I believe that those days are unfortunately long gone. I've only started going back to shows recently and a couple of things jumped out at me and they are: if a good item is put out on a table during setup, it will likely never make it to the show's opening. More dealers seem to be collectors than there use to be, there seem to be more mega collections than there use to be , collectors seem to see their collections as investments and they are holding on to items hoping that the market will go back up. And yes, there are definitely more "deep pockets" out there than there use to be, but like probably most collectors, I'll just keep looking for that special one, as I know that it is out there somewhere.