A small inherited collection can become an introduction to an interest nobody discussed while alive.

People leave behind evidence of interests they never talked about. A small run of objects, carefully chosen and kept together, is a record of attention: someone learned the names, noticed the differences, went looking. Inheriting it is an odd sort of introduction, since you meet part of a person after the chance to ask about it has gone. That is a real loss, and it is also a door left standing open.

If something like this has come to you, spend an hour learning what they knew. Ask an older relative what they remember about how it began.