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    2dresq

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    1. Brian:

      First, let me say that I always enjoy reading your blog and your "spot on" comments.  Another fine topic with such a broad expansion into so many different facets. 

      I had watched this a week or two ago and when reading your blog, it reminded me of this great quote.  

      There is a great video on the origins of "Who was Murphy in Murphy's Law"  

      Anyway, about mid way through this video, there is this great quote and I think it sums it up quite well to your statement from above.

       

      "That's a bunch of Crap!.. That's the way rumors get started, by these people...who weren't even there."  "That's the same kind of crap...you get out of guys who were not involved and came in many years after. It's just like Tom Brokaw's book if you'll pardon the analogy here, about the best in breed or something like that." "Well, every guy who wrote his story about World War 2, did it fifty years after it happened. I'm the victim of the same damn thing. I tell it the way I remember it, not the way it happened.  I go back and reread a report that I did fifty-five years ago and I say, hmm, I'd better tell that story a little bit different.  Well, that's human nature. You tell it the way you believe it and that's not necessarily the way it happened. There's nothing more true than that."

      "Guy's become, if you'll pardon the expression, sexual intellectuals.  You know what the phrase is for that? Sexual Intellectuals. Their F*cking know-it-alls, that's what"   -Chuck Yeager

       

      Best Regards,

      JustinG

       

       

    2. Hi,

      Another great piece.  I like reading your musings and anecdotes.  When you mentioned Mr. Hutt's name I kept thinking, (humorously) of another well-known but fictional character:   Jabba.  :P

      I have always appreciated how that term can be applied to a certain person in a related field.  A credential that anyone can throw around and very few might even challenge your "expert-authority".    Professions like Medicine and law are very interesting in how this works.  There are Legal experts and judicial review experts all reviewing and able to critique a judgement or interpretation.  For Medicine: all physicians are practicing medicine.  Yet after a while you can become a leading expert in your respective field, rising to national and international acclaim.   

      There are hucksters who will try to sell you snake venom and tell you it's the cure.. How they can help you lose weight, become overnight millionaires, self-help gurus and other people who prey on the weak and feeble minded people. (There are so many out there)  It baffles me how people can still not see the scam.   But, if you have someone in a lab coat telling you that this wonder drug is the miracle you've been waiting for and if you answer this email advert or call this toll-free number we can send you a sample or just pay shipping and handling, but hurry and act fast, this is a limited time offer and supplies might run out. So why not order two... and we'll toss in a second item for a lower price. 

      Ha Ha Ha Ha.  But this WORKS!!!! for the seller.

      The old addage:  "If something is too good to be true... It probably is."  People genuinely seem to feel like they can beat the system now, thanks to the internet, if you have a viral video or photo, you can rise to fame, get a million people to follow you and create your YouTube video channel.  Companies will sponsor you, paying you big dollars, thanks to your huge fan base and you will be a celebrity.  Perhaps one day become the next Kardashian.  ( I mean really, why is this family so famous).

      Then you too can say you are an expert. After all, look at how many followers you have.  To which I say:  "Tweet this" while giving a rather rude gesture.  :)

      Maybe one of those students at the theater, will one day be the next "Kardashian." The others can all "SnapChat" and "Instagram" on how they went to school and knew that person way back when. (As they apply their plastic name tag  to the uniform, smock, at the "McJob "they are clocking in to for the next 8.5 hours for the next 40 years. 

       

      Qui novit omnia,

      JustinG

       

       

    3. I chose my avatar name a while ago. When I was first collecting, I valued the annonimity.  There is always people who could get the wrong impression, use our collecting interests and possibly do us harm.  It was about 6 years ago that one respected friend suggested that I change my avatar name and consider my First name and last initial. Credibility and also people tend to remember a real name rather than a funny or adjective name.  I also consider myself an honorable and I stand by my word and have nothing to be ashamed of with my responses or postings.  I kept my avatar name here because I had already posted much on the forum and the ability to change user handles was not an option. 

      Best regards

      JustinG

      2dresq

       

    4. These questions are ones that we have all thought about.  I keep a log of what/when I have purchased items and who I purchased from.  Determining a value is definitely a hard part.  What I have paid for an item might seem incredibly out of range for someone who doesn't have a specific or focused goal.   I look at you collection posted here on this "blog" I see many nice firearms.  But to someone like me, who doesn't collect this particular focus, I would probably say a value figure that would have you scoffing, coughing, and other bodily functions that show ones discontent and anger. 

      I have collected for my own enjoyment.  I don't care if I never see the return on my investment or recoup the value of what I have put into my collection.  I have purchased Items that I enjoy. This I think, is what the difference is between a collector and an investment collector. 

      I do come from a school of thought that lets my family know what is truly rare.   I would hate to have my family, after I am gone, turn over for mere pennies a really rare and unique piece that is being sold at the same price as a common unmarked EK2 for example. 

      This ledger, I keep in a lock box with other documents of estate.  I do echo your precautions of who you let see your collection.

      I have personally benefited by specializing in my collecting and those regarded and respected collectors have noted me and have offered to liquidate their collections to me.  That is one of the huge benefits to belonging to forums like this.  You get a chance to share your love of collecting military artifacts and trinkets from wars and conflicts past.  You form a sort of online friendship and meet others with similar like views.  There is a whole range of collectors out there of varying ages.  Perhaps if you are thinking of liquidating your assets or anyone else in that matter, to consider reaching out to a fellow forum member who you have come to respect and who might be interested in items that you possess.    The forum member will probably offer more than what a dealer would be.   I have had opportunities like this.  The members didn't post on the "for sale" platform, they contacted me directly and presented me with what they thought was a fair offer.  As a collector, someone who cherishes history and the items.  Doesn't it make you feel better when you sell to someone who you know will appreciate the items as you have? 

      We, after all, are just caretakers for these items of history.  We can't take this stuff with us.  

      Bottom line: Summary:  

      If you collect for your own interest and passion, then you never need to worry about if something was worth it, or what the value is to others.  A collection is a collection, investments are investments.  Military items in collections are never to be confused with the latter.  You want a collection that holds value to everyone, collect bits of paper that have (Presidents, national heroes, symbols, Kings/Queens, kids playing hockey CANADA :) , monuments, animals and all will have a  denomination number somewhere conspicuous on them)   This will never go lower than face value.   (I am speaking of currency)

      Well, that's enough of my ramblings.  All the best. 

       

       

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