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Posted By: Rich Klein

1) As an investment you should always buy the best condition you can afford. If you can afford PSA 8 or better T206's, then by all means purchase those cards. If you can only afford beaters, then buy those cards. There is enough room in this hobby for both collectors of means and collectors who can afford $10 a year on this hobby.

2) While we are at it, there is nothing to be gained in belittling anyone for their collecting habits. When I was growing up we had an expression "Horses for courses". Not all of us can run in the Kentucky Derby; some of us run in claiming stakes in the mud in December.

3) One of the great parts of this hobby is that there is room for everyone. On a message board we are all even to some degree -- those people who run multi-million dollar companies and those individuals who are bicycle messengers in NY. We all post -- we all have the same passions -- although in different ways and we should all appreciate each other.

Rich