It rather amuses us that so many people get so emotional when we raise the issues of high value collectibles. One does not speak about the world of art
without a long discussion on Impressionist paintings. And in the world of coins there are well over 5000 US coins sold in each year with a value of 100K or more.

The questioning with regard to what we do with our money was not one we raised. We are playing by the rules, Dan Bretta.

We do think that we bring a level of energy to the Board that appears to lack, so we wonder on "what grounds" you could possibly raise an objection.

Finally, whilst baseball memorabilia is a hobby, it is certainly first and foremost (like coins, art, antiques) a business. Otherwise the providers of material would not be called Dealers.

In every hobby there is fierce competition. Whilst grading services and lists of who owns what is limited to comic books, coins, stamps and cards (because of grading), the very fact that there are hundreds of collectible auctions every year is testimony to the American love for competition.

In auctions, like in life, you either win or lose. We are fiercely competitive,
and when we want an item that we can afford, we will spare nothing to determine a way to acquire. We view all of those who collect what we do as
the competition. And we love the battle.

Albeit on occasion we make a typo, we enjoy the Board. In fact, our last three BTW have resulted in 8 purchases.

Hope all of you have a good weekend. Don't lose your sense of humor or your sense of reality. We already have that problem in our Congress
(Democrat and Republican)

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
bdorskind@dorskindgroup.com