Dane D. Lion's Music Den ##############

The collecting of cultural objects can satisfy any number of needs, among which snobbery may not be the most important. Here is a tentative list:

1. The need to make beauty and pleasure permanent.
2. The need to comprehend beauty.
3. The need to distinguish oneself as a consumer.
4. The need to belong.
5. The need to impress others, or oneself.