Can we get a "poster dealer" vs. "poster collector" poll
go for it, but don't forget to add the 3rd choice also - Poster dealers who are also some of the biggest collectors
then do some research, how many times in the life of this forum has any dealer outed anything in the Mid-auctions thread?
do further research - how many times total by any member has something (count: 1 item) been outed
personally, I think it's a silly fear (I think all fear is silly, except the fear for your life you're being chased by a gang with guns, or the cops from Fergusen)
because the numbers are so small as to be non-existent
I've been collecting for right at 50 years and in all that time, I have certainly lost items that I would have liked to have, but so what.. in almost every case - except art - there is another. Few of you collect items that are one of a kind (Marklawd noted) and few of you collect material from the time period where the material is specifically rare and potentially one of a kind (pre 1930-something), so as you drill down through the information, it means you're all hoping to find a Star Wars Birthday poster listed in the wrong ebay category, incorrectly titled in such a way that because you're looking through Beanie Babies and some dummy forgot to change his template from Beanie Baby to Entertainment Memorabilia. Not that it doesn't happen, but again, it's such a rare situation as to be mostly non-existent.