I had been browsing the FW Rare Jazz Collector blog since the early days. He collects originals only, many of them in mint condition. I am always amazed at what he buys, but also appalled at the thought of the hundreds or thousands of $ he must need to pay for these items. At this price point, it is no longer about the music any more. It's about collecting rare artifacts, works of art. Not unlike collecting rare 1st editions of books. You don't buy them for the pleasure of reading the material itself...it's for something else entirely.
It's not something that I can entirely subscribe to.
It's not something that I can entirely subscribe to.