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<p>[QUOTE="Virginian, post: 5157503, member: 27579"]Everyone thinks that someone else's collecting desires are dumb, stupid, etc. It gets tiresome. Guess what: there are a zillion people who think spending so much time and money collecting some old coins from the 1800s is stupid, too. To them, a quarter is worth 25 cents. How is collecting old Buffalo nickels somehow "superior" to collecting MS-70 PCGS holders? Why can't folks just be happy about what they collect without feeling the need to denigrate what others collect, and call them "dumb," "stupid," etc.? Inferiority complex?</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing that ever "justifies the price" to a collector is the joy the collectior expects to derive from adding it to the collection in comparison to the money spent.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I have news for some of you. There are a lot of folks out there to whom $35K is like $600 to you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Virginian, post: 5157503, member: 27579"]Everyone thinks that someone else's collecting desires are dumb, stupid, etc. It gets tiresome. Guess what: there are a zillion people who think spending so much time and money collecting some old coins from the 1800s is stupid, too. To them, a quarter is worth 25 cents. How is collecting old Buffalo nickels somehow "superior" to collecting MS-70 PCGS holders? Why can't folks just be happy about what they collect without feeling the need to denigrate what others collect, and call them "dumb," "stupid," etc.? Inferiority complex? The only thing that ever "justifies the price" to a collector is the joy the collectior expects to derive from adding it to the collection in comparison to the money spent. And I have news for some of you. There are a lot of folks out there to whom $35K is like $600 to you.[/QUOTE]
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