Very well put Daniel. In today's market, though, there are very few "hard core" collectors out there. Harbour Lights still has a following, but mostly from a "casual" collector perspective. With HL out of business for 7 years and no new lighthouses being produced, (except those from Harry Hine), few collectors outside of those "old-time veterans" really care about flag numbers and country of origin. I find myself teaching collectors about them whenever I can, but most only care about the lighthouse and not the intricacies of collecting. It's more of a challenge now to explain to today's collector why one piece of the exact same lighthouse is more expensive than another. Some understand while others don't care. In fact, the majority of collectors don't even know that HL is no longer in existence!