Digital BW, The Print

Hi David,

I respect your opinion, but I don't think it is usually shared 
by collectors (and it is collectors who buy expensive prints).
You may well enjoy the current 34 USPS stamp, but collectors will 
pay lots of money for the rare stamp with sonme unique misprinting.
Or in photography, a rare leica prototype by Oskar Barnack will cost 
you more than the current (and plentiful) M7.

Why do collectors value rarity? Maybe because a rare object is harder 
to get.

gregory

> Why would anybody want to spend a significant amount of money to buy a
> rare object?  The only reason I can understand is they can't get
> something the looks just like cheaper.  *Rare* is BAD -- if I own rare
> objects I have a responsibility to their care that can sometimes be a
> pain to meet.  
> -- 
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