What was the salvation of the Prewar card hobby

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02-10-2025, 08:35 PM

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Jonathan Sterling

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I think you need to give PSA some credit for "salvaging" the hobby. Buying cards in some ways became
"safer"with PSA many who would not buy cards before became interested after grading took hold. And the end result was increased demand for cards. Would there have always been collectors of cards Baseball, Other Sports, non sports...Yes! But not at current levels.
JMHO

Jonathan

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