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“For me, it was about having a bigger studio and being able to have collectors and curators come to the studio.”

This last weekend, Rare Books L.A. transformed Union Station’s historic ticket hall into a bustling biblio-bazaar, drawing more than 50 antiquarian booksellers and collectors from across the country.

For immediate, in-person transactions, sneaker collectors will buy and sell at a place such as CoolKicks.

Like a good bill collector, he always closes with “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Thousands of families now risk calls from debt collectors — but officials say their hands were tied: unpaid balances were straining the district’s food service fund, which is federally required to be self-sustaining.