Scotts Catalog New Vs Older Questions

"Fool by those ......learn a little " REV are you talking about me ?

64 years ago ,I had a paper route in Chicago and made less than dollar a day delivering newspapers . I saved $10.00 . Went to the stamp store ,told the stamp dealer I want to buy early U.S. stamps because I had a lot of newer U.S. but the front of my album was empty . Told me he would give me a great deal and had it in the store and give me a deal at 1/2 of catalog
Two years later I brought my W.W. album to the Ogden Hills Stamp Club {this is the club that started COMPEX , at the time the biggest stamp show in the Midwest with lots of great guys } Told them look at my early U.S, . shocked by what they said ,all stamps damaged and worth nothing .
So yea ,had a lot to learn and dealers are not the place for me to buy .