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Steve MurrayI'm not sure I agree. I started (so long ago, it's hard to remember) collecting what was then considered "shiney" stuff. It's a matter of evolution. I've evolved as many others here from shiney to vintage. While there are exceptions, i.e. a newbie becoming interested in collecting and starting with vintage, I suspect it is the exception and not the rule.
So without the generic interest in card collecting that PSA has generated we may have many fewer vintage collectors than we have now.