From: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com (lds-bookshelf-digest) To: lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: lds-bookshelf-digest V1 #901 Reply-To: lds-bookshelf Sender: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk lds-bookshelf-digest Thursday, February 1 2001 Volume 01 : Number 901 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:50:24 EST From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Prices down In a message dated 02/01/2001 11:24:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, John@Mormonism.com writes: << My guess is that you are looking at eBay, the most inconsistent marketplace. The leather Millennial Stars sold for less this month, but that is just because you were not here to bid on them like you did last month. ;-) Also, I think some of the Books of Mormon and D&Cs on there this past couple of weeks were in very poor condition. I am thinking of the 1874 Book of Mormon, the 1852 Book of Mormon, and the 1845 D&C. But look at some of these outstanding prices: >> Thanks for these figures, John. I would like to add that the Mormon antiquarian book marketplace is so small, relatively, that trends are not easily gauged over the short term. A single stroke of good fortune in one or two collectors' lives can make them feel able to buy more at any time, without warning, and vice versa. When friends ask me if I experience certain slow or good times of year for the business, I answer that I have never perceived recognizable seasonal trends (among my customers). In fact, I would be hard-put to analyze trends over the years. One can identify big sales from time to time, or slow periods. One can also see how the economy seems to affect sales over the long run. But complicating these factors is the breathtakingly rapid change in the nature of material which sells. Fifteen years ago, my mainstay was scholarly Mormon-history-regional material; Mormon-background material; and Mormon parallels. Ten years ago, the occasional windfall from a major Mormon artifact or book such as the Book of Mormon first edition became my lifeboat. Five years ago, I was handling thousands of early newspapers which discussed the Mormons - and the big-ticket books started kicking in at unbelievable prices reaching into the low five figures (imagine a Book of Mormon selling for $15,000 and more - unheard of!). Through all of this. too, has been the steady but timid Mormon manuscript market. A few people treasure manuscripts and pay appropriately. Yet when it comes to original pieces of paper on which our most famous leaders and their followers placed their actual hands and "spilled their guts," the majority of LDS Book collectors just don't get it, thinking that something has to be mass-produced and beautifully bound to be exciting. Last night, I added up my year 2000 sales to begin tax preparation for my accountant. Most of my income came from consigned sales - major big ticket books sold for one owner to another. I have become a realtor, working for a percentage. Last year, I sent $247,649.50 to owners for Mormon material which they allowed me to sell for them. I expect that most other well-known LDS antiquarian booksellers would chuckle at this figure as being low. The figure would have been half a million, but most owners are so comfortable that they want to get about thirty percent above top dollar and I cannot move their material at such prices. Meanwhile, I am not getting rich - just processing a lot more dollars to achieve the same income as previous years. If I issue a catalog which tells us very little about where we came from as Mormons; but I fill it with entries offering Books of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, you can be sure it will do very well indeed. If I issue a catalog which offers new discoveries about who we are and what our predecessors thought - but a catalog devoid of early editions of the Standard Works - the financial result will be devastating. There are still insightful scholarly collectors, but they are not replenishing as rapidly as they are retiring and expiring. And forget about most institutions. A few still have curators who desire solid material, but the budgets of former times are gone forever. You can't curate if you don't militate (campaigning aggressively with boards and budget committees for funding for retrospective materials), and I don't see that happening anymore. So back to the main point: I'm not sure it is possible to analyze Mormon book prices in a very meaningful way. A fifty dollar book selling for eighty dollars on a good day means next to nothing, so capricious are prices. A $15,000 Book of Mormon now selling for $70,000, on the other hand, certainly means something, but I am not sure what. I have enough reflections and opinions to write a book on that one topic, but who is to say that my conclusions would be accurate! RickBook - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:13:06 -0700 From: Diane Peel Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection We seem to be staying more on topic lately--maybe after reading Keith's view from a mop, and seeing the results of a "troller". Anyway, let's go back to an old standby-- how would a beginner build an interesting collection without mega bucks? Hmmm? - ----- Diane Peel Bookseller at Bibliofind - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 13:20:57 -0700 From: "Dean Eborn" Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection - ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C08C51.D015C0A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't think it can be done. If you only buy your books at DI because y= ou don't have "mega-bucks," then your collection will not be "interesting= ." Dean - ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Peel Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:15 PM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection We seem to be staying more on topic lately--maybe after reading Keith's view from a mop, and seeing the results of a "troller". Anyway, let's go back to an old standby-- how would a beginner build an interesting collection without mega bucks? Hmmm? - ----- Diane Peel Bookseller at Bibliofind - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com"
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I don't think = it can be done.  If you only buy your books at DI because you don't = have "mega-bucks," then your collection will not be "interesting."
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Dean

