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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2917763, member: 71723"]ALL THE PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES SAY THE HOBBY IS DECLINING - EVERY BLESSED ONE OF THEM!!!! By the way, all antiques and collectibles are - it's not just stamps and coins. It's trivially easy to furnish a home with antiques and pay 1/4 to 1/10 what you did only a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason my area IS what I call the "epicenter" is because it also is the epicenter of ALL antiquities. Rural Pennsylvania is where it's at, and the stuff is getting cheaper and cheaper, and that includes the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every weekend the parking lots are loaded with plates from Massachusetts to Virginia, PARTICULARLY New York, and they're hauling home obscene bargains. Why else do you think Laura Sperber briefly partnered with a firm here? The stuff is thick as flies here. Laura got all ticked off because the other guy didn't want to do ONLY coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2917763, member: 71723"]ALL THE PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES SAY THE HOBBY IS DECLINING - EVERY BLESSED ONE OF THEM!!!! By the way, all antiques and collectibles are - it's not just stamps and coins. It's trivially easy to furnish a home with antiques and pay 1/4 to 1/10 what you did only a few years ago. The reason my area IS what I call the "epicenter" is because it also is the epicenter of ALL antiquities. Rural Pennsylvania is where it's at, and the stuff is getting cheaper and cheaper, and that includes the coins. Every weekend the parking lots are loaded with plates from Massachusetts to Virginia, PARTICULARLY New York, and they're hauling home obscene bargains. Why else do you think Laura Sperber briefly partnered with a firm here? The stuff is thick as flies here. Laura got all ticked off because the other guy didn't want to do ONLY coins.[/QUOTE]
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