Posted By:
Lee BehrensAdam,
The last 4 1/2 years I have been heavy into buying vintage cards, mainly Vg/Ex or below. I have done qiute nicely for myself and have seen the lowgrade cards go up 2 to 3 times what I was buying them for in 2000. I truly believe that is much safer to buy cards in these grades because there are more people out there that can afford cards in this price range. Your so called high ended material is very dependant on "investors" and in the caase of PSA cards set registry collectors (Which as was pointed out by an earlier poster, those populations only increase which then decreases the value of the card you own).
If you read the board you would find that there are many that are collectors of lowgrade cards ( and some even flaunt them (Scottoptomus 
). Plus there are the heavy hitters that have wonderful collections 99% of us only dream of having. Flaunting your collection on this board the way you did is what opened you to the criticism you received.
As far as your autograph collection, if you remember when the FBI busted the fake autograph sellers and producers then were some of the best respected and high volume sellers of autographs.
The bottom line is we all have our own interests in the hobby, whether high grade, low grade or some where inbetween.
I will take all the 2's that look like this any day of the week and you can darn well believe that if I ever want to sell it there will be a nice market for it.
My one cent worth (not 2 cents because I collect lower grade),
Lee