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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TychoCelchu, post: 1912769, member: 67798&quot;]Well, you answer your own question in a few ways. First, from the other 1000 words that solely focus investment, while only adding a couple caveat lines. So money does seem to be the main collecting focus that you think collectors should focus on; and you express bafflement for other reasons. Second, from assuming that collectors of these things is someone who is &quot;who here&quot; as if this forum is typical of collectors&#039; motives.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for &quot;who DOESN&#039;T hope their collection will increase in value&quot;? Hm...collectors of beach glass; of flowers to press; of insects to pin, of different sands from around the world, of autographs since they&#039;re young and just like to have sportstars they want sign and send things...not to mention collectors who have say, 20,000 pez dispensers not to turn them over at profit but rather because that&#039;s their thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally--If the only collectors of anything existed only to profit they would make no profit, because there would be no pure, non-profit collectors to sell things to above melt value. A little girl fascinated with Lincoln pennies, and spending (OMG ABOVE) copper value to finish an album? She had great emotional value from collecting, and those who sold worthless pennies to her had nice financial gain. Both win. One collects for profit, one collects for interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t find it strange at all that a collector of coins could also be personally interested (not personally INVESTED as in they have to profit from) in the early case types of graders.</p><p><br /></p><p>To claim otherwise seems equal to claiming that zero people not even in the general public, but even on this forum, have never overpaid for something they coveted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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