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Posted By: barrysloate

Lots of good points while I stepped out. For Bob, I have seen plenty of people get out of the hobby, it's not right to say that people don't get out. For Jay, Picassos and Van Goghs are extremely rare, but we have seen dips in the art market. And the disparity between the very rich and poor is a sore point with me; I don't like what is happening in this country. But my own personal opinion has nothing to do with the price of E107 HOFers. And Hal, I don't think kids are buying packs of baseball cards today like they did a generation ago, but that doesn't mean they can't be collectors of vintage material when they get older and have money to spend. You don't have to be a pre-teen pack collector to graduate into fine collectibles, so it's tough to see the connection. The nostalgia element won't be there, but that's just one factor.