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Gilbert MainesIm sorry Barry. I accept that it is the communicator's responsibility to make his thoughts understandable. This is one of my weaknesses.
My response to you was intended to be perceived as: no comment offered on your statements regarding rare cards - because no comments were needed - I agree fully. Regarding more common cards, your statement " maybe some of the tougher commons remain in people's collections because they wouldn't sell for that much anyway" was construed by me as an additional observation of merit.
Specifically, collectors are likely holding on to cards which they don't particularly want, because it is too much trouble to get rid of them. In recognition of this status, and to provide an analogy to where I fit into this equation, I offered the US's stated philosophy regarding unwanted or unhappy people in foreign places. Of course, the foreign places in this analogy would be someone else's collection. And my position is that I may very well want some of those huddled masses (of cards not wanted by their current owner). Of course, it is fanciful that these cards are actually "yearning to be free".