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Book SynopsisFrom rare books, valuable sculpture and paintings, the relics of saints, and porcelain and other precious items, through stamps, textiles, military ribbons, and shells, to baseball cards, teddy bears, and mugs, an amazing variety of objects have engaged and even obsessed collectors through the ages. With this captivating book the psychoanalyst Wern
Trade Review"What compels some people to buy the same object, albeit in different versions, over and over again? ... To find out why collectors lift their auction paddles long past sanity ... read Collecting: An Unruly Passion."--Art and Antiques "As a study of the phenomenon of private collecting, Werner Muensterberger's book, based on wide reading and personal acquaintance with many collectors, rings true."--The New York Review of Books
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Chapter 1. Passion, Or The Wellsprings Of Collecting, pg. 3*Chapter 2. First Possessions, pg. 14*Chapter 3. Of Toys And Treasures, pg. 25*Chapter 4. Skulls And Bones, pg. 51*Chapter 5. The Headhunter's Bequest, pg. 62*Chapter 6. "One Copy Of Every Book!", pg. 73*Chapter 7. Two Collectors: Balzac And His Cousin Pons, pg. 101*Chapter 8. Ventures Of Passion: The Vicissitudes Of Martin G., pg. 135*Chapter 9. Renaissance And Reconnaissance, pg. 165*Chapter 10. The Age Of Curiosity, pg. 183*Chapter 11. In Praise Of Plenty: Collecting During Holland's Golden Age, pg. 204*Chapter 12. Ways And Means, pg. 227*Chapter 13. The Promise Of Pleasure, pg. 251*Notes, pg. 257*Bibliography, pg. 273*Index, pg. 289
