Posted By:
Fred CHal,
You have put together a nice collection. I'm sure it's sad to see it have to go. I know I'd be pretty depressed if I had to sell EVERYTHING. Personally, I'd probably keep one or two items just for the heck of it.
I don't collect rookie cards or first year cards of players, it's just not my thing. There are however a lot of collectors out there that do so what you have has a lot of value to them. To answer Leon's question - I'm sure Rookie (1st card) collecting is still in for a lot of people, but not for me.
I sincerely hope that you do well with the sale of your cards and I hope that you someday get the bug to get back into this. A lot of people take a hiatus and then return because it just doesn't get out of a persons system. Maybe you'll come back another day with a whole new collecting niche to occupy yourself. You've done incredible with one the Rookie/1st Card thing so maybe something else will challenge you the next time.
Take care and good luck,
Fred