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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5
Rationalize it any way you want, but your ownership of the card is no more important or valid than the current owner who wants it for their set. This mindset hurts the hobby more than any type of collector.
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You're spot on. I was born in the same town as Mark Lewis and Joe Nuxhall. Being a Cincy fan you most certainly know them both but outside of Ohio, most collectors don't even remember Mark Lewis even though he was once one of the games top prospects and went #2 overall in the 88 draft.
I PC both of them and I would guess I'm one of the larger Lewis collectors there are. Given he played primarily during the junk wax area, there aren't a ton of rarities out there. However, if I came across some random late 90's 1/1 or something, I'd think that card would mean more to me than most people but at the end of the day I'd really have no idea and it wouldn't matter anyways. The OP may very well be correct that he desires the card more than the owner, but he seems to believe he
deserves the card more and that's why he came on here griping about which collectors hurt the hobby more lol.
I wish the OP well but coming out to a forum full of the type of collectors who could actually help him attain the cards he's looking for and immediately ask who we believe are the worst among us is not doing him any favors.