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Posted By: Trevor Hocking

Leon,
Thanks for letting this go and I think this is in the right location because it has to deal with the buying and selling of cards.

Mike,
Thanks for the overview of your fees and the people involved in your site. I truly didn't know the eTopps card market was that large. You learn something new everyday.

The question you asked is an easy one for me to answer:
The only way I view this hobby today is from the collector side of it so yes I would want the rare obscure and hard to find item hands down.

I am a dealer and have been for almost 24 years. I do understand the profit side of this hobby as well. That is how I have built my private collection over the years by buying collections keeping the cards I want and selling the others to keep my personal collection costs low. I have been fortunate to have a day job all years as well. My point to all that rambling is I do understand speculation on buying undervalued or rare cards but for me it was to get them before others found out they where tough and that would save me the cost to re-purchase them in the future if they came to market.

The reason I said to go for more of the known card issues is because if they are in it for the money aspect of it the card market has proven that main stream cards issues ie T206's (Common issues) Goudeys, Delongs, Playballs ect.. have always had a steady climb and have never fallen in price over the long haul. Where rare cards such as 1-5 know copies such as rare 19th-20th Century types or tough T206's backs like the UZIT (I know there was more than 1-5 known) backs have shown market swings because of a small to large "find". Plus ounce the top five guys already have a copy of the super rare cards where does the price of the 6th one go? So in the long run when this vintage card fad dies down (Man I hope soon ) I think the rare cards when they surface will have the biggest price drop because quit frankly the have the longest way the fall.

Man I am full of hot air tonight sorry guys a few glasses of wine and I just type without reading.

I know I am really going on here so on with the questions:

So is this community in it, for the most part, for the cards or the money aspect?

Do you have a place they can meet to view the collection they are a part of at a give time? If so when and where is that held?

Well thanks for the great back and forth so far.
Trevor