This is really more about the gambling side than the hoarding end of the ‘over-collecting’ spectrum. The people in the article are chasing a high just like heroin addicts or the rush from hitting a parlay or getting lucky at a slot machine. Their attachment is to the possible payoff from a great hit, not the physical card. My guess is that they only care about Mookie Betts or Charizard or whomever if they’re on a 1/10 reverse stock razzle-dazzle megafractor. These aren’t the Collyer Brothers we’re talking about.
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