The Dangers Of Being A Philatelic Hoarder...

Or more accurately, the dangers of being a philatelic hoarder with impulse control issues.

I'm hosting a U.S. revenue buy/sell/trade session before and during CHICAGOPEX next month, so I'm starting to put together the cartons of material I'll be bringing with me. It's material I've already plundered, material I bought for resale, and also lots of material intended for my collection that I just haven't gotten around to processing/imaging.

As I'm going through the material, some of the purchases dating back 10 years, I frequently find myself asking the following questions:

"Why the [CENSORED] did I buy this?"

"Why the [CENSORED] did I pay so much for this?"

"Oh [CENSORED], you mean I bought this before?"

and sadly, far less frequently:

"Holy [CENSORED]! I didn't realize I bought this. Cool!"

Organization. It's a commodity some of us are in short supply of.

LOL Those questions of one's self really hit home.

Do like that rich guy did, the collector who bought the 24 cent inverted Jenny pane.

Didn't he have a full time secretary that organized all of his collections and purchases for him?

Jim

Bit of a risk - he could have ended up with a weaving machine in his office ...

Hi, my name is Richard...........and I'm a philatelic hoarder.