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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 21148, member: 57463"]I think that you are being too hard on the hobby. The recent case of the WTC priivate mint Mariannas issue is a good example of how the hobby responded to help stop that program. </p><p><br /></p><p>Education via the ANA continues, as always. In support of that, people like you always encourage collectors to read before they buy, to expand their education. </p><p><br /></p><p>From your perspective, as a dealer, you wish that all other dealers were as interested in education and submitted to self-regulation. Again, I think that your higher standards are laudable and important. Successful dealers are those that do. The others are either cherry-picked by knowledgeable collectors, or else shunned by them. </p><p><br /></p><p>That mediocre dealers succeed well enough to stay in business for decades only underscores the fact that the market is open and flexible. I liken this to the choices we have in food. You can choose McD or BK or "Organic Foods" or grow your own: all choices are available; none precludes the others. There is room for minority, for individual preference. Dealers (and collectors) who take the easy way out are not driven to the boards and excluded. They merely reap what they sow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Message boards like this (and coinpeople, and rec.collecting.coins) draw new readers and participants all the time. </p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot disagree with what you wrote in black and white terms. I agree that the higher standard is always the better one. Dealers like you raise that bar, set the level of achievement higher. That process has been going on for a century or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have mentioned the antipathy between the Chapmans and Frossard. They competed with knowledge in their catalogs. In the 1940s, Wayte Raymond led the pack. Then New Netherlands (owned by Charles Wormser, the son of numismatist Moritz Wormser) brought on John Ford and Walter Breen. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, we are at the point wher Q. David Bowers is the "dean of American numismatics" but we have hundreds of people like you in support of his pursuit of excellence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there problems? Indeed, there are! It is all dark and drab and dreary? No, it is not. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that much remains to be done. I only counsel that we curry the gains and cut the loses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 21148, member: 57463"]I think that you are being too hard on the hobby. The recent case of the WTC priivate mint Mariannas issue is a good example of how the hobby responded to help stop that program. Education via the ANA continues, as always. In support of that, people like you always encourage collectors to read before they buy, to expand their education. From your perspective, as a dealer, you wish that all other dealers were as interested in education and submitted to self-regulation. Again, I think that your higher standards are laudable and important. Successful dealers are those that do. The others are either cherry-picked by knowledgeable collectors, or else shunned by them. That mediocre dealers succeed well enough to stay in business for decades only underscores the fact that the market is open and flexible. I liken this to the choices we have in food. You can choose McD or BK or "Organic Foods" or grow your own: all choices are available; none precludes the others. There is room for minority, for individual preference. Dealers (and collectors) who take the easy way out are not driven to the boards and excluded. They merely reap what they sow. Message boards like this (and coinpeople, and rec.collecting.coins) draw new readers and participants all the time. I cannot disagree with what you wrote in black and white terms. I agree that the higher standard is always the better one. Dealers like you raise that bar, set the level of achievement higher. That process has been going on for a century or more. I have mentioned the antipathy between the Chapmans and Frossard. They competed with knowledge in their catalogs. In the 1940s, Wayte Raymond led the pack. Then New Netherlands (owned by Charles Wormser, the son of numismatist Moritz Wormser) brought on John Ford and Walter Breen. Now, we are at the point wher Q. David Bowers is the "dean of American numismatics" but we have hundreds of people like you in support of his pursuit of excellence. Are there problems? Indeed, there are! It is all dark and drab and dreary? No, it is not. I agree that much remains to be done. I only counsel that we curry the gains and cut the loses.[/QUOTE]
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