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Originally Posted by campyfan39
This may sound nuts...but I probably will never get one and I am happy with that. I would think if I did I might stop collecting, feeling like a had reached the pinnacle.
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I actually ran into that exact problem when I bought my first '52 Mantle (a SGC 30 GOOD) a few years ago. Since my biggest collecting goal was just to own one, I definitely had that "okay, now what?" moment after I finally got it. I managed to upgrade it a few times up to a PSA 4, but then I started getting burned out from basically buying the same card over and over again. After a little over a year away from the hobby, I realized there were still a lot of great cards out there that I never even owned. The first card I bought after my time off was a PSA 3 1953 Topps Jackie Robinson and I got that feeling of enjoyment from owning a card for the first time all over again. As long as you still find collecting cards enjoyable, there really isn't a pinnacle.
