08-19-2018, 12:02 PM
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Peter Spaeth
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mechanicalman
I appreciate you making that distinction, and I like the phrase “talking your book.” I’ve always thought about it as “pumping a card.” Maybe I’m just skeptical, but it feels like there are many examples of dudes going to great lengths to bring exposure to a card “organically” when, coincidentally, one happens to be up for auction. I don’t think this thread is an example of that at all, but there are others on the main board, I believe.
Also, I agree with this list, but I might replace Nap with Cy portrait.
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Better than trashing a card you are secretly hoping to win. The old Hal Lewis playbook.
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