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Dan KravitzWhat a ridiculous topic!
Most of the cards I collect only are available in low grades. I spent a very long time looking for a Cocoa Cobb, and when I found one I grabbed it. With a very limited amount known to exist of any card, you don't have many choices. And even if the Cocoa Cobb did exist in an 8 holder, I would spend so much money that I wouldn't be able to feed my family. We would just sit around the dinner table and look at the Cobb. Wait a second... That doesn't sound too bad.
The point is if you collect rare/scarce cards you have limited choices. Try and find a t-208 Plank, Kotton Cobb, Red Hindu Cobb, Mino Cobb, (you can kinda tell I'm a Cobb fan) or any other highly sought after scarce card in a high grade holder. They just don't exist, and if they do, 95% of vintage collectors could not afford it. Another thing is that the scarce pristine vintage cards just look fake. I like rounded edges and corners where you can see the layers pealing. It just seems right.
My point is that I am no less important because I like the rare/scarce Cobb's & Wagner's. When less than 5 cards are known to exist, I take what I find and have a smile on my face for weeks knowing that I have one and guys who collect PSA 8's or better don't.
Leon- Hopefully this is not too much to ask for, but I need a spell check and for you to add a number or count each time a thread is added to. When the thread goes over 300 it's hard to figure out where I left off.