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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1817009, member: 19463&quot;]Perhaps it would be good to point out that there are a thousand other specialties out there which would enable you to become ridiculously concentrated in something different than Martin and I.&nbsp; I almost stopped buying these after my friend Roger Bickford-Smith died back in the 90&#039;s and I had no one to talk to about the ones I found.&nbsp; My collection is small compared to Martin&#039;s.&nbsp; I do, however, believe it is good to have a consuming quest level specialty in addition to building a general collection of pretty coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If, however, you feel you must compete with us for what we collect, I suggest you obtain three auction catalogs and visit a website:</p><p>Arnold Collection, Glendenning, 21 Nov 1984</p><p>Kelly Collection, Spink 123, 18 Nov 1997</p><p>Bickford-Smith collections (small part - the BM got most of the good stuff), CNG 47, 16 Sep 1998</p><p><a href="http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/severanhome.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/severanhome.htm" rel="nofollow">http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/severanhome.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The plates in these make RIC and BMC look like a beginner collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m sure I missed some others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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