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Originally Posted by z28jd
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Originally Posted by bbsports
It may be hoarding because there are so many Titus cards in general. However, 13 T206 ungraded Titus cards, I wouldn't consider hoarding. In the T206 set, there are many individual players that collectors have 40-50 of that particular player. It may be because there's a relative in the family of that particular player or it may be that person's favorite player. In the hobby today this is getting to be pretty common.
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Obviously he wasn't serious as the first thing he said in the message was "Well, not really", but the bold comment made me wonder just how many T206 cards of the same common player do you need for it to be called hoarding? |
The first statement just shows how quickly some people automatically think of t206 even when it wasn't mentioned that way. The thread title just states "Identity of the Titus Hoarder Revealed!", then follows up with "Well, not really, but kind of." Meaning it isn't the hoarder you would be thinking of on this board, which would be a Titus t206 hoarder, but this is a hoarder of just Titus in general.
As far as how many constitutes a hoard to me is based off of what is in a common non specific collection and the proportion to the rest of the collection. Most people wouldn't have more than 3-5 of a common subject if they don't have at least a few other duplicates of other subjects. So if you have 5 duplicates or more of any given subject without a single duplicates of any other card I think you have started a small hoard. Of course this just becomes subjective.
I have aprox 10 (I just keep adding to the pile so it could be higher) of a single card, yet it is the only card I have duplicates of so to me that is a small hoard.