Collectors, why do you sell?

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by tyruscobb

i only purchase cards that i like, or have meaning to me. Therefore, i only sell duplicates after i’ve upgraded existing cards.

+1

[steve B]

I seldom sell cards that aren't duplicates. And even then sometimes not.

I do on occasion sell or trade here, especially if it's for a project and I end up with a similar card.

[JCM2009]

Retirement. I am retired and the wife retired in July. So, funds available for cards has plummeted to zippo. Time to sell, I guess. No heirs interested in cards. Still love the hobby though.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by JCM2009

Retirement. I am retired and the wife retired in July. So, funds available for cards has plummeted to zippo. Time to sell, I guess. No heirs interested in cards. Still love the hobby though.

I have a friend who was in a similar situation. He had a decent sized collection but no big cards worth several thousand a piece. He took easily 4 if not 5 years to slowly sell it off. Kept him in the hobby longer and also gave him something to do.

So now I still send him pics of stuff I am buying and he sends me jokes and pics of women.