Posted By:
Mark M."I'm suspicious of people who jump in with both feet and then moan because their 5K Cobb is a fake..."
Julie: I'm not sure what you're "suspicious" of. I can tell you that, in my case, I jumped in with both feet when I got out of law school, found I had ample discretionary income to purchase baseball cards, a hobby I had while growing up, as well as stocks and vacations. It also seems with ebay and the internet, that the dealer mark-up is no longer so dramatic - I remember when price guides reflected both a "buy" price and a "sell" price, and any card one bought from a dealer could only be sold back for half as much - this fact makes spending thousands of dollars on cards less foolish in my mind, not that I have any immediate plans to sell my cards.
Yes, I did moan (and even groan) when I learned the $1k+ Anson was a fake. But that's precisely my point - I buy even rarer cards today and, because they are slabbed, no more moaning!