Fuddy-Duddy No More: Stamp Expert Wants To Change Image

An interesting read from the Dallas News on 10/27/2013:

http://fdluxe.dallasnews.com/2013/1...-image.html/

Your right, That was a good read.

Wanting to change the image is one thing, having a plan or possible solution to offer is quite another. And of course having that plan/solution come to fruition is another thing all together.

A good point 51. Yet one of my pet peeves is the definition of the word "philately". It is really defined more as the "study" of stamps, rather than just collecting them, as opposed to what Merriam Webster stated. The definition is much broader.


-IBFS

Would be fun chasing the great rarities and making a living off it, but I suspect that hunt is beyond the scope of most of us. It is interesting reading about the great collectors and the fortunes they have made and lost in philately and I often wonder where the great stamps now reside. Reading the philatelic literature tells us these stamps are still changing hands at phenomenal prices. However, I, for one, am perfectly happy building my collection of non-valuable stamps and making the best display of them I can.

I actually know Andrew, albeit fairly casually. He is a very nice young man with a genuine interest in the hobby.

There are great stamps everywhere, but making a living out of philately is a very tough, competitive business requiring plenty of capital.

ummm...is it just me or was anyone else offended by his stealing his dad's collection? I don't consider that "entrepreneurial" at all! I would be disgusted if a relative stole and then sold my stamps!

Yeah, CP, that turned me off too!

If his father did not mind, and they were his stamps, I don't see where anyone else should mind. And he was 12. Most of us did something that perhaps we should not have at 12.

Disagree with you revcollector. Even at the age of 12, he should have known the difference between right and wrong and how far one is expected to go with another person's collection, even his own fathers collection. The father should have taught him that too.

I would have been ticked off too.

My opinion of course.

Chimo

Bujutsu

What does he want to change taking it from an old mans hobby to the super rich?