It has surprised me that he is selling up the collection, but he hasn't participated much on the forum for quite some time. Hopefully accumulator enjoys the fruits of his labour, will certainly miss his input and the coins he bought from time to time, will the reference website still be live after selling?
Probably, but even if not, I'd bet that Colin Cooke will keep it as a reference, just as they have the Alderley, Crocker, Edinburgh, Workman etc, collections. So that anybody can take a look at them in the future.
I use these...I bought a few and they do arrive.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Foldable-30X-21mm-LED-Fold-Eye-Jewelry-Loupe-Magnifier-Microscope-Glass-Lens-UR-/161836353546?hash=item25ae32c80a:g:LlsAAOSw37tWA6qN
They are not dissimilar to these...which I didn't buy
http://www.lighthouse.us/epages/lighthouse.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/leuchtturm_us/Products/LU30LED