Paulus seved a few Points. The middle to average collector cannot afford 1000GBP to Shell out on coins, the cost of living now in the UK with pressure of heating/fuel/taxes and generally being screwed by the Government for as much as they can get from the poorer collector means those People are priced right out of those type of Prices. I personally collect coins in hopefully high grades, but also at an affordable Price, when/if the time Comes to sell any of These coins then they would also be affordable to the next collector as they won't be 1000GBP or upwards but would hopefully give me a return on what i've paid out for them. Pauls other Point of the Internet is also true, what would it have been like back in 1896 if the Internet was around then coupled with digital photography, perhaps those famous collections would'nt have been so famous if those were avaliable at the time. I collect with the thought in mind that when the time Comes to sell, my coins will be affordable to the next man and in grades that are These days good Quality, but first and foremost i collect for me, but also bear in mind that These might go sometime during my collecting life.