2019, at 7:28 PM, Ira Rubenstein <irubenst...@pbs.org> wrote: > > Well said. And I see we have a lot of similar tastes. While I > enjoyed my time in California, I would live in constant fear of wild > fire and can’t even imagine of what I would grab if I had to run in ten > minutes. > > > > Sent via mobile. Please excuse typos and autocorrects. > > On Oct 16, 2019, at 9:39 PM, David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > * I confess I sometimes get a little depressed realizing that a life span > is nearing its end - vs. being in the beginning or in the middle - during > heady days when I cared less about the time unfurling ahead of me - and > more about trying to OWN everything. > > * There were "bumps" that caused me to downsize unrelated to aging - e.g., > wildfire evacuations and the crazy exercise of toting out my fav framed > one-sheets in less than ten minutes. > > * But as decades pass and I realize my nostalgia doesn't line up with the > nostalgia of younger generations - the urge to purge - (vs. letting your > survivors cherry-pick through your stuff after you're gone) - gets > stronger. > > * When you've liquidated a few estates it hits some of us that we don't > want to put our survivors through the hassle of choosing - and then dumping > things they know little about - to Goodwill. > > * So I think I'm like a lot of people in that what I have left today - has > far more sentimental value than actual $$$ value - (or almost no dollar > value). *Two things that pull me out of my funk:* > > 1) Gifting things to younger adults who express an appreciation to own > movie memorabilia - thus giving them a gateway into a hobby that seems > forbidden to them now - and hoping that if it takes hold like it did for me > - it will grab them by the lapels and not peak for them - until they reach > their late 40s through their 50s, and... > > 2) ...selling things - knowing that a future buyer will give them a good > home - and will cherish them for however long they can - until they > themselves - like I did - decide to move on. > > * So while there's an element of sadness about divesting - I am in love > with the idea of passing things down as a means of preserving them well > after I'm gone. And to feed my nostalgia - I can always look at photos of > what I used to own "back in the day." (See below.) > > * I never got a chance to own any $$$ horror paper - simply because I > could never afford it. So I would say that my collection was likely a > "mid-tiered" one - representing titles I really loved. > > * Another aspect of getting older and divesting - is I can now show "a > little bit" of what I used to own - without worrying about security issues > - esp. now that the "gold" is gone. My lobby card collection is also gone > but I used to own hundreds that aren't pictured here. -d. > > P.S. - And almost everything I collected - with the exception of Beatles > memorabilia and comic books - I purchased from dealers who are or were > members of this very MOPO group! (With the probable exception of the late > Deke Richards and that couple who ran That's Entertainment" in PA - from > whom I scored some incredible prizes! I can't believe I've forgotten their > names. 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