Funny you should mention the old days and being able to view several HLs at the same time to pick one out. When I first started, I remember one collector who was viewing 4 of the same HLs from many different angles, even squatting on the floor, before he would select one. When I became good friends with him later, and told him the story, his wife said he always does that! At the Baltimore Reunion, he discovered a flaw in the railing of some of the Reunion pieces.
He always said his wife was the collector but was overjoyed, when he won an Anchor Bay Ship that they didn't have.
"I don't think there are many opportunities to do that at a dealer these days."