Why Constraints Make Collecting Anything Great

Collecting anything is a little bit strange.

From the outside, it looks like one step away from organised hoarding, or perhaps folks with too much money trying to justify how they spend it.

For those who do collect, however, it’s an undeniably rewarding pastime offering intellectual curiosity, community, and the thrill of the hunt. Jean Paul Getty, patriarch of the Getty oil and media empire, was one of the 20th century’s greatest collectors and described himself as an…