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Old 08-13-2018, 03:16 PM
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My opinion is that the dealers are the biggest offenders of "hobby disappearance". I went to the National in Atlantic City. It was the same museum collections I see all the time. Nothing was for sale at a price that reflected what was being sold. I didn't leave that show feeling like the National was anything I'd travel for unless I was after an elusive signer who was appearing.
I haven't been myself but each year I am in touch with quite a few people who go and in general that has been my impression for the last 5 years or so; at least in terms of the type of cards I have been looking for.
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