I don’t think it’s that extreme — just the normal development of having collected (most of) the basic things already: you move onto the variations. Collectors like rare things, because they’re obviously harder to find, and thus, are more prestigious (whether to other people or to the collector).
On another forum I’ve seen it a few times now that someone joined specifically to sell the stash of a modeller who died. IMHO this is the best way to go about it, but of course, I suppose you’ll probably best arrange this in advance, because some people will just see it as stuff to throw out.
I think I would want my entire library (which is about one-half reference books on AFVs, aircraft, etc., military history books and modelling magazines, and one-half books for role-playing games and wargames; plus some assorted other stuff) given to a second-hand book store — assuming any of those are left at all by the time I die … About a decade ago, I walked into one in my area and found a whole lot of books on military vehicles that I’d never seen there before, and it turned out nearly all of them had the same person’s name and address stamped inside. Though I never knew him, he must have collected those books over about forty years, so the only explanation I have is that he died and his collection then went to this store. (Many of them are now on my shelf, but I kind of wish I’d had the opportunity to buy more of them still
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