You buy them for the very best reason of all. Everything else is secondary, although the potential for appreciation does add some interest to the line. Prices going up make you feel better about what you have spent, but if appreciation becomes the *objective*, it's no longer any fun, imo. I only buy one of each, and have no intentions of ever selling any except possibly in a financial emergency. I feel I could enjoy the line even if prices were to collapse, but the prospect of appreciation adds to the thrill of the chase, trying to get the ones you want before the price goes out of sight. I'd rather have the aesthetic enjoyment I presently get from the line than the appreciation, if I had to choose. Fortunately, I haven't had to make that choice.

-Art

[This message has been edited by Art (edited 02-18-99).]