Since we’re on the topic of Gambler’s Choices, I finally opened up my clear Jol:
I think Reeves missed an opportunity here with the gemstone Desatado release Fire Opal: imagine if that color had been painted in translucent and/or iridescent paints on a clear glitter body?
I mean, it’s possible that they did try it and went “meh, didn’t work” and that’s why they went with what they did. But getting more creative with the translucent bodies – like they did with Jol, obviously – sometimes pays off.
(This is just a convoluted way of saying I want more glittery translucent Traditionals.)
Anyway, on a more melancholic note, the estate sale of our now deceased neighbors across the street was this past weekend. I went in at the beginning to get one last look around the place – and see what the family did not claim for themselves – and then at the end to see what sold, and possibly pick up a bargain or two.
I think I may have mentioned this before, but one of them was a Serial Cowboy/Lone Ranger/Hopalong Cassidy fan, and at one point there were at least a handful of related Breyers in the house.
(Those were not present.)
So I picked out an assortment of the better Western-themed books (several signed!) and a few others: some as mementos, and the rest to supplement my depleted book sales stash, especially since I was out of town for the local AAUW Book Sale. One of the “others” was an inaugural edition of John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage that had handwritten notes on the days both JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald were assassinated.
They also avidly collected Presidential memorabilia, so I know that that had to have meant something to them: history written while it was still raw and fresh. It felt so odd finding it there at the end of the sale, marked down and ignored until I picked it up. So I rescued it.
Although there is no history that would have been lost if it had been shuffled into a book sale donation pile – there’s nothing in those notes that adds or enhances our understanding of those events – the meta-narrative of the fact that it was a meaningful part of their Presidental history collection would have been lost.
Which is why I write what I do, when I can do it. As you know, I own many such meaningful things. This blog is not just about their history, but the history of the history, and why it’s important to have these things in my collection.
And in case you are wondering, you will not find any “bargains” at my (hopefully very far in the future) Estate Sale. The ephemera is going somewhere where it can be archived and documented for future historians, and several friends and family members know full well how much some of this stuff piled around me is worth.
Or maybe by then, it won’t be. I will be fine, either way, as long as some of the history remains, with it or about it.
3 comments:
I work for an auction company, cataloging and photographing items for our online auction division Sometimes it's really sad to see all the things left behind that no one in the family wanted or thought was important enough to keep.
That is a really cool find. I'm glad it ended up with someone who appreciates it's meaning.
When my grandmother passed away she had tagged many, many family items as to where they had come from and who should have them. She knew she wouldn't be there to pass the story on. Our family is small and there won't be anyone to inherit my collections, but I've kept up the tradition tagging unique items so their identity won't be lost, even if someone picks it up as a bargain. I know I love finding receipts or notes in things.
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