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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4987029, member: 26302&quot;]I was watching a documentary on Prime about book collecting. In it, I heard something I found interesting. A book dealer noted the difference between book collecting and art collecting as a difference between comradery and exclusionary collecting. Book collecting, since it is collecting an object meant for mass production, celebrates the fact others will own what you own, and breeds collective research and enjoyment. Art, on the other hand, is an exclusionary act. If One person owns the picture, that means no one else can. Definitionally its about owning something unique that others cannot. </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought about it and I like the comparison. I find coin collecting like book collecting. We are collecting objects we know were mass produced, and this enables us to more freely share what we love about them in my mind. Maybe this is why I dislike the movement in coins the last 30-40 years to have &quot;conditional rarities&quot; and &quot;registry sets&quot;. To me this smacks more of exclusionary collecting, &quot;I own the highest graded example, so you never will&quot; type of thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think of the comparison between book, (and coin), collecting versus art collecting? Please feel free to disagree with anything I think. I would like other&#039;s opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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