Posted By:
JimCrandellBob,
If I sounded like that I am sorry--it just seems to me that there are all these posts about people in the hobby just for the investment side of it and these must be the people that are spending this crazy money on high end cards.
My point is I know personally many of the people who are spending this money to buy high end vintage cards and they absolutely love the hobby.
They are extremely knowledgeable about the cards, the sets and like to buy stuff that is in high end condition and thanks to their hard work and good fortune they can afford it.
Everyone collects what they like--I don't think people come onto this board to brag about their collection. I come to increase my knowledge and to discuss serious issues in the hobby. People will misinterpret this but for example I do not agree that the vg collector is the backbone of the hobby. I think this has changed. I think the psa 8 collector who loves his/her cards is now the backbone of the hobby and the hobby would suffer more from losing this group.
Jim