The memsahib and I were trawling through a local antiques centre last weekend when, amongst the usual tat, I spotted a cabinet containing what were clearly metal detecting finds, including several Roman brooches. She saw me rooted to the spot and, after mopping up my dribble, suggested I buy one or two.
My initial reaction was eh, what for? I find a fair few brooches (well, bits of them, to be fair) but I have to admit that whatever I turn up has, shall we say, not exactly benefited from Nature, the plough, and bovine waste products. They're generally in pretty poor condition, to be honest, but why would I even contemplate buying someone else's finds?
Fast forward to this afternoon and I went back and bought one
Well, I'm nothing if not a realist and given that the state of previous finds is likely to be projected into future finds it's nice to have a good example. And it was no money at all, considering the value it represents to me. Further, I think I know whose find it was and he's not a million miles from here
But I await confirmation on that.
Anyone else easily parted from their hard-earned, or is it just me?
