Era of auction without auction catalog

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I gave my REA catalog from the most recent auction to a friend today. I just recently found out he collects Clemente as he was his favorite player growing up. He loved the catalog. This guy could chase down lots that I wouldn't even be able to place an opening bid on. I wanted him to see how good the offerings are and hopefully sometime down the line, find something that he has been searching for. To me, I couldn't really do that very effectively without the catalog. Ya, I could have said go to www whatever and maybe he goes there or maybe he doesn't. High resolution scans are definitely great, but something in hand has merit also in my opinion. I love the catalogs, hope they never go away and also hope I am never removed from the mailing lists.