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Posted By: warshawlaw

Not knowing something exists is different than knowing it exists and also knowing how rare it is relative to other items. The former is detrimental to the collecting hobby as a whole for the reasons already discussed; the latter reflects a particular collector's opinion as to rarity which others may not share and which may or may not be accurate.

It is not necessary for a collector to publicly disclose what he or she owns; I am certain that Bob Lemke or the folks at Becketts (sorry, don't buy the book so I don't know who edits it) would keep the info on who owns what secret if a contributor asked. Someone really concerned with security could send in the item image in confidence.