Prewar v. Postwar & Big Names...?

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by hcv123

Your question intimates that you don't put "new" money into cards as your example states you would sell off what you have for the potential new purchase? Is that true? If not, why not just save till you can buy the post war card (s) you speak of.

I do, it's just not a ton. Recently I used part of an inheritance to pickup some higher priced postwar cards that had always been on my list - and this is not a regret, as I said it's my first love and there were some things I wanted to take care of there first. But in terms of my normal spending, it's maybe a couple hundred dollars a year on cards. I could do more, but don't really want to make my hobby any large part of the family budget or anything like that. As a result, in my normal spending mode it's rare that I will spend more than $100 on a single card. Saving is of course an option, it just feels like such a long shot.