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About 1989 I decided that I wanted to get into the hobby of collecting.
Collecting something. I just wasn't sure what. I did establish a list of
requirements before I got started.
1.) I knew that I wanted to keep the items relatively small. The item needs to be easy to store and display. That ruled out engine blocks and steam driven tractors. 2.) It had to be something that was not made any more. It did not want to get into something where they keep making new ones. This would get you to buy the latest in order to keep current. I did not want to collect stamps because they keep printing more of them. Coins were out too. Granted I could have gone after the older or specific coins. But no thank you. I decided against coins. 3.) It had to be an item that I knew something about. This steered me toward a technical type item. 4.) The item had to still be available. I had to be able to find or buy them. No sense trying to collect something if you can't find them. 5.) They had to be affordable.
So why did I choose to collect Slide Rules?
The Saga Continues
The collecting starts
So now the collecting has started
At first I thought I was the only one on the planet collecting slide rules.
The first ones I found at flea markets, antique malls, and on the
CompuServe Hobby Forum.
As time went on, I heard of the existence of other collectors.
The clerks and dealers at some antique malls would say:
"Oh, there was a guy in here just last week asking about slide rules."
After a few years I found out about the Oughtred Society,
local and regional scientific technology shows,
The
International Slide Rule Group on Yahoo,
and of course there is eBay and other online auction sites.
Also other slide rule collectors have WEB
sites.
Now here I am 25+ years and 20 some storage boxes later! :)
Check out the items I have for sale on
eBay
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One thing I have observed while searching for slide rules, people will collect anything.
This observation resulted in me coining the phrase:
" If there is anything to collect, somebody will collect it. "
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