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We seem to be staying more on topic lately--maybe after reading Keith= 's
view from a mop, and seeing the results of a "troller".
Anyway, = let's go back to an old standby-- how would a beginner build an
intere= sting collection without mega bucks?  Hmmm?

-----
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- ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C08C51.D015C0A0-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:42 +0000 From: nicksl@nauvoo.net Subject: Re: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection On one level, I agree with Dean---with the possible exception that not all of value is encased in dead animal skins (grin!). On the other hand, several here can surely remember past a 'Shelfer who volunteered at the Chula Vista, CA, Deseret Industries and kept picking up books like *Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri* for fifty cents or a dollar! In the end, of course, "interesting" will vary from collector to collector. Nick Literski >I don't think it can be done. If you only buy your books at DI because you don't have "mega-bucks," then your collection will not be "interesting.." > >Dean - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:49:22 EST From: Sandysbo@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back In a message dated 1/31/01 10:34:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, dean-eborn@msn.com writes: << http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=get_album&ID_Communi ty=DeanEbornsPhotos&ID_Topic=3 >> Great photos, Dean- Any chance you'l' do some captions? George Phelps - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:01:38 -0500 From: Jason Lucas Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Interesting re LDS Historical Fiction All - I thought there might generate some interesting discussion. From the BYU NewsNet site. Jason As body of LDS historical literature grows, Y professors issue caution By Kathryn Dougall kathryn@newsroom.byu.edu NewsNet Staff Writer - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- In recent years, LDS literature has gained considerable popularity, especially in the historical fiction genre. Series' like Gerald Lund's "The Work and the Glory" have attracted LDS readers who want to learn and be entertained at the same time. "I think Mormons are such a practical people," said Dean Hughes, BYU professor of English and author. "If they can read something that's entertaining that also teaches history and at the same time is affirmative without being simple minded, that's what people seem to be looking for," he said. Hughes is the author of the popular LDS series "Children of the Promise," a series set during World War II. He said LDS literature has come a long way in recent years. Only 25 years ago almost no literature existed for the LDS audience, Hughes said. When literature did begin to develop it seemed to be "faith promoting" stories, he said. Historical fiction, however, seems to challenge readers more and help them learn about history, Hughes said. Although the reception of historical fiction has been overwhelming, there are also concerns associated with the genre. Hughes said that while historical fiction can be educational, it is not as important as sacrament meeting or scriptures. "People start placing novels on too high of a rung," he said. Historical fiction should not replace scripture study, said Camille Fronk, assistant professor of ancient scripture. "There is a great power in reflecting what is given to us in scripture or church history," she said. Although the impact of historical fiction has generally been good, authors must take care to make their works historically accurate, said Richard Holzapfel, associate professor of church history and doctrine. There can be problems in attempting to make Hollywood versions of history, Holzapfel said. Audiences often create images caused by our culture, he said. But they must filter through these images to understand what is historically accurate, he said. "We live in an age where pop culture must be taken seriously. We can't be academic snobs," he said. "We need to encourage authors to be historically accurate." Holzapfel posed questions to evaluate the impact of historical fiction. "Have authors been responsible? And have they generated interest in scriptures, doctrine and history?" he said. Holzapfel said the increase of historical fiction has seemed to perpetuate a greater interest in church history sites and other historical subjects. Fronk said great contributions have been made in LDS art, literature and poetry. They help show that individuals in church history were real people in a real world, she said. But LDS authors have a great responsibility, she said. "There is a tremendous responsibility to be true to the facts given us," she said. - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:05:28 -0700 From: Diane Peel Subject: Re: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection No, no, no,. I did not specify DI prices. Merely less than mega bucks. As in $20 or $30 or even once in a while $100 a book. Interesting does not mean valuable today dollar wise, but great on one subject. >On one level, I agree with Dean---with the possible exception that not all >of value is encased in dead animal skins (grin!). On the other hand, >several here can surely remember past a 'Shelfer who volunteered at the >Chula Vista, CA, Deseret Industries and kept picking up books like >*Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri* for fifty cents or a dollar! > >In the end, of course, "interesting" will vary from collector to >collector. > >Nick Literski > >>I don't think it can be done. If you only buy your books at DI because >you don't have "mega-bucks," then your collection will not >be "interesting.." >> >>Dean > > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ----- Diane Peel Bookseller at Bibliofind - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:09:51 -0500 (EST) From: markbook@altavista.net Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection Since I buy books at DI and the internet, you have to learn to trade or sell to generate credit or cash for better books. I have some expensive books in my collection, that still cost relativly little out of pocket cash. I also have found books I have never seen nor heard of. Last night I bought a book printed in 1958 on the