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Posted By: David Atkatz

Another pompous pronouncement by the Dorskind Group.

Business must be slow.

Nothing but unverifiable opinions stated as facts:

"If there were anywhere near 1000 such collectors- prices would be far higher- and the number of bidders on individual cards would be far greater."

Really? Evidence, please.

" ...there are many items from the Copeland sale which reached their zenith at Sotheby's March of 1991."

Really? Name them. And prove that they've topped out, please.

"Finally, our comment that there are probably only hundred collectors who are consistent buyers of pre-war high condition cards that sell for $2500 is far more accurate that the "drunken estimate" of 1000 such collectors."

Sez you.

And this gem:

"Those young professionals who grow up to be multi-millionaires and billionaires (perhaps with the way the US government is printing money- trillionaires) will develop sophisticated tastes..."

Actually, the preponderance of evidence shows just the opposite--an inverse correlation between wealth and taste.

We are also treated to the Group's gratuitous insults ("less than esteemed collector"), as well as a completely meaningless sentence fragment: "Whilst we agree that the nature of collecting will change." (The irony here, of course, is that if Bruce left out his ubiquitous and affected "whilst," the fragment in question would be a complete sentence.

Well done, indeed.

(Now I'll prepare myself for Bruce's usual "nutty professor" tirade.)