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Posted By: Bob Marquette

Just as you should always buy the card, not the holder, you should only purchase cards that you like. I know this goes directly contra to the investment driven guys who post here, but I have always found that if you like a violet colored E94, it doesn't matter if it someday becomes worth less or anything at all. The collector in us buys the cards for their intrinsic and aesthetic appeal. That doesn't mean I won't buy cards to "flip" and use the profit to buy more cards but if the card market collapsed tomorrow, I will still be happy with my collection. It may be a naive and good old boy attitude but I'd rather have a vgex set of T205s than a T210 Jackson that I had to continually sweat about if it were dropping in value. Just my 2 cents.
By the way the PCL market is NOT hot, so send me any nice Obaks, 1911 and 1912 Zeenuts and D311s you have, I'll find a good home for them...