I think perhaps I am in the minority, but I still love getting the printed auction catalogs and read through them regularly.
I love to see the really high-end items, especially when they are unusual.
It's also great to see all of the "standard" items (most of which are well out of my price range). I also admit to liking reading the descriptions, which are occasionally cringy but still fun to read. It's all a bit like looking through someone's amazing collection and hearing a bit about each of the items.
My 13 y/o son (who is not a big reader) also loves to read them and read through the descriptions.
And there is no question I have read through the catalogs and identified items that way for bidding that I would have never had the patience to identify looking through everything on a screen, even with search functions since I don't always know what I will be looking for!
Again--I'm surely a dinosaur and in the minority...but I love them!
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