Most you would spend on a card?

[joshleon]

Originally Posted by steve B

That's sort of a question with no answer.
How much would I spend on a card?
For the right card? And with unlimited budget? Who knows?

The more important questions are
How much could I spend on a card?

That's variable, and a much smaller number than I'd like.

Or
How much would/could I spend on any particular card.

Which is even more variable.

I also happen to be more than a bit cheap at times. Currently I'm wrestling with vg common T206s being almost 100. When I started that would have got me a Goudey Ruth. OR 10 T206 Hofers.

That's the problem I am having getting back into the hobby. With such a large gap in time between card purchases, it's difficult to spend 20-100x what I used to be able to pay.

It's all relative really:

THEN: "I didn't spend 500 on a Goudey Ruth because I was just a kid and didn't have enough money."

NOW: "I won't spend 10k on a Goudey Ruth because I HAVE kids and don't have enough money."

Also finding that (and perhaps this deserves its own thread) that the price of tier 2/3 t206 HOFers are relatively depressed compared to t206 commons in similar conditions. If I were trying to pick up cards right now, I'd be going for the Huggins and Jennings of the world over a Kroh. But yeah, 100 bucks for mid-grade commons.