Keep it or break it?

[sdkammeyer]

Excellent topic. I am buying display cases as I put together the 206 set, and although its going to take 10 cases to display the entire set .... that's my goal.

I would like to think that I will keep it forever (and I probably will) .... but I could definitely see myself enjoying it for a couple/few years and thinking "Dang, do you know what kind of stuff you could fund if you sold all this?"

[kmac32]

Keep it because of all the work to put a set together

[glchen]

Right now, I am selling of completed sets to fund my next endeavors (or to try to complete existing ones). If I had enough capital available where I could keep my sets and start/complete new ones, I would probably do that. Since I don't, something has to go.

[EvilKing00]

If i finish the T205 set im keeping if forever - passing it to my son before i get too old, lol

[bbcard1]

Unless you have a very high rated set or something, breaking a set is normally the way to maximize profits. There are exceptions, but not many....but it is an emotional decision to break a set you took a long time assembling. It is also a lot more work to sell portions of many sets than it is to sell them in a hunk.

If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I would expect my family to sell my T206 set as a unit...and the person who buys it will break it up. The thrill of these things is in the assembly of it.

BTW, I hope my son may get interested in a T206 set, but if so, i hope he gets the joy I have gotten by building it.

[conor912]

I never really gave much thought to the heirloom aspect myself, only having a daughter who couldn't care less. I guess there's always grandkids.....

[Texxxx]

I keep everything I buy. So far even my duplicates. That needs to change. All my cards will go to my son. He goes through all my new ones every time he comes over. He loves the old stuff. He just cant afford much since he is in collage and broke most of the time. If I show up dead sometime unexpectedly, you will know who to look at first.