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Originally Posted by T206Collector
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The irrationality of pursuing Baseball images over Chaplin images should concern us all. Stamps, art, and coins are internationally regarded. Baseball is primarily American, and it’s card values are driven by something in our culture which is probably fixed in time.
Stated another way, the reason why people don’t collect Chaplin cards today is likely to be the reason why people tomorrow would not collect Baseball cards — if we can identify the reason and stop it from happening we stand a chance!
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Wow. . . I think you guys are making this a lot more complicated than it has to be.
Charlie Chaplain's last great movie was 1940. 78 years ago.
I was in Port St. Lucie last week for the very first day of the Mets Spring training. The parking lot was crowded by 9 am. By 10 am all of the fences were lined with people including many many young kids holding cards, caps, and other stuff screaming for autographs. Young kids running in jerseys from field to field trying to see the top stars. All holding something to be signed.
I didn't think to ask any of them if they knew who Charlie Chaplain was.