Are we actually Art Collectors?

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Posted By: Jim Dale

As one who has collected some nice art and some nice cards I'd say no we are not art collectors unless you do both. As one who has done both I think they are wildly different. Today's modern art industry and its massive print (runs) does mirror the card industry in many ways but I still consider them wildly different. If you want to play on the similarities:

Print runs
Variations (parallels)
Encasement\slabbing vs framing

But unless you collect someone that is into sports figures like Neiman has done I just don't see much else in connection with the art world.