I agree Dave. I can remember when buying a nice uncirculated Morgan silver dollar for $10 was h lot.
I just think the young collectors today look at $2000.00 ( and up ) for a dagger as a no can do. They have no problem spending that, and more, on a new cell phone though.
To each his own. You get what you pay fore, and today you have to be wise about it.
We all or at least most, of us old timers ,probably remember eating hot dogs and beans for a month or more to get that new addition to the stash. I did it all the time.
Things and people are different today. Life goes on.