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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 7804180, member: 57463"]For myself, the OCD is that I cannot leave a new purchase unidentified. I have to go one better than the dealer's flip or whatever. And I never throw out wrappers. I mean I do shred the common USPS mail envelopes unless it is itself a collectible, like "From the Desk of..." or something. But you never ever throw out the old collector's original paper envelope or whatever else came with the item. That's the historicity that gives extra value to yet another coin or whatever.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks. My other hobby is astronomy. And I am new to it, just six years versus my 25+ years in the ANA. So, I never thought about the collectibility and re-sale ability of instruments that I bought for my own use. I even donated two to the Goodwill when I stopped using them and replaced them with models I prefer now that I know more.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, though, the supply chain is totally jammed. Most of everything comes from a very few manufacturers in China. So, not only telescopes, but tripods, mounts, finder scopes, eye pieces, all of it, is hard to come by. And when and if everything normalizes, the markets will be different again. Meanwhile, I read threads on discussion boards about someone's happy purchase of a vintage 1960s telescope. They don't make 'em like they use to...</p><p><br /></p><p>So, thanks for the heads-up. And on the matter of documentation, like you, I always add everything I can to the documentation of the telescopes, etc. It's easy enough because I write. So, I am always gathering information. But, just like coin sales sites, astronomy sales sites will sometimes say less about an item than I feel that I need to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 7804180, member: 57463"]For myself, the OCD is that I cannot leave a new purchase unidentified. I have to go one better than the dealer's flip or whatever. And I never throw out wrappers. I mean I do shred the common USPS mail envelopes unless it is itself a collectible, like "From the Desk of..." or something. But you never ever throw out the old collector's original paper envelope or whatever else came with the item. That's the historicity that gives extra value to yet another coin or whatever. Thanks. My other hobby is astronomy. And I am new to it, just six years versus my 25+ years in the ANA. So, I never thought about the collectibility and re-sale ability of instruments that I bought for my own use. I even donated two to the Goodwill when I stopped using them and replaced them with models I prefer now that I know more. That said, though, the supply chain is totally jammed. Most of everything comes from a very few manufacturers in China. So, not only telescopes, but tripods, mounts, finder scopes, eye pieces, all of it, is hard to come by. And when and if everything normalizes, the markets will be different again. Meanwhile, I read threads on discussion boards about someone's happy purchase of a vintage 1960s telescope. They don't make 'em like they use to... So, thanks for the heads-up. And on the matter of documentation, like you, I always add everything I can to the documentation of the telescopes, etc. It's easy enough because I write. So, I am always gathering information. But, just like coin sales sites, astronomy sales sites will sometimes say less about an item than I feel that I need to know.[/QUOTE]
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