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DJCan someone have a great collection and not be a great collector?
That's an interesting question. Perhaps a "koan" of some sorts.
I have a friend of mine who was born in 1957 and recently got caught up in the whole PSA Registry. He has all the money in the world and therefore he wants to create a PSA 8,9 and 10.
Does he know what he is collecting? No. Does he know anything about baseball? Not really. All he knows is that he can create a better 1957 set than the others in the Registry.
He just collects for the sake of collecting and his interests aren't dedicated to one area, but scattered around. I bet he doesn't even know what he has. My best guess is that he'll give up and move on to something else in the near future and all that will be left of this venture is maybe fifty slabbed cards of players he doesn't know or really cares all that much about.
DJ
edit: I agree with Peter below. I hope Leon steps in and does something about this new trend of belittling the small dollar collector.