is somewhat reticent to give his neatly arranged
collection too much publicity. "International art thieves", he muttered to
me recently. "Just look at what happened with them Babulionian treasures from
Iraq last month. Lots of low life art collectors know they can get that
stuff on the black market for a fraction of what it's worth. Don't know
what they do with it. Can't be showin' it to nobody.....jeez, did I use another
double negative there?". When I asked him
about getting insurance from some renowned company like Lloyd's of London
he just scoffed. "Idiots....said my collection wasn't worth nothin'. Took
me a lifetime to amass all this and they say it ain't worth the lighter
fluid it would take to burn it up. Damn fools".
The passion with which Professor P. Khan speaks convinces me that this man
truly is wholly devoted to his life's work of being the World's eminent
authority on matters Stuckey. "But", I protested, "surely you must concede that
a collection of this magnitude should be in the public eye, for all to enjoy".
"Oughta be, that's a fact", he replied thoughtfully. "Just sure as shootin',
some no good son of a gun'll have my collection if I ain't careful."
I finally convinced him to let me photograph the artifacts, but only on the
condition that I was not to reveal the location, including the city. So
in the following pictures feast your eyes on what is probably the World's
biggest collection of Stuckology.