Hobby versus Making a Living

[glynparson]

I started buying and trading cards in 1979 when I was 7. I didn't start selling until I was 18 in 1990, my Dad and I would set up at shows. In 1995 When I graduated College I was doing well enough selling cards that I just kept doing it, excepting the short time I worked at SGC. The key really is finding material at prices you can sell it quickly and at a profit. You need to know a lot of different issues and also how to grade to be successful at it today. I didn't really have any obstacles because I had a nice collection and started before prices got crazy. To be succesful it helps to be nice and offer fair prices. You don't need to give away your best stuff but price your junk and more common material cheaply and it sells, even in this economy. If I had to do it over again, would I? Absolutely, its the best job in the world and what I dreamed of doing as a kid. This may sound funny but I wanted to be a card dealer more then a baseball player.