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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2268913, member: 19463&quot;]Several of us collect catalogs to some degree.&nbsp; One of our number sells them as a business.&nbsp; I value some of my catalogs from the pre internet days quite highly but more recent ones are less significant since it is easier to find things using search features than flipping pages.&nbsp; I really wish all the sale catalogs in my attic were available online but I feel we are lucky to have the ones we have. </p><p><br /></p><p>We have all price brackets here.&nbsp; We have a few teenagers and a few oldsters. We have people who care how much money they will make and a few that don&#039;t care since they will die holding those coins.&nbsp; It takes all types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets say you have a coin budget of $10.&nbsp; You can decide whether you buy one $10 coin or 10 $1 ones.&nbsp; The same math works if you add five zeros to that $10.&nbsp; Most really wealthy collectors with&nbsp; $1,000,000 budget don&#039;t choose to buy a million one dollar coins but people with lesser means can enjoy the hobby if they don&#039;t let the feelings of inferiority take over. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tomorrow I am going to the show JA went to today.&nbsp; He bought 15 coins of which we have seen one so far.&nbsp; Every time I go to Baltimore I&nbsp; seem to come home with about 15 coins.&nbsp; Some here would rather spend as much or more and get one coin.&nbsp; Some would see a $15,000 coin (not the highest number that will be there!) and bemoan the fact they don&#039;t spend that much in a year.&nbsp; Some will go with $15,000 and not find a coin they could tolerate.&nbsp; It is a hobby.&nbsp; Do it the way that makes it fun for you or don&#039;t do it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html</a></p><p>I invite new people here to read my essay on the matter detailing a 2001 Baltimore show.&nbsp; The prices listed were correct then but low today (perhaps half?).&nbsp; My page does not cover the activities of the rich but we have had posts here on the problems at auctions when you save too much money and end up not spending a few thousand because you won a lot cheaply.&nbsp; The game is the same; digits differ.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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