Rob, we've wondered the same thing for years. In-person auctions, internet auctions and sales, memorabilia shows, antique shops,
flea markets, and yard sales combine to offer only a few items a year that fit both our collecting niche and our tiny budget.
We do see, just a
bit more often, items that
should fit our budget, but are tagged with asking prices twice to ten times
their vaguely established market value.
One big-time collector told us he got people to contact him offering him stuff he wanted by placing continuously-running want ads
in every newspaper in the country. A three-line want-ad in a 1 1/2-inch column in our local rag costs $25. to $50. bucks
for a three-day run. Multiply....
