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Agreed - I think you should only collect things that you'd like to have anyway, or I my case where I collect books it's because they're either beautiful or very good (ie signed 1sts or illustrated) editions of works that I love. One of my most treasured possessions is a signed first of Ursula LeGuin's Tehanu, mostly because she signed it to me, and it's one of my all time favourite books of hers and she's one of my most admired authors. I wouldn't pay for a Huxley, though Jim Sexton might *grin*. I actually own some first Sendacks - that's what sent me to that link in the first place. Not Wild Things, and not bought for exorbitant prices, mostly just bought new when they first came out.