He has to keep the door closed, because he has cats. One, in particular, likes to take marbles off his desk and deposit them in the catfood dish. Basinet got into marbles a few years ago. While excavating a downtown site at work, he found marbles. Being the bookish sort, he began researching them.
Some people collect marbles for nostalgia.
They played as kids. I collect marbles as art. He also sells a few. Every day he drops 20 to 25 packages in the mail, sending little glass spheres out to collectors. But I have very little Florida business.