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Posted By: Judge Dred

Pete that was quite a few years ago. It was nice when people considered cards as cards and not part of an investment portfolio. I'm pretty sure a lot of old time collectors have nice collections which they probably couldn't again amass in this day and age of sky rocketing card valuations.

I can understand why some people are cashing out of this hobby - the money is just too good to turn down. I would venture to guess that this hobby has provided a few retirement funds for people that didn't consider their cards as investment vehicles. I would almost guess that in some cases the money they could get for their collections is probably more than they've saved over the years for their retirements.

I still look back on the day when cards were fun things to collect and we did it for the sheer love of the game and the cards. I'm not saying that hobbyists today are money grubbing investment based collectors. I would hope that most of us truly love these little pieces of cardboard for what they represent - baseball history.