![]() (A lovely wine, m'boy.) But this subtly changed as I led him through my collection rooms. I decanted an excellent vintage from my wine cellar - a 1928 St. Green would appreciate a private viewing of my exquisite pieces. Here, for example, is another collector, equally bereft of social skills, and hats off to Seth for so sensitively observing the fine line between shared enthusiasm and - on Chip Corner's part - showing off, and in Wimbledon Green, the prideful jealousy of someone determined to be the unequalled expert: Ask around, however, and you'll start to hear several other sides to the man and his personal history. ![]() But he just seems like one of those eccentrics that know more about their chosen enthusiasm than they do about human interaction. ![]() Pompous, to be sure opinionated, certainly and obsessed with ancient comics to a far further extent than anyone I've ever met. On the surface, Wimbledon seems to be a harmless old buffer. ![]()
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