Posted By:
bruce Dorskind
Mr. Behrens pontificates endlessly, to plead his case
for the poor and starving collecting under-class.
He wears his anti-establishment badge of courage proudly.
Those who choose to work for a living and earn large incomes
are bad, and those who run away from responsibility and are
incapable of making money are special and should be treated accordingly,
One wonders whether Mr. Behrens would advocate a leftist
revolution and order that the great collections become state
property so they can be distributed among the poor, but
brilliant collectors who have so few cards but so much knowledge.
Perhaps, Mr. Behrens should move to a poor Muslim country
in Africa where his views on class warfare would be well received
and his $1500 lifetime expenditure on cards would be considered
Bill Gates-like.
The reality is that there were many great collections that were
built with relatively limited funds...but that was at a time, when
there were inefficient markets, poor communications and few
benchmarks for measuring value. It was a hobby based on trading
not buying and selling.
As best as we can tell, more than $650 million has been spent in
the past five years at baseball memoribilia auctions and on E-Bay.
Given that fact, how could any one build a great collection or be
a great collector without spending a reasonable amount of money?
Can you be a great collector and not have a collection? In fact, the
comment was made that Alan Rosen is not a great collector because
he does have a collection.
Mr. Behrens when you have finished chewing your tobacco, chew on
those thoughts for a while.
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List