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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5251570, member: 101855"]Ah yes, the good old “spoot” variety. It is surprisingly hard to find nice, EF or better. I had one nice one that I sold when I was a dealer. I used to keep at least 300 to 500 pieces in stock when I was setting up at the shows. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have maybe a couple hundred varieties or so, which is a very modest collection. The important collections get up to 5,500 or so. Dave Bowers set out to get them all, over 10,000 if you count all of the off-metals. He got many of them, but, of course, he buys and sells, which is why you see slabbed pieces with his name on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5251570, member: 101855"]Ah yes, the good old “spoot” variety. It is surprisingly hard to find nice, EF or better. I had one nice one that I sold when I was a dealer. I used to keep at least 300 to 500 pieces in stock when I was setting up at the shows. I have maybe a couple hundred varieties or so, which is a very modest collection. The important collections get up to 5,500 or so. Dave Bowers set out to get them all, over 10,000 if you count all of the off-metals. He got many of them, but, of course, he buys and sells, which is why you see slabbed pieces with his name on them.[/QUOTE]
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