I'm not much if a collector as such Alex
But you have me thinking a little
I use to collect stamps when I was young still have them
occasionally look at them , some probably have some modest value but such is the connection to to a long time ago I probably couldn't bring myself to sell them ,, often wonder when hording replaces 'collecting' must be a fine line there somewhere we all sail close to the wind with sometimes
My good wife started painting again some years back and I sometimes ask for one of her finished pieces , I think I have two or three now .
I have a collection of elephants ,small figures , much like the paintings is pretty random and not an ongoing obsession , though I just counted
the herd has swelled to eight in recent times .