In Flagrante Collecto
caught in the act of collecting
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
chapter 1
The Act of Collecting
chapter 2
The Object’s Voice
chapter 3
Whoops, It Broke
chapter 4
Obsolescence & the Better Mousetrap
chapter 5
Plumb Wore Out
chapter 6
Taste Changed
chapter 7
Owners Lost Faith
chapter 8
Owners Lost Interest
chapter 9
Owners Grew Up
chapter 10
nobody cared
chapter 11
Got Lost
chapter 12
Part of Something Bigger
chapter 13
Used Up
chapter 14
Better in the Afterlife
chapter 15
A Bad Idea in the First Place
chapter 16
Never Made Enough
chapter 17
Conceived for Provisional Utility
chapter 18
Made for One Use Only
chapter 19
Unintended Survivors
chapter 20
Lists, Mental Collections, and Deaccessioning
chapter 21
So What’s Left?
chapter 22
Just in Time
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About the Author
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From the Author
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From the field
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From You