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BobBruce we apologize for stating the purchase price was $1000, when it was actually $1600, our bad and no I don't go from table to table at shows telling sellers their cards are selling for too little because anyone who sets up at a show generally has a pretty good idea of what cards sell for.
Jim, the post was not intended as a diatribe about class warfare, sorry if you thought so. I fully understand that some collectors are obsessed with owning the nicest possible cards of each issue and I certainly don't begrudge them their passion. What I do object to is a condescending attitude that those who collect cards which might be low or medium grade somehow fall in to a different "category" of collectors. It is not so much a question of delineating between the "have's" and "have nots" as in just accepting that in our hobby there are those who are extremely passionate about the hobby and their cards but can't afford PSA 9s on prewar cards. I don't gripe about Hal Lewis because he can afford cards in conditions many of us can't, indeed Hal is a hell of a nice guy and has never uttered a comment which I consider to be condescending to those who can't. There are a lot of collectors like that and I know your collection of high grade cards is enviable yet I don't remember any comments you have made which border on condescension. That's all I am trying to say.
The backbone of the hobby is made up of the vg collector who loves his/her cards. If that group ever disappeared, the hobby would suffer immensely.
It is possible to have a great collection without trumpeting it. Many consider my collection to be very nice but I know there are better and there are collectors who don't even know about this board who have collections that make mine pale in comparison. Still my collection gives me pleasure and I don't have to throw it up in to anyone's face.