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Da Babe weighs in on the state of sports card collecting:

As hobby continues to evolve, fun is in eye of collector

The Telegraph Online
Babe Waxpak
Published: Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005

“Fun is in the eye of the collector. Folks collect for many different reasons, and those buying packs today are a lot different than they were even 20 years ago and certainly much different than the baby boomers who collected in the 1950s. In today’s marketplace, I’m not so sure that collecting for pure fun is at the top of the chart for many who purchase sports cards – that is unless you consider pulling a nice insert that can be sold on the Internet “fun.”

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