Posted By:
David AtkatzJimVB...
I find it sad that someone seems to get no (collecting) joy except by being told by others how wonderful his collection is. (Even if he has to pay those others (i.e. PSA) to tell him so.
I am not being an "arbiter," but rather simply stating a fact; i.e., I find it sad.
Although Ted Z and I have argued politics--and once even an arcane turn-of-the-20th-century baseball point, his collecting, on the other hand, brings me joy. It's wonderful to me to see someone so in love with what he collects--and not just the physical objects (and certainly not their monetary "value"), but the knowledge of those cards history. And, even more to the point, how he enjoys sharing that hard-won knowledge with anyone interested.
Or Dan Bretta, who (again) so obviously loves the subject of his collecting--not just the items themselves--and, again, is always happy to share a new-found aquisition or a bit of Nebraska baseball "trivia."
And then, of course, you've got Jim...