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Posted By: identify7

Hal: I did not intend to indicate that dealers would be the primary holder of rarities. I intended that a person such as myself (who is not dead yet, and could even live as long T-Rex, someday) who was sort of in the hobby in the 70s; could have taken considerable amounts of pristine goudeys or could have been way more selective.

Heck, I could have thrown a couple of grand at the hobby in the 70s, put them in a cardboard box (but not in the attic), and forgotten them.

And I can see my daughters not even opening that box when I die. It is just "daddys old cards". Sure they might think that they could be worth money - but they may not imagine how much. And (I hope) they don't care.

It may not be quite as far fetched as you surmise.

Edited to add:

I wonder if the Maines collection which will exist when I die, will be more or less valuable than the one I could have had if I "threw $2000 at the hobby in the 70s". Lets see .... how much have cards gone up in the past 30 years?