[Republicaninmass]

It should be "fun". Whether that's find an error in a $1 bin (doyle please) finishing a set, or buying a wagner. You shouldn't have any remorse as to paying too much or not selling at the top. If you do, or think you might, just reevaluate your situation. It's only stuff!

Are you putting you family in peril by spending, alternatively spending too much time away from them trolling eBay for deals? After all, it's only stuff, and we just rent it, until the time comes it passes to someone else.

I can't fathom the increase in prices in some cards. They've been around 100 years, and now people think they are great investments. Aside from t3s (Hi Connor and Mark) which I always felt were completely undervalued, some of the other oversized "rookie" cards were never as popular as candy and gum cards. This is going back since the hobby started. T206s and 33 goudeys were filled in every auction house over the last 30 years (yes I started vintage at 16) and more people.held onto Ruth and Cobb cards/ephemera than commons. This evident from the photos, cards and mid-week pictorials than even as fragile as they are, still survived paper drives and in great condition.

The opinion seems to have changed. But I really think the "greater fool theory" is bound to happen eventually. It's fine if you don't have to sell and don't care about the value of your cards, but for some it will be a rude awakening. This happened in the late 80s and 90s when I started in the hobby. I was one of the only "kids" collecting vintage. The bottom fell out from speculators and over production and now the "kids" are selling there 1990s stuff at yards sales for pennies and never came back to the hobby. I see a lot of similarities and while history may not repeat itself, it certainly does rhyme.