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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 744248, member: 57463"]<b>History you can hold in your hand</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it is generalization that collectors of ancients in particular and world in general know more and care more about history than US collectors of US materials. At a recent show, we had ANACS set up and the line was long and stretched in front of the book seller's table and he was miffed. The people for ANACS were blocking his table. I mean, wouldn't you think that he would see them as customers?? No. He knows his business. People who want to slab coins don't read books because they don't care about the history or even the numismatics: they just want the upgrade.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is an unfair generalization, of course. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many times I have discovered a coin or note unknown to me, often in a dealer's junk box, and then learned about its time and place and context.</p><p><br /></p><p>That applies as well to ancients. Buying the coin can be the motivation to buying the book. Being interested in a historical period is not a precondition of collecting. It can work the other way around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 744248, member: 57463"][b]History you can hold in your hand[/b] I agree that it is generalization that collectors of ancients in particular and world in general know more and care more about history than US collectors of US materials. At a recent show, we had ANACS set up and the line was long and stretched in front of the book seller's table and he was miffed. The people for ANACS were blocking his table. I mean, wouldn't you think that he would see them as customers?? No. He knows his business. People who want to slab coins don't read books because they don't care about the history or even the numismatics: they just want the upgrade. It is an unfair generalization, of course. Many times I have discovered a coin or note unknown to me, often in a dealer's junk box, and then learned about its time and place and context. That applies as well to ancients. Buying the coin can be the motivation to buying the book. Being interested in a historical period is not a precondition of collecting. It can work the other way around.[/QUOTE]
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