Certainly Didn’t Expect to See that at the National.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I suspect you're correct. Furthermore, he would probably do well even if that material was altered yet numerically graded by PSA.

Better, I suspect, that's how this hobby seems to work.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Better, I suspect, that's how this hobby seems to work.

I am often reminded of three things you've written here at various times. Pardon me for paraphrasing:

• Stuff trumps all
• People collect flips, not cards
• The registry is a powerful drug

Sadly, a large segment of the hobby has turned cardboard and plastic into little more than a d*** measuring contest. It seems, at times, the cards have become (or always were) secondary for some people.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I am often reminded of three things you've written here at various times. Pardon me for paraphrasing:

• Stuff trumps all
• People collect flips, not cards
• The registry is a powerful drug

Sadly, a large segment of the hobby has turned cardboard and plastic into little more than a d*** measuring contest. It seems, at times, the cards have become (or always were) secondary for some people.

We're really seeing that with all the cards being given to the PWCC Vault, are we not? People are perfectly willing to buy cards and never take possession of them or look at them, apparently. Just assets.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

We're really seeing that with all the cards being given to the PWCC Vault, are we not? People are perfectly willing to buy cards and never take possession of them or look at them, apparently. Just assets.

Indeed. Nature of the 2021 hobby beast, I suppose.

On the flip side, no pun intended, there has been an influx of younger collectors lately. For many years, I heard that the hobby was going to die because nobody collected except old guys.