changing buying tastes

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Posted By: scott

due to escalating prices,have many of you focus less on deadball(or earlier) card issues,switching to more affordable cards from the 1930's such as goudey,etc.?

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Posted By: Jeff Mohler

I know that I have. I had been buying t206s and caramels. Not anymore (except for E93).

I am now buying Exhibit cards (although they are not cheap either) and Goudey premiums. I also am focusing on postcard size issues from pennant winners. I like the Orcajo, Dietsche, 1919 Cincinnati issue and Gold Medal Flour cards

I am sure that since I put the above in writing, we will see a serious price escalation!

Jeff

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Posted By: Paul

No, I just spend less, or get more selective to maintain the budget. I do like some of the 1930's cards, but I'm mainly a pre 1930 collector.

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Posted By: Zinn

My mailman thought I had died.

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Posted By: joe

I have pretty much decided I can't collect all pre war Tigers. I will keep what I have , but will probably attempt to collect 19th Century Detroit only. I think someone else on the board does this. This certainly isn't the cheapest way to collect though.

Joe

Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!

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Posted By: jeffdrum

Like Jeff I too have begun to concentrate on other issues and frankly like them just as well. It's like anything else you have to stay on a budget. Fortunately I have collected Exhibits for years (i.e., before a 1923-24 Al Simmons would bring $900). I think you have to collect what brings you enjoyment and in my case if that was only caramels, I would be buying very few cards per annum.

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Posted By: Dylan

Unfortunatly I have just spent more money

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Posted By: peter chao

What works well for me, is that I know a few vintage dealers in my area that don't mind trading. So basically what I do is offer trade and cash for cards I really need. This weekend, I traded some '52 Topps cards for a '55 Bowman Mantle and a '33 Goudey Lefty O'Doul. I threw in $300. Otherwise, it would have cost me around $650.

It's like they say cash is king. Even when I do have the cash, I don't like spending it. Save your cash for the cards you simply have to have. Other times, be creative, and try to get by with using little cash.

Peter

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Posted By: Jason L

then decided that there were other ways to have fun with my interest in the Cubs, so I started dipping my toes into other issues, including T207, T205, T201, and learned that there were other ways to go broke even faster, like T204 and T222!

So I am now niblling around the edges of several tobacco issues while I re-focus my efforts at cleaning up loose ends on my modern stuff, like my player collections and the post-war HOF rookies...thankfully, I do not care for the E-cards, and the 30s gum issues do not really do anything for me ...(yet)

but yes, short answer = generally the T206 Heat has driven me away a bit...
and now that I got my Lajoie, I can be at peace with that

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Posted By: davidcycleback

You can buy complimenting non-card material. For example, original photos of T206 players can be affordable, along with period magazines, premiums and other memorabilia. Even the quality stuff can be a lot cheaper than cards. For example, you could buy a circa 1900 Cap Anson autographed Chicago City Clerk document on his personal stationary for a fraction of the cost of most of his cards. Plus, they will look great displayed with the cards.




(The bottom is a Cap Anson for Chicago City Clerk campaign pin)


Can you believe it that you can get both of these items together for less than a PSA10 1957 Topps Sandy Koufax and still have about $55,000 left over?

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Posted By: Jason L

of the Cap Anson autograaphed document you mentioned?
sounds cool

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Posted By: Pcelli60

Just staying within a budget is a tough job! Going for the lesser condition. Good eye appeal I guess..I cant meet the prices being set in recent years for pre-war stuff.
People with kick ass collections bought much of it when it was cheap or somewhat affordable..Or..You have a comfortable budget for spending and you really have no problem with expanding prices..This hobby got real tough.
Pcelli60

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Posted By: peter chao

Pcelli,

I feel for you guy. We are all in pretty much the same boat. Even though I make a decent living, family is number one and I plan to send my kid to Harvard, so I'm saving my pennies.

So far the only glitch in the plan is that my boy doesn't seem like he's smart enough to get in. That's okay as long as he's smart enough to handle my pre-war collection with care, I'll be happy.

Peter

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Posted By: Dave F

Peter
Thats why you spend more on cards and send the kid to a community college.