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Posted By: JimCrandell

Sorry Joe--have collected cards since the late 1950s and last 20 years quite actively. I don't know the gentleman who collected coins but there must be a few.

I connect pretty well--just have had completely different experiences than you--watching quality ungraded lots go with no bids and getting calls from auction houses the morning after asking me to put in bids on certain lots(pre-war included) that had no bids. That is what it was like pre-grading. But PSA came--true collectors bcame back into the hobby in large numbers and the hobby took off--do not recall that anybody was a coin guy though--at least among the many people I know.

Paul--I do remember Alan Rosen's tee shirts and his SCD auction advertisements "just say no to graded cards" until the wave overtook him.

Enjoy the hobby.

Jim