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ANTIQUARIAN HOLOGRAPHICA The year is 2099, one-hundred years into the future. The scene is a memorabilia show dealing with antiques and collectibles from the late 20th century: Rare and first edition books, period maps and lithographs, etc. In a corner at the end of a long aisle is a booth dealing exclusively with holography and collectible objects relating to holography. Our imaginary booth has quite a selection -- embossed holograms, including several limited-edition pieces produced back in the 1980's by a number of prominent artists; a copy of the famous National Geographic cover with the American Eagle; signatures of the early movers and shakers in the field; posters and programs from early international shows; first-edition copies of many out-of-print books on holography . . . and a real attention-getter: an actual HeNe laser that the person in the booth tells you really works . . . that is, if you can find a place that still uses standard electricity for power! Our little scenario is not that far-fetched. Many of the items related to holography that we pass over as insignificant, stuffed into our desk drawers and filing cabinets, will someday be looked upon as period pieces worthy of collection. And, since we can be fairly certain that we won't be around to attend our little imaginary convention in 2099, why not make the most of the time we do have by attempting to put together an impressive collection of future holographic memoribilia. I receive Email on a regular basis from visitors to this website and many of those Emails are asking for specific information relating to collecting. One person wrote, asking for information concerning a specific embossed hologram and how to acquire one for their "collection". Another, from Europe, spoke of the writers pride in the collection of books and other printed materials -- all related to holography -- but added that they were concerned that it was not complete. "Could it be", I wondered, "that collecting holographic-related items was catching on around the globe?" The answer to that appears to be in the affirmative: Yes, there is collecting going on, and the real surprise is that it may prove to be the most active aspect of the field. There appears to be a "fever" that goes hand-in-hand with the art of collecting . . . collectors can sometime go through extreme trouble searching out materials. And nowhere are those materials more new and exciting than with holography. For a field celebrating only a few decades of existence, there is a multitude of collecting possibilites including tracking down books and related articles that extend much further back in time than a few decades. There is a rich history and many centuries of art and science behind it -- some of it extending back into the 16th and 17th centuries! All of it relating to holography today. This section of my website is devoted to what I call Antiquarian Holographica: Searching out the articles, books, posters and holograms from around the world to add to ones' personal collection of holographic "future" memorabilia. The mission of this section is to provide a solid foundation for starting ones' own archive on holography -- for future generations who will look back in time not only through the eyes of a collector, but a "keeper" of Antiquarian Holographica.
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