He began long ago to spend no small part of his patrimony in my honour. In every corner of his house he placed the arms, name, and portrait of his new friend, whose face was even more deeply graven in his heart. Another portion of his wealth he devoted to procuring copies of anything of mine which he could get hold of, no matter what might be its character. I could not be very hard-hearted when it came to letting so enthusiastic and novel a collector have what I certainly would have denied a man of more consequence. He moreover gradually weaned himself from his previous life, habits, and interests, and so completely altered his whole former self as to be a source of utter astonishment to his friends.

My collection and obsession is perhaps not as great as the one Petrarch wrote about in The Visit to the Goldsmith at Bergamo but non the less it is something I am relatively proud of. I am always interested in expanding this collection. Any dealers/collectors are welcome to contact me regarding this.

The collection may be viewed here.

Among my collection are approximately:

• 30 books
• 15 unique prints/portraits
• 4 medallions
• 8 unique mint stamps
• 2 die proofs
• 1 color proof
• 4 unique complete sheets of stamps
• 12 first day cover envelopes
• 10 first day cover postcards
• 20 additional postcards
• 1 tapestry
• 1 painting
• 1 minitaure plate
• 1 plaster cast
• 1 news paper article
• 2 poster prints
• 2 trading cards
• 2 LPs
• 2 sheet musics