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

[phabphour20]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[CW]

The OP makes me smile.

Good luck, Bill! Don't forget to wear your ruby slippers.

[the 'stache]

Thank you, Chuck.

It's going to take me a long, long time. But that make me appreciate it all the more.

[Rickyy]

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

Ricky Y

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Rickyy

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

Ricky Y

Thank you, Ricky.

It will take a long time, but slow and steady wins the race!

[ls7plus]

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

[ALR-bishop]

I mentioned this before. Folks who do not have the card tend to view it as overpriced and likely to fall in value. People who have it tend to think, or at least hope, it will continue to increase in value. I am not sure who is right, but am glad I already have my two versions

[the 'stache]

I fully expect that this card will continue to appreciate in value Al at nearly the same rate we've seen as of late. If I have any chance of getting it before I hit 50 (a little less than 7.5 years from now), I'm going to have to increase my rate of savings occasionally.