Yeah, I know about collectibles. That is one of my things, rare coins, but I almost never even see what I buy and sell. I use an auction house to make money for me with those things.
This is not about making money, though. I found this presumed, rare treasure and it is mine, albeit at a bargain price, but that is not it either.
I think that having a desirable collection would be cool, but then getting involved with the market value defeats some of the pleasure of the hunt and the "kill," so to speak.
I have something that someone is willing to offer more than four times what Amazon sells similar items for and I do not really care about it. If I had a sort of relationship with the guy, I would probably just give it to him or trade it for a decent Led Zeppelin album.
I find myself on a slippery slope that could easily drag me down and cause me to lose sight of my original interest, "Saving the Bales" as they used to say in the seventies. (remember, Save The Whales and then all the drug dealers had to dump their cargo of bales of dope. You could find them washing ashore and ...).
I get back to, why do I even look at the dead wax if I want to keep myself "clean?"
I am toying with the slippery slope, here.