Night Owl Cards

  I'm afraid some collectors have forgotten the symbiotic relationship that has long been a part of the card collecting world.   While flippers and sellers operate in card collecting purely to get what's "theirs," the card blogging world is still an example of the mutualism that has allowed the hobby to thrive for more than 100 years.   Trading is a well-known card collecting standby, even "civilians" can identify it. The opportunity to gain what you want while also giving someone else what they want is one of the beautiful parts of this hobby.   I especially like it when a trade benefits someone who isn't even aware of the trade.   Take a recent envelope received from The Diamond King .     Three of the four cards benefited my collection. The fourth card is already on its way to another collector to benefit his collection. He doesn't even know it's arriving. That's mutualism at its finest.       Here is a card that I received from Jay a...