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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4204626, member: 73489&quot;]<b><i>I wonder how much money they are spending on the booklets ?</i></b>&nbsp;&nbsp; Not only are they pricey paper stock...in color....and glossy...but shipping them across the country a few times for FUN/Long Beach/ANA/Others must be pretty expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they only brought them and gave them out by request...or to high bidder VIP-types....they&#039;d save some serious $$$.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">The PLATINUM NIGHT book with the 1927-D is like an encyclopedia....tons of information on lots of items....sometimes multiple pages....and it&#039;s 500+ pages long !!</span></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The Heritage U.S. Coin Auction book has more items with shorter descriptions for the most part....400+ pages.&nbsp; The World Paper Money booklet is just over 200 pages; there was another book but I didn&#039;t get it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw them at FUN -- and grabbed a few for myself -- and they EACH were 1-2&quot; thick...in beautiful glossy paper....with tons of information on some of the coins, like the featured 1927-D Saint-Gaudens that went for $2 MM.</p><p><br /></p><p>Printing those books -- they must have had a few thousand there -- may have been overkill.&nbsp; <i>How many people were going to look at more than 5-10 items there in person via the book instead of the Website or the Hereitage App ?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I grabbed 3 of the books as a remembrance of my 1st FUN Convention, plus I was in attendnace as the 1927-D got auctioned (winning bidder was there, too).</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t gone through these books yet so no idea how many items ultimately sold for less than $1,000 but I venture if they lower the threshold they can cut back on the printing expense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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