How many sad thoughts you all have !
Oh come on ... how could you even think of vacuum cleaners when you are talking abouth "departing" and other sad ideas like this ! ( F*** the vacuums ! Vacuum cleaners are nothing if compared to the many wonderful things we will surely all do before that far day ! ).
1 - I am also like Anthony and I am sure I will keep most of my stuff forever with me ( even if this will mean spending more money hiring a garage or storage room ) and - hopefully - will be able one day to catalogue them carefully and make them someway available for display, to the public. That's why I have already started to lend or hire some of my stuff for temporary exibitions, thematic displays or shop vitrines and for the filming of commercials and tv movies ( hey, they pay you 30% of the item market value for a 15 days hire, that's usually the rule. They are often very much interested in this vintage stuff : just send them a photografic catalogue of your items and they will contact you in case of need,easy !). That's money for your next collectable too !
2 - A complete and interesting collection can be easily be "borrowed" ( if not donated, if you don't want to ) for a long period of years to museums, most of which would be absolutely interested.
3- Keeping a CATALOGUE of our personal collection ( with all the info available for every machine, old ADs, production curiosities, etc ) and inventory number of each item is important in the unhappy case something should happen to us....let's immagine ...we should loose our memory or mind ( rather than DIE, Ok ? ). This - also - will give the "others" the opportunity to understand the value of each item so all the staff will not get lost or go the rubbish but might be donated to public museums or sold to other collectors : all the info contained in our COLLECTION GUIDE we have carefully prepared, will be very helpful for relocating them in the right way and value too !
5 - Whatever happens in the future,I really would REQUEST my collection to stay all together , rather then split . Don't ask me why, I don't know !
Here enclosed is a possible image of my funeral, with all the silent cleaners respectfully standing in my courtyard, waiting for the last goodbye to the "dearly departed" !!!
Cheers , GUIDO- Italy
