Unless a collectible also provides some emotional or intrinsic (such as gold, which is used in manufacturing) value to the holder, it is essentially a vehicle i

Unless a collectible also provides some emotional or intrinsic (such as gold, which is used in manufacturing) value to the holder, it is essentially a vehicle in a ponzi scheme. Once the market of interested collectors dries up, the value vanishes. So to play the collectible game on true value-less items, one must time the entrance and the exit to take advantage of other players.