Hi,
Wow you have very strong feelings, thanks for sharing them.
My name is Sarah.
I am not a collector, of kiffa, of anything material in fact. If i collect anything I guess it would be interactions and experiences.

I buy the new production beads , because people ask for them. As simple as that! I travel in order to expand my awareness of the world and of the people who live in it.
The things I have commented on here are truthful accounts of my experiences.
When I speak of remote and trust, I am in mind of places which do not appeal to tourists. The El Hamaan mines, Aghbar, ElBahthl khrer, and many many others. Places in many instances which are not even on the map! Why was I in any of these places? By Chance....welcomed to a wedding by friends, searching for an elusive mineral in an area which is behind military barriers helped by a Moroccan general who I met by chance on a train trip years ago. A man with no interest in or knowledge of beads, jewels or any transactions which keen eyed and minded business men angle for in other regions.
The things which I have, in many cases come to me, A gift from a family, who I have been able to help in someway on my travels. A contact given by a school teacher in a tiny mountain school where the whole village know that the lady with the red hair gave books and pencils to the school by the box to ensure that all of the kids can have them. The families whos childrens feet are tucked into shoes from the same lady. etc etc etc.
I do not turn up and ask, I turn up and interact. Through loving the experiences of travelling and meeting people the other aspects emerged.
So yes, you are right I expect...I am a romantic .....I am naive. I also romantically believe that everything and everyone has worth .......this worth is not of course always financial.

I have huge respect for your obviously vast knowledge and the depth of the collectors business interest, but not everyone has the same intent or is driven by the same factors.
I suspect that Uwe and I have a love for the magical moments as much as for the items we find along the way. My principal motivation for travel is to experience not to possess. And I certainly do not aspire to be anything other than this.
I can imagine that a trip to Morocco without the privilage of friendship beyond commercial interest would be a dull and empty experience.
Have a wonderful Christmas. Remembering of course peace and goodwill to all men.