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steve kWell, "enjoyment" is in the mind of the beholder. Slabbing making it safer to buy cards? - Yes...to me that adds to the enjoyment. As for key cards becoming a leisure activity for the rich? - well, ALL forms of collecting virtually anything have their upper tiers whereby only the rich can afford certain items. I couldn't afford a t206 Wagner 25 years ago and I still can't afford one - LOL. Slabbing has nothing to do with that. There is no reason, other than perception, that someone can't "enjoy" a nice t206 VG-EX type card versus feeling that they can't "enjoy" collecting because they can't afford to buy a t206 slabbed in Near Mint condition. And anybody who says that rising dollar values of their cards, which as was stated slabbed cards have contributed to this,...if anybody says that this doesn't add to their enjoyment of collecting, I don't think they would pass the test if they were hooked up to a lie detector machine.