Net54 Hall of Fame

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by ksabet

Your idea is very different than this.

Listen, to each there own. I was feeling that this is the type of thread that pretty much makes this feel like a good ol boys club and is pretty exclusive and divisive.

I realize there is a big group of people here who all know each other and like to interact but I enjoy this site even though I don't know most people personally, and frankly I am okay with that, but a newcomer will quickly feel like they have no place if these are the threads we feed.

In an era where we seem to be mightily concerned with the future of our hobby we need to be careful not to ostracize and eliminate interest from those who don't fit into a super narrow category of mega-high-end-collections.

I would respectfully disagree. If you look over my short but in no way complete list of collectors who I personally admire. I think you will find a wide selection of collectors who span every nuance of this hobby. These range from yes significant collectors with significant means. To the everyday collector. If you feel that mentioning people one admires for their achievements, their commitment or contributions to the hobby big or small is some way an elitist endeavor. All because some folks who may be mentioned may have more than others, well you'll have bigger issues in life than a list on a card forum.

In fact quite the opposite. I think you would find that many of the above people are some of the most humble and genuine people one could ever hope to meet. The last thing any of them would want is for anyone to "feel left out." that I'm pretty sure of.

Cheers,

John

P.S. The only real downfall to a thread like this is that so many amazing collectors and collections are not known about, or those collectors don't give a rat's you know what about Net54. So in the end the list will be not 100%....