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Originally Posted by oldjudge
Steve is 100% right. Too often old collectors pass away and their families are left to dispose of hoards of material that they know nothing about. Perhaps an elderly man passed away and his widow gathered up his stuff and brought it to Swanns to auction. Had this item not been outed she would have been shortchanged by even more than she was (the photo still went cheap). The fun of the hobby is collecting, not taking advantage of people.
If I see something in an auction or on EBay that I think a friend of mine collects and might miss I always contact them; they do the same for me. Outing an auction on the board is simply an extension of this.
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Hypothetical question Jay - if I see an uncatalogurd OJ player in a tiny auction and I don’t want the card (I would but whatever) - would you prefer I email you about it or post about it here for the whole collecting world to see?