Third in the Musings on Collecting Series
Reflections on Collecting: Still Musing on Collecting and American Antiques
By Baron Perlman
Travel with the author through the lands of collecting. What is it that collectors experience? Learn of their successes, their tribulations. Whether being seduced and falling in love or having objects as old and dear friends, collectors connect with and experience all that life has to offer.
Through the prism of the author-psychologist, written in an engaging and easy to read, light and humorous style Perlman puts collectors on full display. The third in the author’s “Musing on Collecting” series, once again Perlman, who thought he had written about all that collecting entails, learned he was in error. There was more to say and reflect upon.
A love story to collecting, an adventure writ large, Perlman, who has collected his entire life speaks for and about collectors, placing them center stage. Step into the world that collectors inhabit and join them in their quests. Enjoy.
A long-time collector, an interest in what makes collectors tick, an exploration of the decisions and emotions collectors experience, discoveries, wanderings and wonderings of collecting, all presented with grace and humbleness of Dr. Perlman’s own knowledge and foibles. With joy and humor, what’s not to like?
Collecting is life. Reflections on Collecting welcomes and supports all in the collecting universe or who know someone who is, in this tome, the world of American antiques as exemplar. Anyone who wants to understand and appreciate collecting and collectors needs this book.
This book:
- Describes collector characteristics including resilience and wondering.
- Focuses on the collector experience like failure, awe, joy, and love and desire.
- Looks at what affects collectors such as good luck, seduction and the casting of spells.
- Explores what collecting involves – pitfalls, finds, and paradoxically the value of quitting among others.
- Reflects on collectors’ attachment to “old friends,” and some of the mysteries of collecting.
- Asserts that collecting is indeed a noble odyssey full of wonderment.
Pick up Reflections on Collecting and immerse yourself in the collector’s universe, a world Baron Perlman loves and beseeches you to also. Let the adventures begin. Available at amazon.com
To purchase through your local bookstore from IngramSpark please use the following information.
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-966219-08-8
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-966219-07-1
E-Book: 978-1-966219-06-4
To ask your local library to order a copy, please use the hardcover ISBN.
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