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Than each successive generation of consumers as numismatic and sports tradingĬards as collectibles are stark examples as they remain largely as nicheįrom my perspective I recognize that it is technology that influences This is typical of markets where technology changes faster But with centralization of the markets, the averageĬonsumer, the single most important element of the entire market, tends to be While just a few third-party grading services largely control grading. Today fewer companies control larger segments of the marketplace Its no wonder then that collecting in the 21 stĬentury has also changed.

Generations alike turn to the internet for shopping, banking, communications

Such as Amazon and eBay and ever shrinking retail outlets as older and younger To today, when smartphone applications offer instant access to all.įrom a time when buyers and sellers decided value andĪuction venues were not a primary mechanism of such, prices were almostĬompletely determined by market supply, and demand determined by the two partiesīut times have changed and today more than ever marketĭynamics have gravitated to the internet. Internet and web-based sales were just not a part of the marketing landscape, Grading services grading inconsistency is still being haggled over.įrom a time where the marketplace had never heard of the While my passion has never diminished over the years manyįrom a time when numismatic items were self-graded byĬollectors and grading was haggled over to the current period of third-party

I have collected coins since 1968!)Ĭollecting numismatic and sports trading cards has been my (Sports cards are something I have always collected and been in the business on my own since 1988 including third party graded cards since 2006. As a Professional Numismatist for 27 years, consultant grader for ICG beginning in 1998, full-time grader at ANACS in 2006, a grading instructor at American Numismatic Association (ANA) Summer seminars since 2009 editor of 2 editions of 'The Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties' and contributor to dozens of numismatics references I am very passionate about everything involving numismatics and sports trading cards.

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