He finds them a logical evolution from last wishes in which a treasured autographed baseball or a beloved dog's ashes are routinely interred with the deceased.
In a lesson perhaps all proud fathers could learn, Colonel Michael Swinfen Broun spent his wife's inheritance on building an Edwardian ballroom in which the treasured daughter of the house could celebrate her 21st birthday.
The extent to which they embraced the intervention was evident in their renewed excitement about their pregnancies, their commitment and eagerness to see the peer counselor, and the way in which they treasured the educational material.
The local love for Hubig's, he said, is "part of the code" of living in New Orleans, which treasures fancy restaurants like Galatoire's and po' boy sandwich joints.
Despite our reliance on storing memories digitally, retailers are reporting growing sales for special boxes in which to keep treasured possessions.
There are also gala events in which national treasure Michael Palin discusses his career alongside a screening of Buster Keaton classic The Navigator, and Python/Rutles/Bonzo Dog co-conspirator Neil Innes is honoured with a new documentary, aptly titled The Seventh Python.
It is indeed a center of advanced technology and science, and it is also the nation's luxury attic, in which such treasures as the original Star-Spangled Banner, Lincoln's top hat, the Spirit of St . Louisand the Mercury Friendship 7 spacecraft are displayed.
Choose which Treasure Chart to get.
Is it true that the city fathers used to sponsor an annual treasure hunt in which first prize was a one-way ticket out of town?
And I think my claustrophobia may partly stem from the scene in The Magicians of Caprona – purchased with a birthday book token, so very much treasured – in which Tonino and Angelica are turned into puppets and trapped in a cardboard box by the evil duchess (although, as I've said before, Alan Garner must also shoulder some of the blame).
