Anyone who has read anything I have written knows that I have a strong sense of personal nostalgia. Looking back at my childhood, to when I first started collecting comic books and my father reading them along with me, that was a good time in my life. I usually feel a touch of sadness while looking back, and sometimes I worry that this sadness is bad for me. Well, I need not worry, according to this post from the Spring/Summer 2019 edition of The Intelligent Collector magazine:

The Balm of Nostalgia

Long-time readers of the Mercheum Blog will recall that I was interviewed in the Fall 2017 issue of that great magazine.

I just read a great post on the Intelligent Collector website:

What All Collectors Absolutely, Positively Must Know

While some of the people interviewed were concerned with the value or authenticity of items purchased, I liked the quotes that emphasized buying what you care about. Shortly after I started the Harvey Mercheum website, I started buying every new Harvey-related item I could find. I quickly ran out of money, and did not even put a dent in the list of items I had found. I now buy items I feel are unique or otherwise important parts of the history of Harvey Comics. In short, I try to buy items that I care about.

Long-time readers of the Mercheum Blog may recall me doing an interview that was published in the Fall 2017 issue of Intelligent Collector magazine.

I just read a good post on the namecheap blog about “5 Things to Never Include in a Domain Name“. I know back when I first started working on the Harvey Mercheum website, I had a very hard time deciding what to use for a domain name.