Collecting or Hoarding?

[cliff]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

Cliff,

What about museums? They are usually in the habit of taking things in and tend not to give or sell things (although there are execptions).

Ah...institutions are different but I guess a lot of Hoarders and/or collectors belong in a different sort of institution

Museums have collections and are often able to provide research facilities and information to restorers and historians so I'd put them (or most of them) into the collectors corner

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by cliff

Ah...institutions are different ......
Museums have collections and are often able to provide research facilities and information to restorers and historians so I'd put them (or most of them) into the collectors corner

Unfortunately, not all museums see the need to make "their" information available to the public (anyone other than their staff). Thankfully, even those who state that loans are not available can sometimes be persuaded to be more co-operative than their formal policy indicates. Ask politely and comply with the terms if you hope for future access..... sometimes the surprise is better than expected.

[cletrac (RIP)]

I've probably got enough stuff here to qualify as either a hoarder or collector but I tend to think of myself as the latter. I think a hoarder is one who gathers stuff up and never does anything more with it.
Regarding museums, several vehicles in my collection were in the Nanton Museum at one time then made it to a museum in Manitoba where the guy I got them from picked them up. That's a lot of miles in a big circle! When I decide to get rid of some, who knows where they'll end up at?
Then there was the old woman who had lots of money and somebody asked her if she hoarded it all by herself. She replied, "Hell no, my sister whorded half of it!"

[jeff davis]

had a guy I know buy a Manual that I needed for a restoration only to hold on to it as future trade with Me. I was lucky enough to find the Manual online for free so i could complete the Truck.
I think he is a Horder
JD

[Wpns 421]

For all collecters and Hoarders, here is a point to ponder. What would happen if we all lived really close to each another????!!! Could we form a Commenwealth, a small country, or a new Canadian province and become the greenest place in Canada. What would we call it?? Of course we would have ethnic issues, HUP Collectors, jeep collectors, postwar vehicles, track guys etc...
During this election we should have started our own "Green Party"(MV). All party rallies to be held at Gracies and free beer once a month.
Don't mind me too much paint fumes this week, but points to ponder. Gilles

[maple_leaf_eh]

One of those hoarder shows had a doctor-type commenting on some poor bugger's case, saying that many of them have seemingly normal fronts to their houses. But as you get closer, you see parts, boxes and containers in the parked cars and deeper in from the street, you'll see sheds and accumulations covered with tarps. Who among us doesn't fit that definition?

I draw the line at unused materials etc in commodity quantities. And, vehicles that can't roll on their wheels.

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Stuart Fedak

My favorite is seeing trees growing through HUP bodies. It is rumoured that every few years the HUP trees at the Hammond Barn are harvested, and a couple cords of wood are fed to Lucifer (The God of heat)...

Stuart, Where is this mystical place?