That's easy when you got that kind of money. Get a few Stamp Dealers to do the work for you they will be delighted to oblige. And then you can be a great Philatelist. Woopy.
I wonder if he ever looks at his stuff, I'd bet he ever has people to help him mount the stuff!! I have my books around me and look at them all the time. That's most of the fun!!
Harvey:
Agreed. I was just adding a few items to my Indonesia collection, then just looked at a few other volumes. Total bliss.
David
Reminds me of a stamp exhibition where I learned that the best of-show exhibit had been assembled and designed not by the exhibitor but by an internationally praised philatelic judge who was regularly hired by collectors to “help them” win big. Exhibits that win prestigious awards apparently gain significant cash value, which helps explain why so many stamps are so far beyond the ability of most collectors to afford them.
Bob
i figured he had a staff..besides the dealers he had searching for material. i guess he loaned quite a bit of his collection to the Scotts catalog people. David Giles gave me a couple of books published by Linns about the "worlds greatest stamp collectors" and they all operated in a similar way. Philippe Von Ferrary must have had unlimited funds...he sent agents around the world looking for the worlds rarest stamps.
I have four collections I am very proud of, US, Canada, Poland and Russia and look at them all the time. It's not the value of the collections, it's thinking about all the fun I had accumulating all the stuff. With some of my material it's the history behind it. For example I have a small collection of some Roman material, a few early coins and a small glass jug. Imagine the people who have handled this stuff almost 2000 years ago, maybe even Nero himself. I have a Persian jug that's, I think, 12th century with amazing decoration and a bad rim chip, unfortunately. But that showed it was used and treasured enough to keep. It was supposedly out of the Alexander Graham Bell collection, but that's just what the auctioneer said!! We collect to give ourselves pleasure and satisfaction, but also for the history of the objects!! That guy with the room full of stamps probably has no real idea what's in all those binders (I could be wrong!) so probably gets his satisfaction from quantity rather than quality. Just my opinion...
One year at Orapex we were at a wine and cheese thing (not dinner) for the exhibit winners. I guess the big winner was at a nearby table and i heard mention that he had to pay $25,000 for an item to complete his exhibit. Wonder if his wife was sitting at the table.
"had to pay $25,000 for an item to complete his exhibit"
"I wonder if he ever looks at his stuff, I'd bet he ever has people to help him mount the stuff!! "
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That's easy when you got that kind of money. Get a few Stamp Dealers to do the work for you they will be delighted to oblige. And then you can be a great Philatelist. Woopy.
re: i have posted this before over the years !
I wonder if he ever looks at his stuff, I'd bet he ever has people to help him mount the stuff!! I have my books around me and look at them all the time. That's most of the fun!!
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Harvey:
Agreed. I was just adding a few items to my Indonesia collection, then just looked at a few other volumes. Total bliss.
David
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Reminds me of a stamp exhibition where I learned that the best of-show exhibit had been assembled and designed not by the exhibitor but by an internationally praised philatelic judge who was regularly hired by collectors to “help them” win big. Exhibits that win prestigious awards apparently gain significant cash value, which helps explain why so many stamps are so far beyond the ability of most collectors to afford them.
Bob
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i figured he had a staff..besides the dealers he had searching for material. i guess he loaned quite a bit of his collection to the Scotts catalog people. David Giles gave me a couple of books published by Linns about the "worlds greatest stamp collectors" and they all operated in a similar way. Philippe Von Ferrary must have had unlimited funds...he sent agents around the world looking for the worlds rarest stamps.
re: i have posted this before over the years !
I have four collections I am very proud of, US, Canada, Poland and Russia and look at them all the time. It's not the value of the collections, it's thinking about all the fun I had accumulating all the stuff. With some of my material it's the history behind it. For example I have a small collection of some Roman material, a few early coins and a small glass jug. Imagine the people who have handled this stuff almost 2000 years ago, maybe even Nero himself. I have a Persian jug that's, I think, 12th century with amazing decoration and a bad rim chip, unfortunately. But that showed it was used and treasured enough to keep. It was supposedly out of the Alexander Graham Bell collection, but that's just what the auctioneer said!! We collect to give ourselves pleasure and satisfaction, but also for the history of the objects!! That guy with the room full of stamps probably has no real idea what's in all those binders (I could be wrong!) so probably gets his satisfaction from quantity rather than quality. Just my opinion...
re: i have posted this before over the years !
One year at Orapex we were at a wine and cheese thing (not dinner) for the exhibit winners. I guess the big winner was at a nearby table and i heard mention that he had to pay $25,000 for an item to complete his exhibit. Wonder if his wife was sitting at the table.
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"had to pay $25,000 for an item to complete his exhibit"
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"I wonder if he ever looks at his stuff, I'd bet he ever has people to help him mount the stuff!! "