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Phil:

Thank you for adding some humor to the thread, I can sure use it.

Unfortunately, that fateful day in 2014 when I had the heart attack, Phil the Collector pretty much went away, possibly forever, as my income stream from my job went from a high 5-figure salary prior to that to $10K, $10K and $25K over the next three years before zeroing out in 2018 and every year thereafter. Thus, Phil the Investor was born in 2014 as I would need to make the most out of the sports memorabilia collection that I had accumulated up to that point and make it last for the rest of my life, not a "collect what you like" situation anymore. I've had some other things fill in the gaps over the years including Mego's, comics, dollar box cards, etc. but the only significant money comes from the old collection. I feel that I made all of the right decisions handling that original collection, including selling everything throughout 2021, thus, maximizing my return by selling at the peak of the market. Of course, the entire reason that I am in the position that I am in now is because of my ill-fated decision to buy up HOF rookie cards as fast as the sales money came in to keep ahead of the rapidly rising market. You know where things went from there.......