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Originally Posted by Huysmans

This is the kind of shit that in my humble opinion is ruining the hobby.
The more money and "investors" that enter the hobby, the worse off it becomes.
In fact, I can't see anyone successfully arguing that.
Shilling, card doctors, cracked slabs, fake autographs... these detriments to the hobby only INCREASE as prices go up, and NEVER the other way around. lol
Ask yourself this honest question.... If EVERY card tomorrow was valued at $1 dollar, and all the "investors" faded away instantly, how much fraud would there be in the hobby?.... Literally none.

I care about COLLECTING when it comes to cards and memorabilia, and nothing else, and a lot of it is about preserving items and serving as custodian so that future collectors can also enjoy them.

It's not about trying to make money and profit off of what is a "hobby" for me, but to each his own I guess.

That's the thing, Brent. If all cards were valued at $1, then we wouldn't have a National Convention, local card shops and shows, Net54, supplies for displaying and preserving our collections, access to other collectors to buy-sell-trade with, and all the other venues we now routinely use to build our collections. Without the money factor, many people are just not interested. It's no coincidence that the rise of many of the things mentioned above paralleled the rising value of sportscards. I'm sure there are plenty of other things to collect - old buttons, matchbook covers, milk bottles, Slurpee cups, cigarette butts, rusty nails, etc., that the 'investors' have not infiltrated. And the other thing with devalued cards, many of them would just be thrown out - there would be no new 'finds' as they would be sent straight to the dump.

Money in the hobby is not all bad.

And I'm a collector, just one that has learned to take the good with the bad as far as money entering the hobby.