Cashing in a Starting All Over

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I have taken a hard look at my collection and decided to sell a number of cards that have appreciated which I really don't have strong feelings about. One of two maybe I have regretted selling, but if you paid $5k for a card now worth $25k, that profit in effect pays off a lot of other purchases.

I have no interesting in leaving behind 1000s of cards for others to have to deal with. A nice size interesting collection as an inheritance is cool. More than that is a burden. I've seen it with friends and family members with coins and stamps. You are not doing anyone a huge favor. Sell some of your stuff and take that trip you've always dreamed about. I really can't imagine on my death bed my last utterance is going to be "God damm it I should I have bought that Eddie Plank card when it was $4000."

If you think everything just goes up, up, and up, remember the old Wall Street saying "trees don't grow to the sky."

That's a good way of looking at it.

Trees never grow to the sky is true, but some do grow considerably tall, they maintain their height as a pillar of nature, and some trees have recorded life spans of 3,000 years.