The history of collecting

06/01/2026 9 min
The history of collecting

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Podcast: Moncrieff (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: The history of collectingPub date: 2025-10-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationA 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.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Newstalk, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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