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nbrazil"1. Tons of other issues that are just as, if not more, aesthetically beautiful as the Big Three.
2. as do so many other issues
3. many affordable, especially in lower grade
I'm not saying you have to sell your house and collect n167's, or have to go track down the Alpha Engravings, I just personally think collecting the Big Three is kinda unoriginal."
Fair enough. I think a certain segment of collectors do collect these sets solely because it's highly popular and because PSA/SCD/Beckett etc say it should be collected. But, I think we shouldnt put all collectors of these sets in one basket. I collect T206s because it's a 500+ card issue, meaning it pretty much captures all players in that era, it has different poses for key players, it's aesthetically beautiful, its relatively cheap price (given supply and minus the big guys) and I like the back/error variety. I'm not going to stop collecting this set simply because everyone else is collecting it.
I think what you're trying to say is that collectors should collect sets not simply because other people are doing it..but because of more sincere reasons tied to inherent qualities in this set and in collecting as a hobby. If that is what you are saying, then i agree. If you are saying that we shouldnt collect these three specific sets just because everyone else is doing it...regardless of each collector's individual reasons for collecting them...then i whole heartedly disagree. It's like me saying you shouldnt buy an Ipod because everyone owns one. If you reply back to me and say "yeah, that's true but I bought one not because everyone else is doing it but because, after some considerable research, I found that an ipod has features that match what i want in a hand held music player"..then I would back off.