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joe brennanI keep hearing Auction house sales and high dollar cards. I'm sorry to disapoint you, but if you took a poll of Pre War collectors, 95% of the backbone of the hobby haven't ever bid on Auction House cardsnor will they ever be able too. 98% of all sales of pre war cards are funneled through e-bay. I don't have proof of the %'s but I bet I'm pretty close and that my friend Jim is the backbone of a hobby. The everyday run of the mill $200 a week x 50,000 strong population of collectors. Not the 10 people that keep trading high dollar card back and forth between them. Just call me Mr.Backbone from now on.
Football has sky boxes filled with people with unlimited dollars, but the 80,000 common folk in the $50 seats are the backbone of the game. Don't ever kid yourself. If the common folk lose interest in the hobby, you won't have to worry about backbones any more because you'll be able to acquire all the cards you want for free. All they will be is what they were meant to be, pieces of cardboard with pictures on them.
They call me Mr "Tater Salad" Backbone.
People said it was a million dollar wound. But the government must keep that money, cause I ain't never seen a penny of it.