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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2392214, member: 19463&quot;]Does anyone know if his entire dealer stock went to market with Steve&#039;s coin?&nbsp; I have no idea if he collected or if the coins with tickets like yours were just what was in stock at the end.&nbsp; I know a couple dealers who have collections far in excess of what they will show to customers and several who will not collect coins because it puts them in competition with their customers and they consider that inappropriate.&nbsp; I do not know where Tom stood on that question.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many questions that fall into the &#039;none of my business&#039; category.&nbsp; We saw the huge BCD collection hit the market but I, for one, have no idea what other similar size collections are out there waiting for the owner to pass.&nbsp; I know of one specialist in one city who has well over a thousand coins of that one city including many he has owned for over 50 years.&nbsp; His passing could make a dent in the market (or will it sell intact to a private party who will keep it together for another 50 years???).&nbsp; What is a large collection?&nbsp; A few thousand coins is small unless each is FDC gold and 20,000 is small if all are LRB&#039;s.&nbsp; How many &#039;large&#039; collections exist?&nbsp; How old are the owners and how many have heirs who care?&nbsp; Like I said - none of my business but, still, I wonder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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