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08-06-2018, 04:12 PM
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I understand your position
I understand your position but this has been more than a simple hobby for a long time now and with the money changing hands and as bad as it was getting in the late 80's early 90's something had to be done. Counterfitters and all kinds of card doctors running wild. yes i know some doctors still exist and get by the companies from time to time but it is still vastly above where we were back then. Its not going to be going anywhere. It may adapt or change some in time but i believe it is here to stay and has entered almost every collectibles field where any kind of serious money is changing hands. they even slab vintage video games now.
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08-06-2018, 04:44 PM
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Congratulations on a long collecting career I’m sure your collection and collecting stories are fantastic. As a collector since the 70s I appreciate your sentiment however baseball cards transcended just being a hobby 40+ years ago. TPGs were inevitable as purchasing became predominantly without ever having the card in hand. There are many many reasons TPG came into being, one being those dealers in the monthly periodicals who would describe vg cards as nm -mt.
It was terrible. I think , like it or not, TPGs will continue to evolve as technology and collector preference allows. Plastic or not, most of us have a strong passion for cards and an appreciation for those that collected before us. Last edited by Stonepony; 08-06-2018 at 04:56 PM.
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