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Originally Posted by whiteymet
Hi Jeff:
At the time I sold my collection to Halper he was just coming into the hobby and was paying three times what anyone else was paying. The fact that at the time I was living about 20 minutes from him enabled him to visit and make it easy to move the collection.
Also I was soon to be married and wanted to start a business down the line. All of the above helped in my decision to sell.
Sure I have thought about it over the years. However the way I look at it is, if I held onto the Wagner I would have been baseball card "rich" and cash "poor".
I took the $$ I got from the collection and eventually turned it into a business that supported my family and me through the years, allowed me to own my own home mortgage free, put two kids through college loan free and have a net worth now north of what the Wagner sold for.
I would have not been able to start the business without the money I got for the collection. So, in the long run I think I came out OK.
BUT it sure would be nice to have my collection back, and as mentioned Wagner was not even my favorite card, nor were the tobacco cards. I know that is heresy here on Net 54!! I was REALLY into Topps stuff, test sets etc., odd ball issues and regionals.
Fred
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FRED M. : I KNOW YOU HAVE NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO EXPRESS THIS TO YOU, BUT AFTER READING YOUR VERY MOVING REFLECTION OF YOUR PAST, I AM REMINDED OF THE WORDS AND SPIRIT OF THE KNIGHT FROM "INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE"-----------"YOU HAVE CHOSEN.....WISELY."
SALUTE. ---Brian Powell