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jay behrensGRRRRR!!!! You've found one of my pet peeves, jerks that break up A&G albums and sell them by the page instead of keeping them intact. It would be interesting to know how many of the A28 and A29 albums are still intact, since almost ell of them are now sold off by the page. I can't remember the last time I ever saw an intact one for sale.
Although I can't say for sure that TIK did this, none the less, someone at one point ruined a truely beautiful album. It pisses me off that people will ruin these geogeous pieces simply for greed's sake. To me, it's the same as these idiot card companies buying vintage uniforms and equipment, then chopping them and using them as insets in their cards. The most egregious example I am aware of the was the jerkoff that bought Terry Sawchuck's leg pads, the only pair he wore his whole career, and cut them up to make insets for his cards (I forget which company it was). This should have been in the HOF and chopped up like some stolen car.
The best quote I ever heard on the whole 'chop shop' mentality in the new card hobby was, "It's like taking the Mona Lisa, cutting it into little pieces and selling them off. Sure, you own a piece of the Mona Lisa, but without the context of the whole picture, that small piece is worthless and the beauty and the ability to move you emotionaly are gone."
Jay