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Article: Collectively speaking: what's your collecting obsession?(Wordson Play)
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- Playthings
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- June 1, 2004
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David Pressland
antique toy broker
The voyage from avocation to vocation can be a bit bumpy. For one, there is no ETA--estimated time of arrival.
The journey from the occupation of veterinarian to pre-occupation with antique toys, for example, took noted collector and author David Pressland more than 25 years. But they were filled with tireless enthusiasm.
"I qualified for the Royal Veterinary College London in 1964 and after two years employment in a general practice left to start my own small animal practice," he tells PLAYTHINGS. Toy collecting, however, dominated his life.
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"I started ...