How Many No Longer Collect or Sold Collections?

[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.

[mcap100176]

I have consolidated. I had started doing HOF rookies then switched to sets. With the next Sterling Auction, I will have gotten rid of almost all the HOF cards for my few favorites and the Mayo set I am 3 cards short of completing.