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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 6226588, member: 110504&quot;]Very well put, [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER], not to mention incisive.&nbsp; (...May I repeat the obvious, that your English is better than that of a lot of ostensible native speakers?)</p><p>You&#039;re probably the first one on this thread to note the fact that, from one coin to the next, we tend to collect from different <i>motives</i>.&nbsp; ...Right (my penchant for ellipticality is starting to make me nervous), on a preemptive basis.</p><p>I can second as much as that, more impressionistically (or at least pre-articulately), I have widely varying levels of emotional (and corresponding monetary) investment, from my first bid on something.&nbsp; Whether the auction is one of the &#039;big names,&#039; or on ebay.</p><p>...Granted, I&#039;ve always collected solely in the attitude, as well as the capacity of a collector.</p><p>(...<i>See? </i> To switch countries on you, I studied <u>The Concluding Unscientific Postscript</u> as an undergraduate.&nbsp; ...In a less than great English translation!!!)</p><p>But it&#039;s resonantly true that there are &#039;Great Whales&#039; (<i>liking</i> it --a contemporary of Kierkegaard!), where you just Know.&nbsp; (...I like your metaphor more than &#039;Holy Grails&#039; --unless they&#039;re different things....)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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