dealers/collectors

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Posted By: <b>brian</b><p>does Alan Rosen have his own collection or does he just buy and sell? and what about Kit Young? i know Larry Fritsch has his own collection. anyone know?

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Posted By: <b>Jeff O</b><p>I asked Rosen if he collected the first time I met him in Seattle. His response: "I collect hundred dollar bills."<br /><br />I think that says it all.<br /><br />Jeff

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>yes mr mint collects. here is a pic of him with his collection.<br /><img src="http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l239/dcc1/mrmint-1.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>brian</b><p>you guys made me laugh so hard i almost **** myself!

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>The story about Rickey Henderson is that, at the end of the year, the Yankee accountants were stumped by a discrepancy in the team books. As the story goes, the Yankees had paid Henderson a $1 million bonus and he framed and hung the check from his wall without cashing it.

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>In one of Rosen's books he said he doesn't collect, but keeps a file of photographs of items he's dealt that he likes or otherwise thinks significant.

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Posted By: <b>Jerry</b><p>Rosen collects toys (Robots & Howdy Doody). He resides in my blocked bidders list.

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Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>Virtually every dealer I know collects cards and/or memorabilia<br />as well, myself included.<br />For me, this is why I chose this field as my full time profession,<br />simply put, I can build a nice collection and for cards I choose to<br />sell, I can play with them till they are spoken for.

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Posted By: <b>Jim Dale</b><p>What about those of us that collect and don't deal? j/k....but I can't remember the last time I sold a card...traded one a few months back but I haven't sold any this year yet....

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Posted By: <b>Mike</b><p>The only time I sell anything is to upgrade. If I buy something, it becomes like family. (corny I know). I 've sold maybe six cards in the last 10 years. I should add sometimes I sell something that I bought 10 or 15 years ago, that no longer interests me, or fits my area of interest. I doubt I could ever become a dealer, because it is so hard to part with them. I've considered becoming a dealer many times, but just haven't pulled the trigger.

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Mike, <br /><br />Stick with collecting, it's more fun.<br /><br />My core collection has tremendous width and is pretty valuable so I keep these cards. Other cards which I want to sell, nobody wants. So I end up keeping all the cards. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Which is really not that bad.<br /><br />Peter

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Posted By: <b>Ed</b><p>I keep wondering if becoming a card dealer would sap my passion for the cards.