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Old 08-30-2025, 06:41 PM
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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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