How Many No Longer Collect or Sold Collections?

[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.

[Bocabirdman]

Earlier this Spring I was faced with the prospect of my job going bye-bye. My company was considering moving their main offices to western PA. For too many reasons to list , I simply wasn't wiling to relocate. I proceeded to BST somewhere around 11000 cards from 1948 Bowmans to 1970 Topps to generate some in-between money. I already had shifted gears to Pre-War so I hadn't even looked at those cards in a year or so. Well, the sale was a success. Also, in the 23rd hour, my company offered me a way to still work for them....in Florida. The odd thing is I don't miss the Topps and Bowmans one iota. Perhaps, it is because there ONLY thing standing in the way of replacing that part of my collection is money. That is the only challenge.. I would rather chase T, E, M and W cards from pre 1930.