Ed,
I don't know about the other people but spending $10K on comics and a motorcycle was a lot of money to me. I think I should have purchased only one of those items but what the heck. I rode the motorcycle a lot to justify the expense. If you work near the Harley plant in York, PA, you would find a parking lot filled with motorcycles. I have posted a lot of covers and helped with Alter Ego and the GCD to justify the purchase of the comics. Collecting started as an investment but it became a passion. This Harvey Library issue always explains collecting as it applied to me anyway. Switch a Marvel Mystery for the syringe and you got me.
By the way, the 1,100+ items that I purchase in one lot consisted of regular size golden age comics, platinum comics, treasury size issues and Overstreet price guides. The pulps and Sunday funnies were all purchased separately at flea markets and antique shops. Some comic stores also sold pulps. The condition of my collection is no where near as good as BZ's collection. I am only a side-show geek and BZ is the ring master (who owns the circus).
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