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Posted By: identify7

Well, I certainly agree that the "intent" of the item is a pivotal consideration in the determination of whether an item is a baseball card, however, I contend that the "intent" is not dictated by the item's mamufacturer. Hence, if Grandma remembers that her grandson likes Cobb, and mails him a postcard of Cobb for that reason, then the original purchaser has identified the object as a baseball card. And no 21st century expert can refute her determination.

Edited to add: Heck, some kids have been known to cut up boxes which contained pictures which they wanted eventhough the manufacturer of this pagkaging probably never imagined that the pictures on his box could be viewed as a collectible; in other cases, it appears that the pictures on the box very well may have been intended as collectibles.