Each to their own
IT is tempting to think of collecting as a universal human trait—possibly even Trappists collect, if only prayers (they are unlikely to contradict me). Naturally, collectors come in as many guises as the things that they collect, and motivations differ widely. The reasons for dispersing a collection are as diverse as the spurs to acquisition; appropriate to this issue’s theme, I present a choice collection of collectors. On display we have an antiques market trader, a scientist, a former museum director, a ‘professional’ collector and an inventor and entrepreneur, each collecting in a different field.
Annie Marchant (1951–2020), widely known as ‘Breadboard Annie’, is not to be confused with Rosslyn Neave and her daughter Madeleine, who set up
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