On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:24:53 -0400, "Nick Knight"
wrote:

In , on 10/07/2007
at 05:15 PM, Proposition 88 said:

For many of us, sooner than sell below a fair price to some crooked dealer,
by burning our collections we at least get the satisfaction of denying
some thief the chance to profit from us.

You're posting here, as did the OP, so you're internet-capable. If you get
a bum offer from a dealer, why not offer for sale here (in the markeyplace
group, at least) and try what YOU think is a more reasonable price. Let's
say you believe some particular subset is worth $1000 and the dealer offers
$100. Why not offer it for sale at $550 (splitting the difference)?
Assuming you sell it, the dealer looses out and you've netted $550 than the
other (ridiculous, IMO) option. And some other collector may now be happy
(noting that a dealer may answer the call, too).

If you don't sell it, you can split the difference again and make a new
online offer. However, if this happens you gotta start to think that the
dealer might be a little more realistic than you had originally thought.
Sometimes collectors are a little too attached to their collections ... I've
seen it before and I'm NOT a dealer.

Someone suggested eBay. Sure, you'd do best splitting a collection up into
smaller parts, but offering even a large single lot nets you more than
burning does. And, again, you let EVERYONE compete with those pesky
dealers, although they might have more cash resources at any given time,
perhaps you can connect up with an eager collector with Big Bucks (or who is
willing to borrow against his home . The smaller the lots, the more
collectors that can participate.

There are many ways to "deny" someone from acquiring a collection. Burning
it is about the silliest way (note a massive attempt to stay PC by using the
work "silliest").

Or a "shill" way to attempt to get someone interested in something
that, if not mistaken, is way overpriced... according to what I was
offered once anyway. More will be revealed.