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The French Art of Cheese-Label Collecting (atlasobscura.com)
35 points by Caiero on Oct 22, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



"...other collectors have many more labels (some have amassed more than 150,000 distinct labels, about half of the 300,000 varieties that were ever produced."

An odd but fascinating story with lots of pretty labels. I'm trying to fathom the drive and psychology behind someone who's actually managed to collect upward of 150,000 cheese labels. (If I could only bottle that essence of drive and passion all the things I ought to have done would have been done!) ;-)


That drive is surprisingly hard to direct!

(Said as someone who has at times obsessively collected various things).


"...surprisingly hard to direct"

Yeah, don't I know it!




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