Good to see that there's another rare book collector here. I've limited myself to three bikes (just for the moment) and about 3,000 books as well. I've lately been considering selling some of my books to bankroll the bike obsession.
I just picked up some nice 60/70s sculpture/art books from a library sale last week and will try and flip them and possibly pick up an old Cinelli in their place.
Originally Posted by
Sudevan
Why stop? I collect bicycles ( seven, and counting ), postage stamps ( seventy volumes of albums, and counting ), first editions of novelists I like, and other books ( 3000 books in my personal library and counting) and IBM Thinkpads ( nine at last count ). I'll probably have to rent another apartment soon to house all this!
The first step, of course, is:
"We admitted that we were powerless over collecting and that our lives had become unmanageable ( but we didn't care anyway )"
My philosophy is to enjoy all these things, but not be too obsessed with possessing them forever -- I think I could let most of this stuff go, if necessary. There will always be other things to collect. I think it is the activity of collecting (and the research and study and work that go with it ) that is critical. The objects themselves are simply a stimulus to the activity.