Good points Rob !!!
The question of auction catalogs came up at one of the previous Net54 National dinner speeches by (I believe) Josh Evans of Lelands. He mentioned that most, if not all, of the high end bidders want to see all of the lots in a nice compact form. He said they take the major auction catalogs on business trips, planes rides, etc,.... He said they don't have time to browse the lots online, even if they are very proficient with technology.
I think auction catalogs are a fantastic resource. I just wish someone would create a master index of all lots/items of all of the catalogs, so we as collectors and researchers could locate a certain card or piece of memorabilia very quickly and easily.
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