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The history of collecting

A lot of us will remember collecting stamps or football stickers or stationary or something of th...

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14.31 10 Oct 2025


The history of collecting


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14.31 10 Oct 2025


A lot of us will remember collecting stamps or football stickers or stationary or something of that ilk as a child.

But, is that a modern phenomenon, or is it something inherent that we have seen throughout history?

James Delbourgo is Professor of History at Rutgers University and author of ‘A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now’. He joins Seán to discuss.


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