Define the terms. Is a collector a dealer because he has to sell cards to finance his hobby? Is a dealer a collector because he enjoys owning his inventory? Is a collector actually an investor because he buys items with an eye towards eventual appreciation and sale? It isn't one thing only. There are lots of people whose habits are a Venn diagram between the three. I might put in 200 bids the first day of a major auction just to see if I can steal a deal for resale, while at the same time I hotly pursue an item I really want to own. There's a lot of talk about gender fluidity; maybe we are hobby-fluid?
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