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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

Fractional shares of items that are very expensive and you want to share might make sense in some areas (airplanes; vacation condos), but I think fractional shares of sports memorabilia makes no sense at all.

Since most of us treat card collecting as a hobby and not as an investment, physical possession of what we hunt for is the name of the game.

It might sound selfish, but if I can afford a $100,000 card, I don't want to share it with anyone else (at least in terms of letting them own it part of the time). And if I'm going to spend $X for something, I want it to be something I can hold any time I want.