From Here to Eternity: Collecting in your old age
Collections start randomly, and some day end. Most don’t start out to be epic, rather they often turn out to be simply episodes. The collector’s experience shapes what happens next. Money, time and intellectual acuity play roles. Partner preferences matter as does luck. The early sources you rely on are crucial. Bill Reese influenced two of my collections; The New World to 1625, and the other, The American West to 1890. He provided perspective on how to intelligently collect, providing reading lists and sources when/if the material was not within his personal experience. For me, col...
