[jabiloxi]

I like this idea, but in a situation like the OP mentioned, I would have to say that perhaps food and precious metals would take a precedence in such an economic collapse, and always will. What I guess I mean is that, I would stuff my baseball card collection somewhere safe and barter using more life sustaining resources. Unless I found a very reminiscent man who was not diluted by hunger, thirst or need for shelter, and only cared for vintage baseball.

Collecting objects of such value is a result of our ability to live comfortable lives in a sense. We have disposable income which we can use to pursue an entertaining investment opportunity. However, if we were to suffer a catastrophic collapse of the financial network we depend on, then our collecting efforts wouldn't hold as much weight in our lives as they now do and more important pursuits for heightening our actual quality of life would soon garner all our attention, focus, and time.