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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

Thanks to board members for pointing out one obvious reason that I had overlooked: to give copies to other family members.

And thanks to Brian for responding calmly and not taking my comments as attacks on him. It's true I was thinking about the Zeenut thread when it occurred to me to ask this question, but I didn't mean it personally toward him or anyone in particular. And I can certainly understand wanting to collect examples of all the cards of one's ancestor, and wish him luck in the quest for 1912 Zeenuts and Obak cabinets, etc.

All that being said, I STILL don't get why anyone would want copy after copy of a single card for their own personal collection. Seems like it would be more interesting to collect the rest of the set, or the other players on the ancestor's team, or something like that.

--not to mention giving others a better chance to acquire cards they needed. (In other words, I am not, as you suggest, frustrated because you have A CARD I need-- but puzzled because you seem to have eight or twenty or however many copies of it, and yet you still want more!-- Isn't there a point of diminishing returns?)

BTW, I did finally acquire an M116 Tenney

Tim