The DNA of collector

How much would you pay for the Mona Lisa, for instance? Such works are priceless because they have the ability to draw eyeballs and footfalls

I am forever fascinated by the collecting mind, no matter what it is that draws one’s fancy — comic books, coins, postage stamps, match boxes, dinky cars, film memorabilia, antique cars — because they all have something in common: passion, knowledge, competitiveness, something that sets one apart from the herd. Even among them, the art collector is a distinctive breed because of an absence of defined absolutes that lend value to the objects of one’s desire. With art, so much is subjective — no matter what experts say — that it is not unusual to spend quite extraordinary values on