Good piece and worth expanding into a full-scale article for (say) The Book Collector with the editor of which I work closely. It probably wasn'ty me but in talks on book collecting for decades now I have started with the advice: "Buy the most expensive book in your area of interest first as it is the one most likely to get away from you later on and it will be the easiest to resell if you want to walk away"...
Thanks John. I don't think I got that advice from you - I'm pretty sure it was from a collector, but it's true either way. However, it goes against the grain of most collectors who like acquiring thingS more than acquiring a thing. ;-)
Good piece and worth expanding into a full-scale article for (say) The Book Collector with the editor of which I work closely. It probably wasn'ty me but in talks on book collecting for decades now I have started with the advice: "Buy the most expensive book in your area of interest first as it is the one most likely to get away from you later on and it will be the easiest to resell if you want to walk away"...
Thanks John. I don't think I got that advice from you - I'm pretty sure it was from a collector, but it's true either way. However, it goes against the grain of most collectors who like acquiring thingS more than acquiring a thing. ;-)