building of the New Zealand Temple and the Church college in Hamilton. The book is not in Eborn but I find it to be very interesting. Mark Carter ---- you wrote: > I don't think it can be done. If you only buy your books at DI because you don't have "mega-bucks," then your collection will not be "interesting.." > > Dean > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Diane Peel > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:15 PM > To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com > Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection > > > We seem to be staying more on topic lately--maybe after reading Keith's > view from a mop, and seeing the results of a "troller". > Anyway, let's go back to an old standby-- how would a beginner build an > interesting collection without mega bucks? Hmmm? > > ----- > Diane Peel > Bookseller > at Bibliofind > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books > - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html > - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with > - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. > - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com"
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- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 14:19:58 -0700 From: "ROY SCHMIDT" Subject: Re: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection Diane, I enjoy books by or about the Presidents of the Church. Many/most in my collection were purchased for $20 or less, including the Gibbons series. I particularly love the "Teachings of..." books. Inexpensive, but loaded with solid doctrine. I enjoy Nibley, and own all of "The Collected Works of." The most expensive of these is the latest _Abraham in Egypt_, and I think I paid about $30 for that one. A friend gave me my copy of the "Joseph Smith Papyri" when it came out, and I have read it several times. My point is, I love these books, I find them interesting, and I believe the whole lot cost me less than $1,000. Just a small part of my collection, but, unless you are in it for the investment value, you don't really need BIG bucks for a nice, interesting collection. Roy Schmidt >>> Diane Peel 02/01/01 02:05PM >>> No, no, no,. I did not specify DI prices. Merely less than mega bucks. As in $20 or $30 or even once in a while $100 a book. Interesting does not mean valuable today dollar wise, but great on one subject. >On one level, I agree with Dean---with the possible exception that not all >of value is encased in dead animal skins (grin!). On the other hand, >several here can surely remember past a 'Shelfer who volunteered at the >Chula Vista, CA, Deseret Industries and kept picking up books like >*Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri* for fifty cents or a dollar! > >In the end, of course, "interesting" will vary from collector to >collector. > >Nick Literski > >>I don't think it can be done. If you only buy your books at DI because >you don't have "mega-bucks," then your collection will not >be "interesting.." >> >>Dean > > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ----- Diane Peel Bookseller at Bibliofind - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 14:32:30 -0700 From: John Hatch Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Building an interesting collection Since this is me (the beginner without mega bucks) I'll tell you what I've learned the hard way. PATIENCE! Of course everyone wants the most incredible stuff right now. But if you're patient, you can get some pretty good deals at bibliofind and abebooks. Also, try building your library with stuff that's still in print. It's amazing how many good books are available at a regular bookstore. Then, when you've got more of an established library, you can start worrying about making sure everything is in hardcover and is a first edition and first printing and all that jazz. Also, don't spend your time salivating over a book for a $1,000.00 if you can't afford it. Focus on what you can get and let YOUR collection make you happy. Most important of all, don't shell out bucks for a book that you probably don't care about but that is a big collectible that you could show off. For a while I was on a kick to get Russell M. Nelson's _From Heart to Heart_ I'd have to fork over at least $400.00 or more. Then I realized if I had it I probably wouldn't read it forever and in the meantime, I could spend the money on half a dozen or more books that I would read and love. Just my friendly advice. John Diane Peel wrote: > We seem to be staying more on topic lately--maybe after reading Keith's > view from a mop, and seeing the results of a "troller". > Anyway, let's go back to an old standby-- how would a beginner build an > interesting collection without mega bucks? Hmmm? > > ----- > Diane Peel > Bookseller > at Bibliofind > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books > - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html > - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with > - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. > - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:36:06 -0700 From: "Dean Eborn" Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back - ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C08C5C.4F6D0AC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have done a few titles, but it will take some time before I finish shor= t titles for them all. I left on that trip for 14 days. When I got back= , I had and still have a lot of work, church, hobby, and family stuff to = get caught up on. Dean - ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandysbo@aol.com Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:50 PM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back In a message dated 1/31/01 10:34:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, dean-eborn@msn.com writes: << http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=3Dget_album&ID_= Communi ty=3DDeanEbornsPhotos&ID_Topic=3D3 >> Great photos, Dean- Any chance you'l' do some captions? George Phelps - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com"
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I have done a = few titles, but it will take some time before I finish short titles for t= hem all.  I left on that trip for 14 days.  When I got back, I = had and still have a lot of work, church, hobby, and family stuff to get = caught up on.
 
