Thank You
Thank you for your responses so far, very helpful. Please allow me to continue my OT with some additional complications.
1. I recently bought a '57 Brooks Robinson RC NM+ that I am very excited about and this "keeper" has tempted me to resell other cards that could help fund another "keeper".
2. My brother collects with me but is a casual collector and pretty much just likes high grade vintage rookies like Mantle, Aaron, etc. He would rather have 1 $1000 card than 25 vg T206s for example or a mid-grade '60 set.
3. In terms of flipping, I am not opposed to making a few big buys and putting the elbow grease into eBay to make some $ and use those funds to pay for my card budget throughout the year...I also try to buy for my collection only at market or below $ so that if I do change focus and need to resale I can "break even".
4. I've given up on thinking of the collection as an investment, especially when you think that 10%+ fees are involved with resale. I would like to think though that if I have had to sell that the cards I am buying will at least hold water over the years, maybe even that expectation is too high.
Thanks for letting me air out my thoughts...
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