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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

This being a collector's chatboard, I can understand you having more sympathy with collectors than investors (although with that said I'm not sure how you conclude the Ruth buyer is an investor). I do think though that the distinction between collector and investor is not black and white, and many people who rightly regard themselves as collectors also care about the potential appreciation of their cards; therefore, they to some degree also exhibit investor characteristics. Leon, the underbidder on the card (twice), in my view a dedicated collector, expresses it very well in his recent posts.

Also, and as important, I hardly think that Clean Sweep's handling of this matter is dependant on its perception of the buyer as being a collector or investor, or something in between. Accordingly, couldn't it be said that the buyer is doing the collectors out there a favor by exposing this situation and thereby putting them on notice of the perils of dealing with Clean Sweep?