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Originally Posted by cubman1941
This is great but are they buying or selling? Maybe they are all looking for a modern card to grade in hopes of selling big or trying to sell a current modern star? Are they buying vintage?
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The dealers I've talked to at shows have all said how much they are selling. I'm sure there are lots of motivations for a person's participation in the hobby. But it seems to me that there are a lot of collectors, a lot of buyers, a lot of sellers, a lot of investors, a lot of modern hobbyists, and a lot of vintage hobbyists. That speaks to a healthy hobby to me. People can hate on Fanatatics, and make fun of the "10x the hobby" quote, but at the end of the day, one thing they do well is marketing. And they have done a masterful job of increasing the number of participants in the hobby. And if only a fraction of those new entrants into the hobby turn into true collectors, we will be in a good place. I'm seeing tons of kids at shows. Sure many are trying to hustle for a buck. But it's no different than when I was a kid checking every Beckett for up arrows. Kids care about card values. It's natural. But many who are drawn into it for money, eventually grow into collectors. So the more kids the better.