Winter Antiques Show 2010 Expert Eye and Book Signing "The Conceptsand Pratical Issues in Forming an Important Collection"

January 23, 2010

Winter Antiques Show Expert Eye & Book Signing Series #2:

The Concept and Pratical Issues in Forming an Important Collection: How the Museum of World War II Was Created"

Presented by: Kenneth W. Rendell

Two questions-1) What is the definition of completeness in relation to a collection? & 2) What is reality? These were two questions proposed at the beging of the lecture. In Kenneth Rendell's mind there is no clear definition of completeness in collecting. As for reality, it is a fragile and precious memory that needs to be saved. Saving the reality of World War II is at a delicate balance now.

Mr. Rendell,a child of WWII, lived through the reality of the starkness and fear that gripped the nation. It was a time peroid that gripped the nation. It was defining moment of history were good triumphed over evil. Despitethe fact that WWII was such an important peroid in history, there was little to no desire to collect objects associated with this partiular war.

(post will be finished on Jan.24th)