AT SAMLE ELLER IKKE AT SAMLE

Resumé

Some people collect because they cannot

stop doing so; it is a kind of disease.

Other people collect because they have

been requested to do so. The pathological

collector collects more for the sport of it than

for the results. Therefore, the (p) collector

will make stringent rules for the sport, so

it will not be too easy for newcomers. But

collecting is not enough; the collection has

to be organized in a proper way. The result

of the requested (r) collection depends on the

collector’s background and understanding

of the matter at hand. The cultural, historic

value of a collection can be measured by the

amount of information that is added to the

objects in the collection. A collection with

little or no information on the objects has

really low value seen from a cultural, historic

point of view. But a p-collector may overlook

that fact as long as the objects fulfil the

collector’s criteria for making additions to

the collection.