My Collector beat up your Honor Collector

Lately there has been some discussion regarding "real" collectors or "important collectors" vs. someone else who ... gee, buys art but isn't published in a magazine as someone who is a collector. Which is about 98% of the accessible & relevant (to this commentary) population.

I cannot practice bias amongst people who are excited about the art I am showing at the gallery;
who have their sights/insights on buying work, who are just starting their collection, or who are looking to add something new to their already developed collection, or who have never even walked into a gallery before, who are 20 years old, who are 60+, artists, philosophers, tenure professors, dandies, debutantes, ladies who lunch, men who manage, museum directors/curators, other gallerists...

I welcome anyone who is showing an interest - forethought or happenstance in acquiring fine art or art items. (Especially what I show)

For artists, it is gratifying & impressive to have a celebrity on your resume. Or to know that an important collector owns your work - because it is exciting knowing that when the time is right, they donate their collection to your favorite national museum, which of course, includes you.

But I think it is a good idea to not discount the countless others who understand, & ideally want to or will own your work. Or may be the published collectors of the future.

Heck, if they "want it" "need it" & ultimately buy it, they must "get it".