You could say I have given up collecting pre-ww2. But I have absolutely no desire to give up my pre-ww2 collection.
I just can't get jazzed over buying a PSA 1 or 2 big name HOFer, when all I own is PSA 5+. Would be like a shot to the groin for my collection. You used to be able to drop a grand and come away with a nice card. Now that same card is $4-5k and out of my budget.
But I don't want to stop collecting altogether. So the last year or so I have been buying the best I can afford. Nolan Ryan cards and modern Steph Curry, Giannis, few Trout's in PSA 10, Star Wars for giggles - that's the best I can regularly afford, so that's what I now buy.
In the last 12 months, I did pick up a nice '56 Ted Williams and a T206 Matty white cap - that's it. Few & far between nowadays.
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