Kind of reminds me of the possibly apochryphal tale of Bob Costas carrying around a very beat up Mantle card in his wallet for 40 years, simply because it was one he had pulled out of a waxpack in his childhood, and, even though he could, if inclined, pick up a gem mint Mantle rookie with his pocket change, he preferred the dog card because of his emotional attachment to it. Any card, in any condition, is worth only what it means to the collector willing to pay for it.
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