Identity of the Titus Hoarder Revealed!

[bbsports]

It may be hoarding because there are so many Titus cards in general. However, 13 T206 ungraded Titus cards, I wouldn't consider hoarding. In the T206 set, there are many individual players that collectors have 40-50 of that particular player. It may be because there's a relative in the family of that particular player or it may be that person's favorite player. In the hobby today this is getting to be pretty common.

[thisisradioclash]

That's really cool!

Anyone else think John Titus looks like Nicolas Cage in those cards...

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by thisisradioclash

That's really cool!

Anyone else think John Titus looks like Nicolas Cage in those cards...

Oh yes.

From the Tobacco celebrity look alike thread last summer..

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Oh yes.

From the Tobacco celebrity look alike thread last summer..

I'm not sure which of you bought these from LOTG last fall, but I like the Walter Johnson with Tobey Maguire photo quite a bit.
http://loveofthegameauctions.com/Ite.../3830a_lg.jpeg

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Oh yes.

From the Tobacco celebrity look alike thread last summer..

Tremendous. Must be related!

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by bbsports

It may be hoarding because there are so many Titus cards in general. However, 13 T206 ungraded Titus cards, I wouldn't consider hoarding. In the T206 set, there are many individual players that collectors have 40-50 of that particular player. It may be because there's a relative in the family of that particular player or it may be that person's favorite player. In the hobby today this is getting to be pretty common.

Obviously he wasn't serious as the first thing he said in the message was "Well, not really", but the bold comment made me wonder just how many T206 cards of the same common player do you need for it to be called hoarding?

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Obviously he wasn't serious as the first thing he said in the message was "Well, not really", but the bold comment made me wonder just how many T206 cards of the same common player do you need for it to be called hoarding?

The first statement just shows how quickly some people automatically think of t206 even when it wasn't mentioned that way. The thread title just states "Identity of the Titus Hoarder Revealed!", then follows up with "Well, not really, but kind of." Meaning it isn't the hoarder you would be thinking of on this board, which would be a Titus t206 hoarder, but this is a hoarder of just Titus in general.

As far as how many constitutes a hoard to me is based off of what is in a common non specific collection and the proportion to the rest of the collection. Most people wouldn't have more than 3-5 of a common subject if they don't have at least a few other duplicates of other subjects. So if you have 5 duplicates or more of any given subject without a single duplicates of any other card I think you have started a small hoard. Of course this just becomes subjective.

I have aprox 10 (I just keep adding to the pile so it could be higher) of a single card, yet it is the only card I have duplicates of so to me that is a small hoard.

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by bbsports

It may be hoarding because there are so many Titus cards in general. However, 13 T206 ungraded Titus cards, I wouldn't consider hoarding. In the T206 set, there are many individual players that collectors have 40-50 of that particular player. It may be because there's a relative in the family of that particular player or it may be that person's favorite player. In the hobby today this is getting to be pretty common.

I totally agree, 13 cards of a single t206 seems rather minimal to me. Think about all those collectors making back runs. Many runs will consist of more than 13 cards.

If I make the assumption that 1,000,000 T206's are held either in private collections and say 25% of those are for sale in one way or another, thats approximately 500 cards of each player. Holding 13 of a potential 500 that could be sold is only 2.6%, and I think many of us would agree my estimates for the population of cards is low.

The fact that one individual is currently purchasing virtually every Titus card at whatever price is required to be the top bidder obviously does impact the market greatly.

In my opinion hoarding a certain player(s) is a relative smart practice if you are looking to push up values and have the patience to mete out the cards later on at a slow pace. The practicality of hoarding a single player(s) from a financial standpoint makes sense only if available cards come to market slowly or in a single lot.