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Originally Posted by bender07

I lose an auction to a dealer that ends up putting it in his museum..er store at double the price it was just auctioned for. It's basically unattainable now based due to the super high price. I get it, free market and all, just stinks.

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As an investor it’s also important to remember why one is buying cards. The investment and profit always has to be the goal. Get too strung up with a particular card out of personal want and attachment, and the point of investment disappears. Then a person goes from being disconnected and focused on profit, to being connected and focused on collecting for personal satisfaction. The latter can easily turn a profit into a loss with the illusory justification that the card will still be worth a lot when it is let go. Good investors don’t have those conversations with themselves; they buy and sell vintage baseball cards coldly and dispassionately. It’s a hard fact, but good baseball card collecting for investment may very well have nothing to do with a love for the sport. There is no requirement or law that says a good baseball card collector must also be a baseball fan in life.

Disclaimer, I understand the owner is a board member that I have never personally had an issue with, but the above statement brought this particular thread to mind even though this thread is in the Auto section.