1

The Act of Collecting

2

The Object’s Voice

3

Whoops, It Broke

4

The Better Mousetrap

5

Plumb Wore Out

6

Taste Changed

7

Owners Lost Faith

8

Owners Lost Interest

9

Owners Grew Up

10

nobody cared

11

Got Lost

12

Part of Something Bigger

13

Used Up

14

Better in the Afterlife

15

A Bad Idea in the First Place

16

Never Made Enough

17

Provisional Utility

18

Made for One Use Only

19

Unintended Survivors

20

Mental Collections

21

So What’s Left?

22

Just in Time

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chapter 11

Got Lost (Too Small to Keep Track of)

Stanhopes Marbles Dice Cufflinks Buttons Tacks

Marbles Group, Glass, cat’s eyes, nines, micas, corkscrews, aggies, slags, mibs, 20 century. Glass,
3/4 to 1" diameter. USA

Got Lost (Too Small to Keep Track of) takes up the cause of those items that are so small as to be easier to lose than to find. Frequently paired or part of a set, the loss of one renders its counterpart(s) useless and adrift (ex: buttons, marbles, stanhopes, cufflinks, dice, tacks).