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Posted By: warshawlaw

I feel the same way from time to time, especially when I have a blow-up with someone over cards. I think then that I'm going to chuck it all and be done. I keep coming back because of all the things that brought me to collecting to start: a love of the game, a desire to hold something from history in my hands, an appreciation for the sheer art of the cards, an admiration for some of the people whose cards I collect, etc.

My advice to you (which is worth exactly what you are paying for it } is to take a break, not sell off your collection in anger or disgust, and come back to it in a month or a year when you feel better about it. When you do come back, confine your dealings to the people you trust and to items you can verify. It sounds to me like you are into high end cards--because no one would retouch a vg card--so I'd go with the presentable lower end stuff. Not only is it cheaper, it has more character. A vintage card is like a vintage woman; if she hasn't picked up a few marks here and there to show where she's been, she's probably not been anywhere worth going.