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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>G. Maines</b><p>Right now: do you own more cards,<br />than you have sold (lifetime)?
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Yes...probably by over a 200 to 1 ratio.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Richard Cline - RC</b><p>No question - I have yet to sell a card - I do have some duplicates I would like to get rid of, just haven't gotten around to it as yet.<br /><br />RC
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Easily.<br /><br />
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>jeffdrum</b><p>By a wide,wide,wide margin.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>I've sold many more cards than I own.<br /><br />But - I have been plowing more $$$ into the hobby than I have been taking out.<br /><br /><br />Basically.... I sold off many cards to help pay a portion of a few higher priced ones.<br /><br /><br />I think the number of cards I hold may have gone down 20-fold.<br />The overall $$$ spent or put into cards may have gone up 4 or 5 fold (I need to slow down <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> )
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Doug</b><p>Nope...I wish I did though! It seems like I always have some unexpected expense pop up and the cards have to make up for it.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Yes, sir. And that is an interesting matter to contemplate. Good post!
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>similar to Jeff, i seldom sell.<br />ratio probably in the neighborhood of 200-300 to 1.<br /><br />all the best,<br /><br />barry
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I think it's fairly close....The first 6-7 yrs I collected I almost never sold anything...then the last 3-4 I have bought and sold quite a bit. I still rarely sell anything out of my personal collection....maybe about 2-3 things a yr....when I upgrade or see something else I want more....I almost never sell anything (except 1 time) when I don't have a dupe....What I sold was for an amount that I couldn't say no to....regahds <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Rich people and pack-rats keep a lot more than they sell. Poor folks and people who can't make up their mind keep their collections in a constant state of recycling.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Dan Koteles</b><p>I would be worth minimally 5-7 million dollars if I had all the cards sold at one time I had. Those who say yes, they are the ones with the money. A December auction is always geared for the wealthy, the rest buy Christmas gifts for their families and only wish they could buy cards. Another business venture in the near future and I finnah be rollin wit the big homies in the hobby
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Ken McMillan</b><p>own way more cards than I have ever sold. Still own the majority of vintage cards I have bought.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>Don't have to do a count. Have never sold a card. Hardly rollin' in it, either. Just limit the scope of what I collect and stay within my financial limitations, however painful that may be. And it can be painful <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Andrew</b><p>I've sold more than I've bought, I enjoy the buying and selling process. Like many, the chase is what does it for me. With the exception of a few cards that I'll never sell, the ones I have now are still part of a larger chase.<br><br>"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>MVSNYC</b><p>my situation echoes Joe D's exactly...
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Martin Neal</b><p>I have probably sold around 800 t-cards and have in my collection around 900 T206s and 200 T205s. I am in the process of finishing the T206 set and am over 2/3s of the way on the T205 set. So pretty soon, I will have sold more than I own. I have never sold a N card, E card, M card or strip.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>I sold a few thousand cards when I was twelve in so that I could buy my first pair of roller skates. I now own fewer than 500 cards so it will be a while (if ever) before I have more than I've sold.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Jimmy</b><p>Maybe a few years ago I would say yes, but money has been tight this year and sold much of what I collected the last 3 years or so. I would also consider what I have in inventory part of my collection until the card is sold. Over the last 10 years I would say I have sold more than I have owned<br /><br />Jimmy<br />
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>I do the same as Joe D., sell alot to build my collection, and so that I can afford those higher priced, harder to find issues. <br><br>Go Go White Sox<br />2005 World Series Champions!
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Marty Ogelvie</b><p><P>Pre War - YES. I have not sold any pre war cards.. just bought.</P><P>Total cards - no. I have a butt load of modern cards but have sold a crap load of modern cards.. </P><P>by my math, a crap load is more than a butt load.. </P><br><br>martyOgelvie<br />nyyankeecards.com
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>I'm down to a core collection of about 350 keepers with another 350 or so that I will eventually sell or trade off. At one time I had over 2,000 T206 and am now down to less than 150 so I guess is the answer is is "no" as I have sold off more than I now own.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>by a factor of 200.<br />I've collected for 20 years, off and on, and only sold my first card this year
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Jim Dale</b><p>don't even know how to sell cards....I just buy them
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Eric Brehm</b><p>Nice idea for a thread.<br /><br />I still have a raw 1966 Topps set that I assembled when I was 9 years old, mostly by buying them at the grocery store and trading with my friends, although I had to order the 7th Series 'high numbers' from Card Collectors Company in New York since these never appeared in our local stores.<br /><br />Since I re-entered the hobby about a year and a half ago, I have accumulated a collection of about 300 graded pre-war cards (mostly T206 and 1933 Goudey), and so far the only cards I have sold have been ones that I replaced with examples I liked better (not all of which were 'upgrades'). I have also during that time bought about 75 graded post-war cards, about half of which I have either already sold or plan to sell because I changed my mind about what I wanted to collect.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>steve yawitz</b><p>I couldn't estimate the ratio, but I've definitely sold more than I now own. As a few others have said, the buying/selling/trading aspect of collecting is at least as fun for me as the hoarding aspect. And <i>hoarding</i> probably carries too much of a negative connotation, but you know what I mean. I've got a few cards that I'd be reluctant to part with, but given the right opportunity, I'd say it's all negotiable.<br><br><a href="http://imageevent.com/yawie99" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://imageevent.com/yawie99</a>
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>...I have sold more cards than I own (assuming pre-war here, and not glossy crap). <br /><br /><br><br>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for my T206 blog, card galleries, articles and more!
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>steve</b><p>I am with Marty O. I like to keep the nice old stuff as that was where the profits were. But now the nice old stuff has cooled. <br /><br />I kinda turn over the 1950's - 1970's stuff, keeping only the cherry picked high end for the grade cards.
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Darren</b><p>yes
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>more than I currently own in terms of # of cards. In terms of dollar value of cards, I have sold WAY more than I currently own and like Dan Koteles, I wish I still had some of 'em................but I wouldn't trade where I am now for where I was then for any amount of money........<br />
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Rob Dewolf</b><p>Yes. <br /><br />(edited because it's the holidays)
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>because of the wide disparity in value between postwar cards (especially post 1980) and the value of prewar cards. I once sold something like 10,000 crappy modern cards at a garage sale for $20, so I've definitely sold more cards than I own, but the measure is meaningless as a result of the disparity in values. A more salient question would be whether you've sold more in value than you currently own. <br /><br />Edited to say: and to that I can say "no" but probably not by a lot since so many of the cards I sold cheap in the old days are worth so much now [insert milk spilling and crying sounds here].
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>"A December auction is always geared for the wealthy, the rest buy Christmas gifts for their families and only wish they could buy cards"<br /><br />I've never purchased a Christmas gift for my family...my rabbi would go nuts if I did <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br><br>Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>Like Adam...I recently sold/gave away hundreds of thousands of shiny cards from 80's-90's...so <br />I definitely have sold more cards than I own. As far as vintage...I own more than I've sold...for now...but this will probably change as my focus is changing.<br /><br />pete in mn
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>Do I own more cards than I have sold????<br /><br /><br />I asked my wife what she thought. She hasn't stopped laughing yet!
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Do you own more cards than you have sold?
Posted By: <b>Jim Rivera</b><p>YES! I sell very little and nothing if possible!
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