john eden
male pale and stale
it's a junk shop mode of appreciation for the flotsam and jetsam washed up on lifes shores, the ephemera of consumer capitalism
I think it is that and I can't really defend it on those grounds except to say that it is a reasonably harmless hobby for a middle aged man - and that it's usually in parallel with people also consuming and valueing music in other ways.
There is also an aspect to it which is all about bucking the market and finding things which are undervalued (in money terms) which can then be sold at a profit.