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Posted By: leon

Since day one I have always collected the obscure and rare and got luckey in that nowadays they seem to be worth a lot more than when bought. I absolutely DO agree with you that a lot of folks that don't know what the hell they are doing could/have come in and are buying "wrong". My cards are a percentage of my overall investing strategy, not all of it. When I first started ( a mere 8 years or so ago) I didn't think of them as an investment. I love baseball, collecting, and money so they are a great fit for me. Ask Scott B how much I fret about that T205 Johnson I bought from him or John Spencer how much I was stressed over my E102 Cobby purchase. Then when I realized that it was always going to have to be big bucks for good cards, and they could be worth more in the future, it was ok. The wife took a few more years to be somewhat comfortable with it. She asked me yesterday how much I spent in the REA. I told here and she said "WHAT!!" and then went back to watching t.v. regards