It's good to be mocked.
This mockery sounds very familiar. It may be just what I want to hear.
This is what I have received at each stage of my collecting career.
In the 1980s when I began buying baseball memorabilia from antique dealers - they mocked. They laughed and told me what a fool I was. "No one wants this stuff." I said — keep laughing and bring the stuff to me.
Then in the 1990s I began buying baseball photos by the box load, as newspapers sold off their morgues. Again I heard how stupid I was. Even sports auction leaders claimed that no one would want old photographs - they are not cards. Mock on, I said, as I turned photographic prints, which I paid $2 or $3 dollars for into Thousands. It can be quite profitable to be a fool !
So - watch and wait. It’s another opportunity to be mocked - or another opportunity to take advantage of.
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