Right now I only collect,and am very content with that.I've tried to entertain the idea of selling off a few of my T206's to go after a few of the pricier T206's,but can't bring myself to do it-I guess I'm too attached to them
For awhile now,I've had the fantasy of opening a small pre-war card shop here.No modern stuff,and very little 50's-70's.......more along the lines of 30's on back.I talked to the owners of a couple of shops out here,and asked why they don't carry pre-war at all,and both said there was no market for it.One told me that if he didn't sell on ebay,he wouldn't survive.The other said he does well with 50's to present,but said the local demand for pre-war is just about non-existant,and on top of that,he said it's too hard to get good deals on pre-war to make any type of significant profit.This was discouraging to my idea,so,for now,it will remain a "fantasy"
A few years ago,I was lucky enough to go into a local shop for the first time and the guy had almost everything packed up into boxes-he was closing shop and going out of buisness.He really didn't have any vintage,mostly modern stuff.He sold me two large boxes with mostly cards from '98-'06,,with lots of rookie cards,chrome refractors,serial #'s,and regular stuff.Nothing major,but IMO a great deal.I figure when I really want to get into selling,I will sell these cards off on ebay,and use whatever $$ I make to funnel into pre-war cards,and take it from there.
Wouldn't that be the ideal "dream job" for most collectors-to be a financially successful card dealer?
Clayton
05-04-2010, 09:23 AM
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