How silly can collectors be?

[John Foust]

At 02:06 PM 6/3/2006, Joost van de Griek wrote:
>Once something is collectible, value is very hard to establish. While such a
>price for a "small piece of aluminium with some lettering on it" may seem
>outrageous to you, if it is the final missing piece in someone's collection,
>that price may be peanuts compared to the increase of the complete
>collection's value.

It's not even that.  "Value" gets crazy and psychological when it
comes to collectibles.  It happens with tulip bulbs and Beany Babies, 
it happens with old junk computers, too.

- John