As one who started collecting in 1951 and saw the birth and collector joy to our gang of the new 1952 Topps, I am first, foremost and always will be, a collector. But at the same time, I am a wholesale seller to the AH's in order to upgrade the collection and be on the lookout for fresh opportunities. This, of course, has been more and more difficult as vintage card prices, for those cards I seek, has increased exponentially. Therefore, my current strategy is to downsize and increase the cash flow in order to upgrade the core collection while hoping to stumble upon chances to grab something on my revised, more realistic want list.
These days even hard core collectors have to run their card collection like a business; projected cash flows, target marketing, e.g. B/S/T, distribution, etc.
It ain't like it used to be.
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