Night Owl Cards

There are so many guilty pleasures in the card-collecting hobby that I couldn't possibly name or even think of them all. My favorite set of all-time, 1975 Topps, could be considered a guilty pleasure. Some people think it's the most ghastly set ever (we don't take those people seriously). Chrome cards could be considered a guilty pleasure. When you tell others that you collect a card that looks  exactly like another card -- except that it's shiny -- all they can hear is: "I just flushed a whole bunch of cash down the crapper. We're broke and I'm an idiot." Collecting a Topps base set could be considered a guilty pleasure. I've received condescending smiles from mojo collectors and dealers when they found out all I'm looking for are base cards. There's nothing quite like getting the vibe that someone thinks he's better than you even though he owns only one pair of underwear. When you come right down to it, the whole hobby is a g...