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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2566805, member: 19463&quot;]The fact is that some things rarely change.&nbsp; I will not be building a world class, complete collection of anything because I am not known to a hundred dealers as the guy who will pay double what they can get elsewhere.&nbsp; In Dattari&#039;s day, that might well have meant he was the guy who would pay one cent more than the copper melter down at the foundry.&nbsp; I had a (now late) friend who bought Severan denarii for melt just after WWII and found rarities mixed in with the ones that really were melters.&nbsp; He had things I have not seen since.&nbsp; In the early 1990&#039;s, a UK collector offered me $250 for my only two Alexandria mint Septimius denarii.&nbsp; Had I sold, we never would have become friends and I would not have bought several of his coins when he passed.&nbsp; He paid more than I would and got a lot of coins I did not. </p><p><br /></p><p>More recently we have been seeing Roman Republican bronzes being sold from a huge collection including many that were ugly duplicates but listed as having been bought for more in 1990 than they brought today.&nbsp; Looking at Dattari plates, I suspect many were bought in large lots.&nbsp; The cool part is someone realized the collection needed to be recorded before it was spread to the winds.&nbsp; Is it necessary to have ten of the same coin to build a really great collection?&nbsp; I suspect it is a side feature of having the reputation of being the place to unload huge groups of coins no one else wants.&nbsp; Will there be a reference published in 2116 showing the contents of our collections?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp;&nbsp; Would you buy a copy of the book showing photos of all of Clio&#039;s coins?&nbsp; I do not know about you but my shelf has some space left.&nbsp; All I have to do is live until 2116 so I can buy books of your collections.&nbsp; We will see how that works out.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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