To have and to hold project

Three Flying Ducks

Three flying ducks is about the art of collection and how tchotchkes, while cheap and mass produced, play a role in making collection more accessible. While not all collections require money, such as collecting used packaging for snacks, worn out shoes, and expired stamps, many others such as fine art, wine, and geodes were long inaccessible to average people. The creation of the collection also makes it more satisfying to collect as there is an achievable end goal, it is possible to complete a collection unlike many other types of collections.

https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/museum-of-brands-founder-robert-opie-celebrates-50-years-of-collecting-16-08-2013

Robert Opie collected food packaging and other one you items gathering them through childhood now having an estimated 500000 items. These items fill his home, a storehouse, museums, and exhibition spaces. His made a business out of this selling and renting his objects to film productions and selling books about his collection.

Anglers and Utopias

Collectors tend to be women but generally men tend to get sucked into their collections. The single minded focus and drive to dominate and feel successful that patriarchal societies have driven into men up to this point is a factor they contributes to this statistic. While this is not wholly a bad thing as many advancements that are made are made by individuals who think and act this way, but at the same time it has lead to wars and through them come these advancements. 

https://www.dw.com/en/wernher-von-braun-the-rocket-engineer-of-the-powerful/a-49618596

Werner Von Braun who founded the American space program also built rockets for Nazi germany to bomb London, and in bother cases his work consumed him, causing him to seclude himself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/nyregion/alex-shear-a-collector-of-american-kitsch-dies-at-73.html

Alex shear is an example of someone who has gotten absorbed into his collection, to rediscover “American innocence” through objects with character. Having many types of connections and collecting toys he used to play with. His marriage fell apart, he lost friends but he is still dedicated

With over 100000 objects in multiple warehouses he collects and salvages things from flea markets, including defective or failed merchandise as he believes these are just as important as successful products. Especially from big companies who would rather consumers forget their shortcomings. While he is successful it came at the cost of many connections.