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<p>[QUOTE="gabatgh, post: 233369, member: 4148"]You don't have to be an antique collector to think that a piece of paper in your hands is a paper currency that was printed in 1777. Or a coin minted about the year 86. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me it's more like going to a museum. I want to respect the collection, and the memory of the man who spent fifty year amassing it, as well as the items themselves. But I'm not personally interested in keeping anything. I'm supposed to sell some of the stuff for my wife's mom, if I can. She decided what gets donated to museums. She donates certain items to families, things with names inscribed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I respect the items, but it's still just stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gabatgh, post: 233369, member: 4148"]You don't have to be an antique collector to think that a piece of paper in your hands is a paper currency that was printed in 1777. Or a coin minted about the year 86. To me it's more like going to a museum. I want to respect the collection, and the memory of the man who spent fifty year amassing it, as well as the items themselves. But I'm not personally interested in keeping anything. I'm supposed to sell some of the stuff for my wife's mom, if I can. She decided what gets donated to museums. She donates certain items to families, things with names inscribed. I respect the items, but it's still just stuff.[/QUOTE]
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