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Posted By: jay behrens

To whomever asked what do I collect. literally it is a little bit of everything vintage since I am trying to acquire one card over every major leaguer that appeared on a card from 1908-45. The only modern cards I have in my collection are my childhood 1971 and 1972 Topps sets. I do buy the occasion pack of new cards just to take care of the occasional jones to open a pack, but that's it.

I work 10 hour shifts that generally boring, so I get a lot of time to think which can be good or bad. I realized, as someone else pointed out, that not one person asked Hal how much payed and I can't recall the last time someone made a post bragging about how much they spent (usually what a great deal they got) or how valueable a card is.

What impresses people here is knowledge and the advancement of that knowledge. When is the last time someone on the CU board made an announcement that they discoved an uncatalogued card or could prove that the date of issue of a set was wrong? These are things that impress people around here. Hell, I've got a collection that would rank dead last on your beloved registry, but I am pretty sure I've contributed far more to hobby in the past year in the form of uncatalogued cards and new variations than everyone combined on the registry.

The people at the top of the registry have impressive collections, but what have they really contributed to the hobby besides ever increasing prices? This board is about knowledge, not $$$.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.