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ty_cobbBut the hobby is about acquiring cards, and
there is a money component associated with that.
As of now there are 22 bidders on the T215 Tinker
and the next minimum bid is $4096.00
If I or someone else could find the printers of T215
would any of those 22 bidders pay $4096 for that type
of historical information on their hobby?
Is research of that type not also of monetary value?
Of the 22 bidders, how many would spend $4096 to do
the work themselves of finding out printing and
distribution methods of T215s or T206s to share with the
hobby?
Is it rational or good for the hobby not to find such
information and value the cardboard itself? It is a
choice to take after all. We can sit here and 50 years
later choose not to know who the printers of early US cards
are and value the cardboard 10X higher again.