I totally agree with you, Mike. I still believe the main core of collectors have the necessary cash to buy each and every new HL but are running out of room to display and store them. Just think of the square feet of storage age needed to store two hundred plus boxes. Then, exactly how many HL's can you put on display without overcrowding your display areas.

I've often wondered how many HL's go to tourists who have no real desire to own more than one or two of these lighthouse replicas. I like to consider myself as a "non-tourist" on Block Island because of the number of days I spend there each summer (35-40), but that's how I got started in HL collecting when I purchased Southeast Light back in the summer of '94. I didn't even purchase another HL until September of '97. I think many of you know the rest of the story from there.

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