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To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (13646)	6/22/1998 11:53:00 AM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116871

You are a very a diversified person. It is interesting to see flight to protect i was ever amazed as some of the art works that became trendy and sold for prohibitive amounts. It amounts to the fact they can't be replaced in the case of the dolls. I recall when there was a run on Levi by the Japanese iwas going though my kids old jeans to see i if could fine the right pair. Goodluck on the kewpies.

To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (13646)	6/23/1998 10:50:00 AM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116871

ole 49er, Yea, I agree that collectables can really diversify a portfolio. The problem is that one can get really emotionally attached to a collectable and in theory, not so attached to a stock or Krugerand. I know someone who used to collect those packing crate labes like "trout Apples" and that kind of stuff. One day, she was feeling really poor and there was a collectables show in town featuring those kind of labels. She went down and sold her collection and then cried for weeks afterwards. I have started collecting classical guitars myself, but there is a problem. If you play them (as I love to), you wear them, and thus reduce their value. Worse yet, they tend to go bad all by themselves just due to string tension, and atmospheric changes. It is a type of collectable that can waste away... more tears! Ciao, -John