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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 24793489, member: 74282"]The ANS does a lot of great talks and has published a lot of great resources over the years, not to mention they have a really great library if you're ever in NYC. I'm pretty happy with my membership with them from that perspective. Unfortunately their leadership is currently filled with anti collector zealots like Nathan Elkins and Ute Wartenberg who among other things support MOUs that restrict US collectors often more than collectors in the source countries which they are signed with so I don't know what the future holds but I worry the organization will become anti-collector under this hostile leadership.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA on the other hand is cheaper, they're starting to do more and more talks and things that you can stream and they have a great library as well. They're also unquestionably pro-collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 24793489, member: 74282"]The ANS does a lot of great talks and has published a lot of great resources over the years, not to mention they have a really great library if you're ever in NYC. I'm pretty happy with my membership with them from that perspective. Unfortunately their leadership is currently filled with anti collector zealots like Nathan Elkins and Ute Wartenberg who among other things support MOUs that restrict US collectors often more than collectors in the source countries which they are signed with so I don't know what the future holds but I worry the organization will become anti-collector under this hostile leadership. The ANA on the other hand is cheaper, they're starting to do more and more talks and things that you can stream and they have a great library as well. They're also unquestionably pro-collector.[/QUOTE]
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