Year Eight: The Collector's Myth Collectors fueled myth-making. A model sold at auction became a talisman; provenance mattered more than price. Each piece carried marginalia—sketches, hand-signed notes, a tiny variance in finish—that made it singular. Museums requested loans, and exhibitions mounted narratives about craft and technology. In lecture halls, students traced lineage from prototype sketches to contemporary iterations, learning that design was a conversation across time.