Curating Miscellany
Compare the loose taxonomy of the car-boot sale or junk shop to that of a museum. The museum may be carrying very similar items, but with an ostensibly stricter categorisation. The junk-shop has no taxonomy other than the proprietor’s likes and what is likely to make money. Museums can display completetly valueless items.
Either a) take valueless items and display them with museum labelling in a junk shop or b) take museum items and display them with museum-level rigour in terms of labelling, but with junk-shop layout and disorder.
