I’m fairly new, so ripe with mistakes so far. I’d say the two biggies are;
Almost getting scammed out of a few hundred bucks over meh photoshop
My other big one is getting caught up with the “behavioral science” of eBay. Sometimes you get caught up in an auction trying to win without realizing you are out of focus on your goals and intent. It’s easy to overbuy early and then get buyers remorse. Part of it is trying to identify what exactly the market is, but then you win and end up setting the market!
I think the biggest lesson for me is, there’s actually a ton of T206 inventory if you are willing to pay for it. So you really do need to be patient as a collector. One will always come along. Too many times I’ve rushed into buying something for my PC set and then a week later there’s just a better one available.
I’m sure you all knew this stuff already!
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