Tone and Intent
I have ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM with discussing the numbers, whether it be how many $1 million collections are out there, or how many T206 beater collectors there are out there.
It is all about the TONE AND INTENT of the question: If meaningful dialogue on this point was actually the INTENT of the question, then it should not be written in such a TONE.
Whether or not someone can tolerate the tone to get at the true intent of the question is entirely besides the point. The questions themselves would be sufficiently provocative without all the atmospherics surrounding them.
While I enjoy reading the train wreck as much as anybody, these posts always devolve into pure drivel.
Bruce could stand to take a page out of the Jim Crandall playbook. Crandall's collection is now getting the attention and merit that it so rightfully deserves. Crandall has an open door policy, and will invite people over to see his collection. And he has shed all of the drama of his earlier posts.
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