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<p>[QUOTE="TT Antique, post: 3922431, member: 2653"]it depends...price guides and field guides have their place in picking to some extent ,,,in the context I described above the specialized picker does not need these supports for his core areas of specialization, but only may need to consult these resources for his other general searches...</p><p>Some very big flea markets could be very tiresome to make all the rounds at a go....after an hour or so of checking the stands in a given section of the market, it may not hurt to glance at a price or field guide sitting in a cafe nearby for a 15 minute break sipping a macchiato <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. speaking of flea markets, many years ago I once witnessed a strange flea market that started at around 10 pm in the night and went on throughout the night and ended at 12 pm in the afternoon the following day. I witnessed this spectacle from the window of a student dormitory room </p><p><br /></p><p>TTA[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TT Antique, post: 3922431, member: 2653"]it depends...price guides and field guides have their place in picking to some extent ,,,in the context I described above the specialized picker does not need these supports for his core areas of specialization, but only may need to consult these resources for his other general searches... Some very big flea markets could be very tiresome to make all the rounds at a go....after an hour or so of checking the stands in a given section of the market, it may not hurt to glance at a price or field guide sitting in a cafe nearby for a 15 minute break sipping a macchiato :) p.s. speaking of flea markets, many years ago I once witnessed a strange flea market that started at around 10 pm in the night and went on throughout the night and ended at 12 pm in the afternoon the following day. I witnessed this spectacle from the window of a student dormitory room TTA[/QUOTE]
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