It's the very notion of value that makes people bring cards to market to begin with. People see cardboard and think "Someone should look at this. It's worthless to me, but I hear this stuff is worth something." rather than "Hand me a trash bag."
We've seen stuff come to market from obscure places when the hobby is experiencing an upsurge in non-hobbyist interest.
A good amount of niche hobbies and collector bases suffer from people tossing things that they have no idea others are wanting.
It's a necessary evil at the very least because it's a notable driver of the vintage marketplace availability. They're not making this stuff anymore and a lot of it has been, and is, in the hands of people not in the hobby.
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