> > > 1) Can you think of a collecting fad more lasting than baseball cards (though i guess any sports or movie cards could be stuck into that same grouping, when compared with, say, postage stamps)?
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> > Longest lasting collecting fad? Has to be artwork. All those castles are shock full of it.
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> > Etienne
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> Don't forget about museums -- I don't think there's a baseball card museum yet. I might be wrong, but I doubt it.
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> mac "actually Honus Wagner was one of the better players" rinus7

What about precious minerals? Gold and gemstones don't have any real use other than being pleasing to the eye, they're relatively rare, some samples are better than others through craftsmanship and purity, and they've been traded since time immemorial. It's just a collecting fad that's so big, everyone's in on it.

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