Follow the yellow Mick road! Follow the yellow Mick road!

pawpawdiv9 · #1 05-06-2014, 03:29 PM

I wake up every morning looking at it in my display case, and look at it before i go to bed every night...I had to free it out from my safes.

ALR-bishop · #2 05-06-2014, 04:08 PM

That sounds a little creepy Chris. Do you talk to it ?

phabphour20 · #3 05-06-2014, 04:15 PM

Great goal. I want to do the same thing for a '48 Leaf Satchel Paige, but every time I get a few hundred I buy something else. I have no self-restraint at all. NONE.

Best of luck. Subscribed.

the 'stache · #4 05-06-2014, 07:41 PM

Thanks, guys.

Ya, there are plenty of other distractions. But I look at it this way. I'll pay the Mick every month before I even think about buying anything else.

1.) Pay bills
2.) Pay Mick
3.) put into savings
4.) whatever is left, it's shopping time!

Matt's right, there are a limited number of good lower grade cards. Chuck just got one, so I know they're out there. But just like the Walter Johnson T206 I'm chasing right now, the higher end of each grade commands a premium, so I'll be saving extra. If $8,000 were to get a 2, I figure $10,000 + would get a nice 2. Plus, by the time I'm ready to buy, the price structure will have jumped. I'm going to have to increase my rate of saving to catch up, so to speak.

But I will get there. I might be an old man, too blind to see it, but I will get there!

JollyElm · #5 05-06-2014, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Thanks, guys.
But I will get there. I might be an old man, too blind to see it, but I will get there!

By that time, hopefully SGC and PSA will have developed braille-like holders, allowing you to 'see' the card with only your fingers.

the 'stache · #6 05-06-2014, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JollyElm

By that time, hopefully SGC and PSA will have developed braille-like holders, allowing you to 'see' the card with only your fingers.

I can only imagine what might be written on the holder if I had to read Braille:

"You..just..spent..$11,000..on..a..baseball..card.. you..can't..even..see."

the 'stache · #7 05-06-2014, 11:56 PM

By the way, Al, I think this one will be more appropriate, given how old I will be when I finally hold that '52 Topps Mantle in my hands..

I might not yet be at Wonka's Photoshop level, but I have plenty of time to catch him.

Rickyy · #8 05-10-2014, 04:04 AM

Good Luck Bill! Can't wait for you to join the club!

Ricky Y

ls7plus · #9 05-21-2014, 04:57 PM

I hate to buck the tide on this one (well, no, I really don't!), but the endless procession of the '52 Topps Mantles would trouble me. This card is certainly not in short supply, and no one in their right mind would suggest it could even remotely be categorized as rare. Huge demand is keeping its value extraordinarily high in recent times, but I believe it is in a cyclical bubble, as it was in the early '80's to early '90's, after which it fell for a time, then recovered. If I'm right, though, this would mean that Bill will be able to buy it much more cheaply than he now anticipates. This is the kind of item which, while very significant, but not anywhere near rare, has seen cyclical growth in collectible coins.

Best of luck,

Larry

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