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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3718067, member: 91461"]Fun write up [USER=99239]@Suarez[/USER]! And great points both on the amazing amount of avenues of entertainment at our disposal in this day and age and utilizing eBay data to show how the hobby stands.</p><p>As a hard core boxing fan/aficionado (I used to train and mentor youths and had a radio show and podcast for just over a decade), I am used to gloomsday predictions on my favorite pastimes. I remember all of my MMA buddies talking about, boxing is dead, just look at the UFCs US #s. And then Pacqiuao vs Mayweather broke the PPV record by a ton (thanks to worldwide appeal).</p><p>eBay is just one avenue to purchasing ancients (one I rarely use anymore... Fool me once) and the data shows a gradual tapering over a very small amount of time, relatively. Unfortunately for my collecting, as a young (ish) man, the auction house are still booming and no one is throwing their ancients out into the street.</p><p>I am with [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] on this one. The ancient coin market is still plenty healthy. Though, I do look forward to a world sans "hard" cash.</p><p>To keep it legal here is a recent purchase from around the lifetime of Alexander the great that I have collected a mere 2,300 years later:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]996600[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3718067, member: 91461"]Fun write up [USER=99239]@Suarez[/USER]! And great points both on the amazing amount of avenues of entertainment at our disposal in this day and age and utilizing eBay data to show how the hobby stands. As a hard core boxing fan/aficionado (I used to train and mentor youths and had a radio show and podcast for just over a decade), I am used to gloomsday predictions on my favorite pastimes. I remember all of my MMA buddies talking about, boxing is dead, just look at the UFCs US #s. And then Pacqiuao vs Mayweather broke the PPV record by a ton (thanks to worldwide appeal). eBay is just one avenue to purchasing ancients (one I rarely use anymore... Fool me once) and the data shows a gradual tapering over a very small amount of time, relatively. Unfortunately for my collecting, as a young (ish) man, the auction house are still booming and no one is throwing their ancients out into the street. I am with [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] on this one. The ancient coin market is still plenty healthy. Though, I do look forward to a world sans "hard" cash. To keep it legal here is a recent purchase from around the lifetime of Alexander the great that I have collected a mere 2,300 years later: [ATTACH=full]996600[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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