Collecting For Fun And (Maybe) Profit

Collecting for Fun and (Maybe) ProfitA single postage stamp was auctioned last year for a record-shattering $280,000. The sale blew minds all over Wall Street. Whenever stocks are falling and inflation raging (and especially when both occur at once), the investment potential of collector's items--stamps, coins, paintings, rare books, autographs, antiques and all the rest--seems especially promising. In this instance, the facts had all the allure of lucre. The stamp, shown here, is the fabled &qu...