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BobI agree with a post way, way up there, too weary to search: you can have a brilliant collection and be a total ass and you do not qualify as a "great collector" in my book. There are collectors who have stupendous collections who are great collectors and some with dynamite collections who are total jerks and people I wouldn't want to waste one single minute of time with. A hobbyist with a great collection who will treat you without arrogance or elitist snobbery is a great collector. A guy with a beautiful collection of cards but the personality of Mike Tyson on crack is someone who will never be a great collector in my book, no matter what his cards look like.
I would also interject that a card which has a crease is not a pariah. If so called "great collectors" think so, they have no conception of either whats make a "great collector" or lack a firm grasp of reality. Try completing a set of truly rare cards without creases and then come back and tell me how you would never collect one with a crease.