ONE MORE THING, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AN E-MAIL I RECENTLY RECEIVED
FROM AN OLD COLLECTOR FRIEND. HIS THOUGHTS EPITOMIZE THE HOBBY WE ALL SHARE
AND THE EXCITEMENT IT GENERATES. READ ON ....
Jack,
Just a note to thank you for the information you gave me about my Zeno collar button machine
problem.
I also wish to apologize if I said anything that disparaged the "stories of the quest" that you
gather and present. Such sharing of our own excitements is a key part of the collecting experience-
-the story of the "kill". I truly believe that the quest of collecting is something that we are "hard-
wired" to do; it is part of our hunter-gather survival tactics, tactics that most people in our society
no longer need to do to survive-- and hence they sublimate, and seek, and collect!
l think of this power of the quest story every time I read one of Dick Beuschell s articles or books,
especially the early paper-covered books with photos of collectors carrying out uprights, of Roy
Arrington 's early collection, and of a garage somewhere filled with uprights and a roulette and, as
I recall, a lawnmower--the latter object bringing to home the point in a mundane way that the find,
THE FIND, could be near to hand. For years now, after having a Beuschell moment-- a good read
of his style, part carnival pitchman, part scholar, and part stimulating advertising pro, I'm ready
to go on another quest myself.
And certainly, after talking with you today, with your other phone ringing in the background, and
your portrayal of the conventions, I really feel that I have been sadly out of the scene, and need to
re-establish contact with fellow collectors.
So, thanks for the information, thanks for your patience, and thanks for letting me look again
into a magic world that I have been out of for too long. Perhaps the world I glimpsed today was
my important discovery.
Best regards,
(NAME WITHHELD)
E -Mail: jbgum@msn.com
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