How Many No Longer Collect or Sold Collections?

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by goudey1933

.Next spring I plan on starting a T210 series to completion..not sure which one yet.So for now I just lurk here.

I would offer that collecting a team set is a nice option. Inexpensive, allows focus, can always choose another if you finish one you like...unless you choose New Orleans.

i did a Roanoke because it's where I live.

[billyb]

Stopped collecting because of the vast variety of cards coming out in the early 90s. Finally, gave all my card collection to my son. Modern cards anyways.
But started helping a cousin with Ruth photo collection and doing the research, fell in love with photos, and the vintage cards are drawing my attention.
I am getting that old feeling again, and already have purchased my first piece of memorbilia last week off this site. Just a 23 year pause.

Boy,.......is my wife happy.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by billyb

Boy,.......is my wife happy.

Probably as happy as the rest of our wives.

[JasonL]

Originally Posted by Leon

Probably as happy as the rest of our wives.

to help the family out of a financial strait, they can remain "happy"

[gawaintheknight]

My wife is happy I spend money on cards instead of down at the bar or over at the casino..... :-)

[tbob]

I guess I am in the minority. I have been expanding my collection because now is a great time to buy cards as prices have come tumbling down on a lot of sets. It's nice to have cards that have value but as a collector first, investor second, I collect only the card sets that appeal to me so if the doomsayers are right and the value of cards plummets, I will still have great looking collectibles from my favorite era in history, 1909-1919.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by gawaintheknight

My wife is happy I spend money on cards instead of down at the bar or over at the casino..... :-)

This. However back on topic, I would not say that I'm selling off my collection, but I definitely am consolidating it. Instead of a stack of 100 $50 cards that I might flip through once a month, I'd rather have a $5k card that I will past every day and enjoy. I don't buy near as often as I used to as now I find myself rolling my monthly card budget over to fund larger purchases instead of jumping on every deal I like. If you fear that the sky will indeed soon fall I'm looking for nice T3 Matty in the 3-4 range, but I'll only go 1/4 VCP as cardboard portraits of baseball players will surely be worthless once Thunderdome has risen.

[ocjack]

Just completed the sale of my collection in June. While I was sorry to see it go, I feel I accomplished two important things: they went to collectors who will continue to enjoy them as I did, and it lifted my concern of burdening my wife with its disposition were something unexpected to happen to me.

But I still enjoy the commentary and information found here and I still make the occasional post.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JasonL

to help the family out of a financial strait, they can remain "happy"

I too have sold a few things to help financially. My wife is actually happy with what I do. However, she has 0 interest in it except that I am happy doing it and I am not doing things that squander our money (well, sort of). She is supportive and I don't think she would want me to sell my collection. That being said my daughter goes to college in a few years, and unless I win the lottery, I can see me selling some cards to help with it. I have told her that is partly what the cards are for, and I truly feel that way.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by billyb

Boy,.......is my wife happy.

You may have discovered a secret formula.

All men should start collecting cards, whether they want to or not, wait until their wife is angry, then stop.

[ullmandds]

Thinned my collection by 50% or so...still some more thinning to do...narrowed my focus dramatically...couldn't imagine ever stopping collecting totally! But then again there is no wife...probably never will be!!!!

[joeadcock]

May sound crazy but I have at times thought of selling off everything and starting new, not because of need. Never gotten to point of doing it.

Idea came to me when I got kind of over some of my workaholism last 2 years and went on vacation for 3 weeks during the summer. Didn't affect me much to take 3 weeks off for the year.

Then I thought why not trash some of my old thoughts of not changing anything. Like getting rid of collection. But only to start new.


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Anyone on forum ever simply sold off everything or given away, to simply restart with new cards?

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by joeadcock

May sound crazy but I have at times thought of selling off everything and starting new, not because of need. Never gotten to point of doing it.

Idea came to me when I got kind of over some of my workaholism last 2 years and went on vacation for 3 weeks during the summer. Didn't affect me much to take 3 weeks off for the year.

Then I thought why not trash some of my old thoughts of not changing anything. Like getting rid of collection. But only to start new.


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Anyone on forum ever simply sold off everything or given away, to simply restart with new cards?

I have thought of that too.. Would be a fun project to sell of cards and only collect in sets you never did before...

[Howe’s Hunter]

When I sold off the first 18 years of my T206 collection, I went from 213 cards down to 10. Decided to only keep truly sentimental ones (anniversary gifts, Father's Day gifts, etc.) and the two with Howe McCormick's stamp on the back.

As of yesterday, the "new" collection started seven years ago May now numbers 242. Never thought that narrowing my focus that much would make the collection that much larger in that short of time period.