Chris,
I venture that one reason why people can be so critical of your expenditure is because it brings back a less than joyful memory of when they did a similar thing. Most people who are avid about collecting anything, have done such at one time or another, except maybe when it comes to baseball cards fifty years ago. The best way to learn is from experience, and this applies to both recognizing quality, and determining what is an appropriate amount to pay. If you can afford it, and learn from the transaction, what the he__. A far greater sin if you had spent your money on junk.
Dennis Young what I'd give for a piece of turkey in Hotaka, Japan
> Chris Arkell wrote:
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>> Let's all agree that I am idiot, fool ...
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>> Since I'm being honest I'll tell you that the smart remarks and quips smack a
>> bit of elitism. I'm off the soap-box.
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> Chris, I don't know of a collector (read: truly passionate collector)
> that hasn't paid silly amounts of money at one time or another for
> something and consequently been called an idiot. Done it myself more
> than once. I choose to keep moving forward.
>
> And the off list negativity? A great man once said, "Don't let the
> bastards get you down!!!"*
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> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
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> * Kris Kristofferson
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> .