December 14, 2025
Tag: samplers
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Samplers vs Completists
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In a continuing debate – ongoing for nearly twenty years – one of my dearest postcard friends and I have wondered, “When collecting sets of postcards, which is better, being a “sampler” or being a “completist.” For the sake of debate, we define a sampler as someone who collects any piece of a set without…
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February 20, 2025 3 Comments
Carl Spitzweg’s art may make you laugh. Don’t apologize, it is meant to! It may be that he is the only artist, ever, who trained as a pharmacist. Yes, his art comes by the dose. Look at one and you always feel better after a close examination.