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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2864291, member: 83956&quot;]So despite having collected ancient coins for over 15 years, in many ways I am quite inexperienced when it comes to more sophisticated aspects of the hobby. As I have noted before, only now am I getting into the world of international auctions, and this next query will reveal the depth of my naïveté.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the past several months I have been registering with various auction houses. I have bid a handful of times and have even won a coin or two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each time I register, I am given the choice between receiving print or electronic catalogs. I thought it might be nice to have a few print catalogs around, so mostly I have opted for the print catalog. Last week I received a very nice paperback catalog from H.D. Rauch. I think one can learn a lot about coins just from leafing through the catalogs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today, however, I was shocked to find at my doorstep a very nice hardbound catalog from Leu Numismatik. It&#039;s over 200 pages with many photographs, some in color. It must have cost a fortune to send out. In my naïveté, I never thought auction houses send out catalogs like this free of charge.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And now I actually feel a little guilty. Truth be told, I am a small market collector. I will probably never bid on the high-dollar coins in these catalogs. I suspect that in the next few weeks I will go and change some of those print options to electronic options. It doesn&#039;t feel right to cost businesses this kind of expense when I know I probably will not patronize those businesses, at least not at the level that would justify these kinds of deluxe catalogs.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]683050[/ATTACH] </p><p>Am I being hyperscrupulous here? Am I embarrassing myself? Should I just accept that these deluxe catalogues are simply part of the well-heeled world of coin collecting at the next level?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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