Dean

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Oh, then you m= ean a "small but interesting collection."  I spend $20 to $50 for mo= st of my books, but I buy so many that they add up to mega-bucks even tho= ugh I don't have mega-bucks to spend.
 
Dean

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No, no, no,.&nbs= p; I did not specify DI prices.  Merely less than mega bucks.
As = in $20 or $30 or even once in a while $100 a book.  Interesting does= not
mean valuable today dollar wise, but great on one subject.

>On one level, I agree with Dean---with the possible exception th= at not all
>of value is encased in dead animal skins (grin!). = On the other hand,
>several here can surely remember past a 'Shelf= er who volunteered at the
>Chula Vista, CA, Deseret Industries and = kept picking up books like
>*Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri* fo= r fifty cents or a dollar!
>
>In the end, of course, "interes= ting" will vary from collector to
>collector.
>
>Nick L= iterski
>
>>I don't think it can be done.  If you onl= y buy your books at DI because
>you don't have "mega-bucks," then y= our collection will not
>be "interesting.."
>>
>>= Dean
>
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Since I buy books at DI = and the internet, you have to learn to trade or sell to generate credit o= r cash for better books. I have some expensive books in my collection, th= at still cost relativly little out of pocket cash. I also have found book= s I have never seen nor heard of. Last night I bought a book printed in 1= 958 on the building of the New Zealand Temple and the Church college in H= amilton. The book is not in Eborn but I find it to be very interesting.Mark Carter


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>
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>
>
>
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>
>
> We seem to be= staying more on topic lately--maybe after reading Keith's
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> Anyway, let's g= o back to an old standby-- how would a beginner build an
> interest= ing collection without mega bucks?  Hmmm?
>
> -----
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