[gmku]

Well, SonicSam, that's a little harsh. I wouldn't call collectors idiots. In fact, many collectors are pretty smart. And if I had endless pots of money and all the time in the world, I could see myself getting into it.

But I get your point. I would guess that there's relatively little in my collection that's truly "collectible" in any sense that means anything to serious record collectors. The devoted collector pays attention to things like original labels and even the matrix numbers. I don't have the inclination or the time for that kind of thing, but I understand the obsessiveness, even though I also think it's a bit weird.

If anything is collectible in my collection, it's only by accident, from having picked up something when it first came out, or stumbling across a great copy of a favorite record, and such. I don't purposely go digging around for collectible records myself.