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Originally Posted by bbcard1
My long term plan is to sell my cards in retirement. It will give me something to do and I will enjoy meeting people and working with them to build their collection If all goes as planned, the money will not be a priority. The price spike has made it tempting to accelerate that, but it comes down to...what would i do with the money that would make me happier than the cards...and I have not found a good answer. I will likely keep my 1970s cards, which it the era I collected in packs. I could always build out regionals and test issues to keep me involved.
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I think this is a great plan and one I intend to follow for myself. Thought about just selling it all in one shot but after considering the "discount" and the fact that I don't have an immediate need for the money I put that thought aside.
I have at least 5-10 years of working to go and really can't imagine "just retiring". I don't golf, don't have a huge social network, and not much in the way of family. I've always enjoyed treasure hunting and buying and selling and will probably continue to do that albeit on a very small scale. Fortunately my "other half" indulges me in that.
Been slowly moving out my lesser stuff, concentrating on very specific areas of collecting relating to my local teams and evaluating my better pieces, which I will probably keep to sell off in my retirement era.