| Sports card collecting appeals to a wide
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| | price and led the way for the later more
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| variety of people from different age
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| | expensive card lines.Since the late 80's
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| groups and backgrounds. These people
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| | and early 90's the number of various
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| collect for various reasons which range
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| | sports card sets have increased
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| from the love of sports to monetary gain.
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| | considerably. Each of the 4 main card
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| The sports cards themselves have grown to
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| | companies produced many sets in each
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| represent most of the major sports
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| | sport category. Some produced under
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| including Nascar.My first recollections
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| | different labels such as Topps Stadium
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| of sports card collecting were in the
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| | Club etc. Along with this increased
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| early 50's when baseball was a major part
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| | production came a dilution of card
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| of my life. These were the good times
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| | values. Each producer also over produced
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| when I looked on life as being simple
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| | the lines that they had.Even though this
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| with my greatest concerns being good
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| | lowering of values came along, it
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| grades in school and finding another
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| | probably just did away with some of the
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| pickup game of baseball to play in.This
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| | inflation of prices due to hype and
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| was the era when a few extra pennies
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| | demand. Some felt that the newer cards
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| meant that I walked or rode my bicycle
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| | didn't carry their true value and were
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| about a mile to the store below my house
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| | overpriced when they first came onto the
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| and purchased Topps baseball cards. It
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| | scene anyway. Some of the new cards had
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| meant that they were separated into teams
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| | inflated value that caused their prices
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| and put into a small toolbox that my
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| | to be as high as the true collectable
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| father had made for me. I collected
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| | older cards. There was no real reason for
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| Yankee baseball and Mickey Mantle cards
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| | the new cards to carry the prices that
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| along with others until I graduated from
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| | people were asking.No matter what the
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| high school and went off to college. This
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| | price, true or not, there a still a lot
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| was the year that my cards were given to
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| | of people collect the sports cards for
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| a younger boy in the neighborhood by my
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| | various reason. These people collect in
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| mother. To this day I still get a funny
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| | different ways and concentrate on
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| feeling when I walk into a store and see
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| | different areas of collecting.One of the
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| the new packs of sports and racing
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| | main areas of collecting is the
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| cards.When these sports cards were first
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| | individual player rookie cards. These
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| produced, they were used primarily as
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| | cards may not necessarily be from the
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| promotional items for products such as
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| | first year that a player plays in the
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| tobacco which was later replaced with
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| | major leagues but it is his first card
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| bubble gum. By this time, the cards were
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| | produced within a set. Generally a player
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| taking over the focus more so than the
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| | has a first card produced by several
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| products that they were advertising.
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| | manufactures and may even be in some
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| Sports cards, to this day, are still used
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| | subsets. The number of each sets produced
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| to draw attention to various products.One
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| | helps determine the value of the
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| sports collectable that some may not
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| | individual players card in that set. His
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| consider a sports card but has always
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| | card value is also affected by his
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| been a fascination to me is the 1952 and
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| | statistics in his career, others
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| 53 Dixie Cup lids. These were Dixie Cup
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| | expectations of him at the plate and how
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| ice cream lids with famous pictures under
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| | popular that he has become on his way to
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| them and covered with a paper similar to
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| | the major leagues. Some collectors lose
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| wax paper for protection. The Dixie Cup
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| | money due to the fact that the player
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| company produce these picture lids from
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| | does not live up to his expectations. I
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| the early 30's until the mid 50's but the
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| | have also seen other players card values
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| 2 afore mentioned years were the only
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| | change because of his life off of the
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| ones that produced sports figure
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| | playing field. In some cases, drug use by
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| pictures.After WWII major league players
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| | a player has greatly affected the value
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| returned from the war and the paper stock
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| | of his career and also his sports
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| was no loner need for the war effort, the
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| | cards.Another type of collecting is the
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| first nation wide baseball card set was
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| | area of special cards or insert cards
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| produced by the Bowman Gum Company of
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| | added to the regular. This became popular
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| Philadelphia in 1948. Compared to the
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| | in the mid to late 80's and early 90's.
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| standards of today, these cards weren't
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| | The insert cards can be special player
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| very much to look at and contained no
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| | cards from other sports. One of the first
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| color. The faces were black and white
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| | popular inserts that comes to mind was
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| pictures of players. These contained not
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| | the Michael Jordan card in the Upper Deck
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| writing referring to the players name or
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| | packs. Signature cards are also a popular
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| position. The backs had writing but were
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| | type of insert card. Most of these cards
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| kept very simple with some player
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| | were produced in a limited number thus
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| information included. There was an
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| | increasing their value due to lesser
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| advertisment at the bottom of the back.
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| | quantities. Sometimes redeemable cards
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| These were smaller than most of the cards
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| | are used that you can turn in for other
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| produced at a later date. This was the
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| | products or cards. The practice of
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| first nationally issued set since the
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| | inserting older valuable cards into packs
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| early 40's.These 48 Bowman cards were
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| | have been used.Some individuals collect
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| produced in two series and were printed
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| | cards by buying and keeping unopened
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| in sheets of 36 cards. This was the size
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| | packs. This practice seemed to be more
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| of the sheets that the factory could
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| | prevalent before the price inflation
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| produce. This whole set contained a total
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| | caused the values to drop. Unopened cases
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| of 48 cards and the twelve additonal
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| | and boxes were kept as investments for
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| cards were were substituted for 12 of the
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| | the future. Some of these unopened cases
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| original cards printed on the first
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| | were like gold. Some of their values were
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| sheet. This resulted in short-prints of
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| | unbelievable.Complete sets from certain
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| some of the cards from the original
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| | years are very popular collectables. If
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| series.Naturally, this first set since
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| | Topps or one of the other manufacturers
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| the war had an abundance of rookie and
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| | had a very good card for a certain year
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| first time printed players. Included in
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| | or the set contained a lot of good rookie
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| these, were players such as Berra,
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| | cards the sets became more collectable
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| Musial, Spahn, Sain, Henrich, and
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| | and sought after. Some collectors only
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| Rizzuto. Some of the popular and rookie
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| | kept factory sets and others built sets
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| players fell into the short-print group
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| | from boxes and packs. Most ot those that
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| making their cards even more sought
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| | built their own sets looked for the
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| after.Topps, probably the most know
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| | perfect card with the highest grade.
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| bubble gum and sportscard producer, came
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| | Which of the sets, factory or hand built,
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| onto the scene in 1951 and along with
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| | has the greatest value is still
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| Bowman were the only card producers until
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| | debatable.A card collector that collects
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| the early 80's. Topps purchased Bowman in
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| | for the enjoyment does it for many
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| 1956 and was the only producer until this
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| | different reasons. Some collect cards of
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| time. In the early 80's Fleer and Donruss
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| | their favorite teams, players, regions,
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| began producing sportscards. In 1989
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| | or sports. Whatever the reason for
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| Upper Deck, what I consider the supreme
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| | collecting, sports card collecting has in
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| sports card maker, started production.
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| | the past and still is a very popular and
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| These upper end cards went for a premium
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| | sometimes moneymaking hobbie.
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