Hmm. Don't know that I agree with that. If keeping the hobby from going into a "decline" involves dumbasses looking at incredibly inflated prices as a basis for their bidding strategy, then that house of cards is going to fall anyway. At least hopefully, there aren't enough really stupid people to keep that dynamic going.
Perhaps I'm foolish, but at least from the collecting standpoint, I tend to believe that the people who are in the market have done their homework before they jump into buying the higher level vintage. If they haven't, they get what they deserve. If they have done their homework, they ought to realize that neither the prices of 707 or those of yepbg bear any resemblance to the actual market and make their decisions accordingly. The idea that a couple of dealers whose prices are astronomical should somehow be viewed as keeping the hobby afloat, IMO, is complete BS.
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