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This ia one step removed from label-worship ... but I have two Disneyland attraction posters. One is a Haunted Mansion reproduction, and the other is an Adventure thru Inner Space original (complete with, ahem, certificate of authenticity). They both look really good. But they are not the same animal.
The one that really hung somewhere in Disneyland at some point in time is precious to me. It has an imaginary connection that (with it being an inanimate object and all) exists only in my head, but I cannot "pretend" the same thing about the fake one.
I would have said the same thing about labels as Alex, when it comes to apparel. But I seem to have something going on when it comes to memorabilia. It was worth more money to me to have something with an actual connection that I could wrap my imagination around.
For some it's watches, for others it's art, still others it's clothes. Most of us probably have some area in which we place value on an intangible.
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