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steve kAnyone who states that they are some kind of "pure" baseball card collector and is not interested in the value of their collections, isn't fooling anybody else, they are only trying to fool themselves. Why? - I have no idea. If you've ever paid one penny for a baseball card, or sold a baseball card for one penny, you are then excluded from being a "pure" or whatever term you want to use, collector.
Really, the argument that pure collectors don't think about the value of their cards, is just plain silly. Money is an object in baseball card collecting whether wanting to admit it or not. That being said...yes of course there are degrees of who may be more of a collector versus investor than others...but so what!
Some people should learn to mind their own business...whether a person wants to only collect or invest in baseball cards, or do both is fine with me and should be fine with everybody. We are all part of a great hobby.
Steve