Reflections on Collecting: Still Musing on Collecting and American Antiques
Language: English
Published by Baron Perlman, 2025
- Softcover
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A long-time collector, an interest in what makes collecting and collectors tick, an exploration of the decisions and emotions collectors experience, discoveries, wanderings and wonderings of collecting, all presented with grace and humbleness of Dr. Perlman's own knowledge and foibles. With joy and humor, what's not to like?Collecting is life. Reflections on Collecting welcomes and supports all in the collecting universe or know someone who is, in this tome, the world of American antiques. Anyone who wants to understand and appreciate himself or others as collectors needs this book. This bookDescribes collector characteristics including resilience and wondering.Focuses on the collector experience - failure, awe, joy, and love and desire among others.Looks at what affects collectors such as good luck, seduction and the casting of spells.Explores what collecting involves - pitfalls, finds, and paradoxically the value of quitting.Reflects on collectors' attachment to old friends, and some of the mysteries of collecting.Asserts that collecting is indeed a noble adventure full of wonderment.Pick up Reflections on Collecting and immerse yourself in the collector's universe, a world Baron Perlman loves and beseeches you to also. Let the adventure begin.A long-time collector, an interest in what makes collecting and collectors tick, an exploration of the decisions and emotions collectors experience, discoveries, wanderings and wonderings of collecting, all presented with grace and humbleness of Dr. Perlman's own knowledge and foibles. With joy and humor, what's not to like?Collecting is life. Reflections on Collecting welcomes and supports all in the collecting universe or know someone who is, in this tome, the world of American antiques. Anyone who wants to understand and appreciate himself or others as collectors needs this book. This bookDescribes collector characteristics including resilience and wondering.Focuses on the collector experience - failure, awe, joy, and love and desire among others.Looks at what affects collectors such as good luck, seduction and the casting of spells.Explores what collecting involves - pitfalls, finds, and paradoxically the value of quitting.Reflects on collectors' attachment to old friends, and some of the mysteries of collecting.Asserts that collecting is indeed a noble adventure full of wonderment.Pick up Reflections on Collecting and immerse yourself in the collector's universe, a world Baron Perlman loves and beseeches you to also. Let the adventure begin.A long-time collector, an interest in what makes collecting and collectors tick, an exploration of the decisions and emotions collectors experience, discoveries, wanderings and wonderings of collecting, all presented with grace and humbleness of Dr. Perlman's own knowledge and foibles. With joy and humor, what's not to like?Collecting is life. Reflections on Collecting welcomes and supports all in the collecting universe or know someone who is, in this tome, the world of American antiques. Anyone who wants to understand and appreciate himself or others as collectors needs this book. This bookDescribes collector characteristics including resilience and wondering.Focuses on the collector experience - failure, awe, joy, and love and desire among others.Looks at what affects collectors such as good luck, seduction and the casting of spells.Explores what collecting involves - pitfalls, finds, and paradoxically the value of quitting.Reflects on collectors' attachment to old friends, and some of the mysteries of collecting.Asserts that collecting is indeed a noble adventure full of wonderment.Pick up Reflections on Collecting and immerse yourself in the collector's universe, a world Baron Perlman loves and beseeches you to also. Let the adventure begin.…
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- Title
- Reflections on Collecting: Still Musing on Collecting and American Antiques
- Author
- Baron Perlman
- Publisher
- Baron Perlman
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1966219083
- ISBN 13
- 9781966219088
Reflections on Collecting exemplifies the world of American antiques, welcoming and supporting all in the collecting universe. Anyone who wants to understand and appreciate collecting and collectors needs this book.
A long-time collector, Dr. Perlman presents – with grace, humbleness, and humor – an explanation on what makes collectors tick, an exploration of the decisions and emotions collectors experience, and the discoveries, wanderings, and wonderment of collecting.
This book
- Describes collector characteristics, including resilience and aesthetic appreciation.
- Focuses on the collector experience like failure, awe, joy, love, and desire.
- Looks at what affects collectors such as good luck, seduction, and the casting of spells.
- Explores what collecting involves – pitfalls, finds, and paradoxically the value of quitting, among others.
- Asserts that collecting is indeed a noble odyssey.
Pick up Reflections on Collecting and immerse yourself in the collector’s universe, a world Baron Perlman beseeches you to love, as he does. Let the collecting adventures begin.
Reflections on Collecting is the third book in the Musings on Collecting Series. Pick up Book 1: Come Collect With Me, and Book 2: The Collector’s World.
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