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Tom BotticelliIMHO - I believe the hobby is really seperated into two spheres: One is the measurable part, the price paid, which the explicit values are easily measured and seen. The second sphere is the implicit values, which are the unseen rewards, the friends made, learning about the history of the game, interacting with collectors and the immeasurable knowledge being shared by everyone on this board. To me, these two spheres make up the hobby, but I don't believe one outweighs the other. I think the problem really lies between what is easily measured and what is not easily measured. I value the second sphere more because I receive higher rewards and enjoyment from the interaction between collectors and from learning about the history of the game then from paying high values for pre-war cards. I am in no way diminishing the people who receive higher rewards from buying high grade cards it is just different then what I value.
Thanks,
Tom