It's important in other hobbies just to different degrees. Super important in some, not as much in others.
To me it matters depending on exactly who had it before.
For example, I have a couple stamps from FDRs collection - he was a collector, involved in choosing the designs for stamps while president, but somewhat oddly, didn't have many really valuable items.
I have a few other things from great collections, and they can be fun. Most big collections had a load of cheap things alongside the nicer ones.
I don't have cards with a provenance, but if I had a choice between one with and one without and they were equal I'd take the one with.
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