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AnonymousGuys, I think it's pretty obvious it's about the money. I'd hate to drop a bomb on everyone, but tobacco cards, caramel cards, gum cards, and professional baseball itself were created for the money.
I didn't mean to mislead anyone when I said that the card companies were "offering us the opportunity" that they were doing it for altruistic reasons. Of course not. Of course the profit motive is what is driving them to offer GU cards. But, thanks to the old invisible hand, that profit motive has the side-effect of "offering us the opportunity" to own a piece of history.
And I do stand by my original statement that even if there were 10 Eddie Collins bats in existence, most, if not all are just sitting in some dealer's store or some private collector's house. Hell, they might as well not even exist if we're using the "everyone should get a chance to appreciate them" rationale for their existence and importance.