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Originally Posted by benjulmag
I think bgar3 (quoted above) summarizes it best. For me, being more a memorabilia collector than a card collector, the value of the Magnolia card has nothing to do with whether the hobby characterizes it as a card. I value it because it is a depiction of pre-Knickerbocker baseball, as well as support for the notion that the Knickerbockers original rules were more a formal codification of a game that was already being played than the creation of something entirely new.
Jay, BTW, whether you own something or not has no bearing on your assessment of the item, correct?  |
I agree with the first part. As to the second, I would never (almost never (sometimes)) let ownership affect my opinion,