Selling 80% of your collection for ‘52 Mantle - would you?

[Exhibitman]

Nope.

[mrreality68]

I have sold my entire collection of good but assorted non focused cards. It was a diverse collection of vintage cards from CJ cards, to T206, t205, m101-4/5 , Felix Mendelssohn etc for 1 card.
I was tired of missing out on some of the rarer or higher bucket list cards I wanted because it was all tied up in my total collection. And I could not raise funds to get the dream cards/bucket list I wanted.
Made the choice and sold, traded etc and worked my way up to purchasing my Rookie Ruth. Then had only 1 and since then slowly building up my collection with more focused to the cards I really wanted. Takes lonelier but I find this approach is perfect for me.

[Tyruscobb]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Nope.

I echo this succinct response. Although I would enjoy looking at a ‘52 Topps Mantle, I’d miss looking at all the cards that I sold to obtain it way more than the enjoyment.

[butchie_t]

I could sell 200% of my collection, it would not even buy the holder.

Gotta pass.

Butch

[kmac32]

Absolutely not

[oldjudge]

I prefer one great card to a lot of good cards.

[Sean]

Yes, I've done this. I had a 522 set of T206. I sold all of my binder cards (about 450 cards) and a Cobb Red/ Lenox SGC 2. I only kept my back runs, My Cub HOFs, and a few of the biggest stars in the set. I bought a Cobb/ Cobb back. I never tried to rebuild the set, either. I just went off and collected other cards that I liked. I have fewer than 200 cards today, but I much prefer the ones that I still have.



Edited to add: To be clear, the cards that I sold only covered 1/3 of the cost of the Cobb. The rest came from savings and a 401K loan.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Nope.

I second that emotion...