Obsessions

Obsessions Collectors and Their Passions

Hardback (16 Oct 2004)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A brief and entertaining history of the collecting mania from ancient times reveals both famous and near-forgotten collections of the past. The main part of the book looks at current collections by private collectors, split into four main categories of Grand Old Traditional, Natural History, Curiosities and Eccentricities, and Avant-Garde Art & Chic. Collectors from around the world are featured, including Hunt Slonem in New York, Ernst von Loesch in Berlin, and Robert Opie in the UK, with collections ranging from skulls and butterflies to farm machinery and modern art.

Book information

ISBN: 9781840007213
Publisher: Octopus
Imprint: Mitchell Beazley
Pub date:
DEWEY: 790.132
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 187
Weight: 1393g
Height: 292mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 21mm