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    THE JAG FILE

    Oct 30, 2020 4 minutes
    With John Adams-Graf

    WHAT KIND OF COLLECTOR ARE YOU?

    “JAG,” a recent e-mail began, “You should buy this!” Attached was a link to a Craigslist ad selling an early slat grille Jeep…or at least there may have been one under the rust and modifications. Being the opportunist I am, I followed the link (keep in mind, up to that moment, I was not in the market for a Jeep). The next few hours revealed a lot about my collecting habits.

    COLLECTOR BY CONVICTION OR OPPORTUNITY?

    Those who know me, know that I have some collecting consistencies: I have collected antique photography since I was a little kid when my Dad gave me some 1860s . I have collected WWI photographs for

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