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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Potteryplease, post: 4299008, member: 16407&quot;]Ok- I can&#039;t argue with your guys&#039;s observations, informed by years of experience. But I can ask, is that not a legitimate way to get started in collecting? I mean, it&#039;s rare that someone starts with a passion for Victorian tastes or Chinese dynastic art and then begins collecting furniture or porcelain. Starting with a &#039;I think I found this object of big time monetary value&#039; can be an entry point. Hopefully, people then move beyond that mercantile attitude.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, in the interest of adding to the convo, it&#039;d be interesting to hear from some more experienced collectors how they got started themselves. Was it in hopes that a random object they came to posses was worth some money?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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