The Wraith wrote:How does one's collection become "pedigreed"? When does my collection of anything end being just a collection from some nut <G> to being "The Wraith" collection?
The Wraith wrote:I have tried to wrap my mind around this singular question, and I can't find a reasonable answer. How does one's collection become "pedigreed"? When does my collection of anything end being just a collection from some nut <G> to being "The Wraith" collection?Thanx for any input.
Calithena wrote:All three things (Depth, Condition, Uniqueness/Display of Unique Taste) basically boil down to the same thing though: making other collectors jealous, or at least respectful.
Badmike wrote:If you are some guy with 1000 wargames that are all pristine unplayed condition, you have a pedigree.
faro wrote:Calithena wrote:All three things (Depth, Condition, Uniqueness/Display of Unique Taste) basically boil down to the same thing though: making other collectors jealous, or at least respectful.Depth and Breadth, maybe, but that's certainly an interesting way of phrasing the concept! thx.Provenance is (as usual) another fun word to bandy around, IMHO.
faro wrote:Badmike wrote:If you are some guy with 1000 wargames that are all pristine unplayed condition, you have a pedigree.*shudder*Erm, did I say that? Untouchable museum, more like, but it's very much horses-for-courses.(Any CGC'd copies of TD#1, yet?)
JohnGaunt wrote:It's just stuff.
MShipley88 wrote:Four things could confer a pedigree on a collection:1) Rarity 2) Time3) Celebrity4) Sheer volume.....like that guy in California whose house has converted itself into a museum of science fiction, fantasy and movie collectibles just through the collection's enormous bulk and the number of years involved in collecting...which has given the guy some small measure of celebrity.....or that guy who sold his collection of thousands of vinyl records a few years ago for $100,000. He cried on the news as they packed it up...I wondered why at the time...but not anymore. Of the four routes to pedigreed status, celebrity is the least valid...but the most common.Mark
Beyondthebreach wrote:I can think of one excellent example of how "celebrity" can greatly increase the value of something.Sometime several years ago, all the Stan Lee file copies of Marvel comics were sold. Though, I don't particularly like CGC, the one good thing is that they provide authentication to certain items - so when the Stan Lee file copies are on sale, the buyer knows they are the real deal as it states it on the CGC label.In any case, these were the actual comics that Stan the Man would use as reference - some were hardly touched, but many others were well used (presumably he would use them to refer to pervious events when writing/editing current stories . . . or just read them for nostalgia.)In the cut-throat, high-grade condition crazed world of comics, these stand out as low grade comics can sometimes fetch more than Near Mint based on their pedigree to Stan the Man.But, that's about the pinnacle of a comic celebrity right there. Maybe if Gygax himself were to sell his personal gaming books, there would be some comparison.
grodog wrote:One of the things that folks haven't really touched on much is that for something to be valuable, people have to know about it. As such, the sharing of information, evaluations, and the promotion of the context/history/development/etc. of the hobby has immense impact on what qualifies as a "pedigree" item, collector, collection.