Guys- I have zero, nada, zip of my savings invested in my collection and view it as pure entertainment. However I have spoken to a number of guys who have 3-800k invested in this stuff and it is a chunk of their retirement. Sure you can say to them stay out of the fire, I am just not that way. Several are moving high dollar items now to protect their investment. Do you think mecum got their 'road art' auction merchandise from buying out collection's ? No some of the big guys are slimming down. Btw- the mecum auction in Denver was horrible...items hardly met reserve. I guess they only go nutty at Barrett!

This is a valuable discussion for all to have. I have a business mind, that's what I do. The hobby is my release. I don't fear anything I have going down in value as it's just art and decoration. I too look forward to taking advantage of a ton of stuff falling through the cracks and decorating a new building.

Guys- compare this, to a much lesser extent and apples to oranges to the housing crash, but some of the same trends hold true. Did the banks turn around and put those houses right back on the market asap? No they would have killed the Economy. They have been slowly pushing them out so you, I and everyone else who used there house as a retirement plan and savings device would be protected as much as possible.

I really wish Kyle wishes to have his collection preserved in a muesem, as he wished and the deal he made.

With that said who wants to start a betting pool for the top ten grossing signs in order? Top ten globes? $20 buy in Jim Potts holds the $$ and gets 10% off the top to keep the site rolling? Anyone interested?

Scott Wright