As others have said, great story Bill. It reminds me of something that has been on my mind lately.
My friend owns a large card shop locally. He recently had a 90 year old gentleman come into his store and say "well, its about time I enjoyed myself with the money I will get from my collection"!?!?!?
Granted, this guy had a multi thousand dollar collection but my thoughts were......... why did this guy take that long to cash in? At 90 plus years old......how was he going to "enjoy" himself?
I am not sure if this story made me sad, reflective, confused.......I think a little of all 3.
The guy said that he did not have any family members that enjoyed his collection and it was time to sell.
Sad.
Now I do understand that the joy of accumulating and collecting is intrinsic. Got it. This story however started me thinking about, when is the "right" time to pull the trigger.
From recent events, it appears Leon came to this "trigger point" and has not looked back. I do not know how "young" Leon is so I'm not assuming anything but when I read Billy's story it all makes so much sense.
Start to sell when you can still enjoy the feeling it gives you to give some back to others. I love the concept but of course we all must sell in our own ways but it is nice to see different stories of liquidation and of course, we never really sell it all do we?
(yeah I know that was a crazy run on sentence but I don't care!
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Leon as admitted is sneaking back in, Billy still has the bulk and is adding more to his pile
but to each his own.
Good stuff.
Moral of the story.......sell it all before you are 90+ unless that floats your boat and try to have some fun and give back to the hobby while doing so!
Peace, Mike