[meteorite-list] Collecting Habits
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:33 2004 Message-ID: <12b.336f4392.2cc71e39_at_aol.com> -------------------------------1066779705 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit branchw_at_bellsouth.net writes: After having run the gamut of everything from "one specimen of every find/fall" to "I quit this hobby" I think I have settled on a few collecting specialties Sounds familiar - I started out trying to collect a tidbit of virtually everything, eventually realizing that that is overwhelming and thus self-defeating. I think the temptation for new collectors (at least it was for me) is to lean too much toward quantity-collecting rather than quality, rather like when I was also an inexperienced traveler, trying to see 15 countries in 14 days rather than doing a few locations thoroughly. I would now much rather acquire one old historic fall than a couple of dozen "just-another-L6-or-H5-that-all-look-alike" specimens. These days, I'm thinning out my collection a bit (on the dreaded ebay) and trying to concentrate on: (1) pre-20th Century falls, especially those with historic significance, and (2) lunar or Martian, and (3) stuff that's just really, really pretty, and (4) anything out-of-the-ordinary, either by virtue of a story or family-birthdate or looks-like-an-animal or iron-with-a-hole or that sort of thing. Speaking of "looks-like-an-animal" here's my Imilac rabbit....;-) http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/imilacrabbit.jpg Gregory J. Gregory Wilson 2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918 Santa Monica, CA 90403 -------------------------------1066779705 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> branchw_at_bellsouth.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20= 2px solid"><FONT face=3DArial>After having run the gamut of everything from=20= "one specimen of every<BR>find/fall" to "I quit this hobby" I think I have s= ettled on a few collecting<BR>specialties</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Sounds familiar - I started out trying to collect a tidbit=20= of virtually everything, eventually realizing that that is overwhelming and=20= thus self-defeating. I think the temptation for new collectors (at lea= st it was for me) is to lean too much toward quantity-collecting rather than= quality, rather like when I was also an inexperienced traveler, t= rying to see 15 countries in 14 days rather than doing a few locations thoro= ughly. I would now much rather acquire one old historic fall than = ;a couple of dozen "just-another-L6-or-H5-that-all-look-alike" specimen= s. These days, I'm thinning out my collection a bit (on the dread= ed ebay) and trying to concentrate on:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(1) pre-20th Century falls, especially those with historic significance= , and</DIV> <DIV>(2) lunar or Martian, and</DIV> <DIV>(3) stuff that's just really, really pretty, and</DIV> <DIV>(4) anything out-of-the-ordinary, either by virtue of a story= or family-birthdate or looks-like-an-animal or iron-with-a-hole or that sor= t of thing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Speaking of "looks-like-an-animal" here's my Imilac rabbit....;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/imilacrabbit.jpg</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 PTSIZE=3D"10" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"= ></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D3 PTSIZE=3D"12" F= AMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#ff= 0000 size=3D3 PTSIZE=3D"12" FAMILY=3D"SCRIPT">Gregory</FONT><FONT lang=3D0 f= ace=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2 PTSIZE=3D"10" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><BR>= <BR>J. Gregory Wilson<BR>2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918<BR>Santa Monica, CA 90403<= /FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1066779705-- Received on Tue 21 Oct 2003 07:41:45 PM PDT |
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