dealers/collectors

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Posted By: brian

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: Jeff O

I asked Rosen if he collected the first time I met him in Seattle. His response: "I collect hundred dollar bills."

I think that says it all.

Jeff

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Posted By: dennis

yes mr mint collects. here is a pic of him with his collection.

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Posted By: brian

you guys made me laugh so hard i almost **** myself!

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Posted By: davidcycleback

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: davidcycleback

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: Jerry

Rosen collects toys (Robots & Howdy Doody). He resides in my blocked bidders list.

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Posted By: jay wolt

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

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Posted By: Jim Dale

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: Mike

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: peter chao

Mike,

Stick with collecting, it's more fun.

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.

Which is really not that bad.

Peter

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Posted By: Ed

I keep wondering if becoming a card dealer would sap my passion for the cards.