The end results of hoarding

[bnorth]

I have hoarded several different cards over the years. Still hoarding 2 different cards and only 2 people besides me know what thse 2 cards are. My experiance in hoarding is as soon as others know you are hoarding a specific card the majority try to take avantage of you.

I recently quit hoarding a card i had been hoarding since 1989. Untill recently I bought or traded for everyone I have ever seen except two. Then I had a guy email me that he had "some" he wanted to sell. He wanted easily 10X what I had paid for them in the past. Then he let me know he had 30 of them. So what I had thought was an insannely rare card now had 4 times the population that has been found in the previous 3 plus decades.

[ALBB]

Yea, hoarding is a strange quirk of collectors....many have done it to a small extreme ..some larger...I find it amusing ...Topps printed ..I dont know...6 million 1972 T " Joe somebody "....even the largest bankroll in the hobby would have trouble "tilting the scales ".

Even the dude who thought he " cornered the market" of 64 T Flood cards...was not even close .....I will admit it does effect other collectors looking for that certain card

[T205 GB]

I stopped hoarding T205 American Beauties, Cycles, Piedmont 42’s, And Broadleafs.

I had a lot of people pissed off at me for unloading that hoard. Same guys took full advantage of the decrease in value it created. Can’t see the forest through the trees sometimes. Your welcome.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by T205 GB

I stopped hoarding T205 American Beauties, Cycles, Piedmont 42’s, And Broadleafs.

I had a lot of people pissed off at me for unloading that hoard. Same guys took full advantage of the decrease in value it created. Can’t see the forest through the trees sometimes. Your welcome.

Selling is a weird thing with hoards. I hoarded a rare card and owned about half of the known copies. Sold them slowly over a couple years for really really good money. After I quit hoarding and sold mine another hobby friend got the bug and hoarded the same card. He also got to own about half the known population. That population went from around 24 when I hoarded to about 40. My friend decided to unload his collection because of age. With unloading his fairly quickly it has killed their price. The last couple he sold was for about 20% of the cheapest one I sold.

[Carter08]

It’s an interesting concept. Side note: I think someone must be hoarding 1922 e121 Hornsby!

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Carter08

It’s an interesting concept. Side note: I think someone must be hoarding 1922 e121 Hornsby!

Heres my hoard of 1! I'm waiting for the Harry Heilman e121 hoarder to release some.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Heres my hoard of 1! I'm waiting for the Harry Heilman e121 hoarder to release some.

Phil!!!!!!!! An absolute beauty.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Phil!!!!!!!! An absolute beauty.

+1 That is a great looking card, Phil!

[Howe’s Hunter]

Originally Posted by bnorth

My experiance in hoarding is as soon as others know you are hoarding a specific card the majority try to take avantage of you.

Hold my beer.

[t213]

As someone pointed out above, a known hoard may bring more examples out of hiding. When I was finishing my 1910 Obak set around 10-15 years ago, a N54 board member PMed me that he had an available Miller, SF and offered it to me directly because he wanted to help me complete my set, and he added "didn't want the hoarder to get another".

I hoard a particular 1916 Zeenut (have 5) because I like it, but I don't think anyone cares and it hasn't affected the market because no one in their right mind would try to complete that set.

Andy

[Leon]

Originally Posted by howe’s hunter

hold my beer.

lol
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[Vintage Vern]

I'm somewhat confused on what constitutes hoarding. I'm into a single player that had very few cards to begin with (less than 1 reported for 1 card no more than 5 to 10 total for most others) of each card reported if you look at population reports from TPG. Is it set builders that won't break a set or are people like me considered the problem? To me they have the cards I desire, and said player is a nobody to most that hold the card. They hold it for the sake of a complete set, not because the card has meaning to them. I'm finding it extremely difficult to find cards, and most people that have them have 1 in total, but won't give them up because they value the complete set not the individual card itself. Is that hoarding, or am I hoarding if I find all the cards even if it's just 1 of each of his, and keep them from set builders because they have meaning to me without wanting anything more than a single player? Not to mention ungraded is also very hard to come by at least something in graded shape. They have to be out there, but who has them, and how many does someone have?