Did you buy one before the price hike?
No, unfortunately (and still haven’t). I didn’t get into autograph collecting until 1996, and wasn’t able to acquire those of deceased individuals until after I got the internet. It was nearly a year from that time in 1998 until I went on eBay, so I could kick myself as to what I might’ve been able to get in that period of time. If one set out to collect those political figures now, it would be a daunting task. They don’t sell nearly as many as they used to on eBay. The difficulty now isn’t necessarily the cost (although some are prohibitive), but being able to just find so many names at all.