There will be a pretty good type card collection coming to auction....

[packs]

As someone with outstanding student loans, you are doing a really great thing for your daughter.

[drmondobueno]

Originally Posted by packs

As someone with outstanding student loans, you are doing a really great thing for your daughter.

+1

[ullmandds]

I agree with the general sentiment...Leon you are doing a very good thing and I'm sure your daughter will appreciate it. And I'm sure you will enjoy the auction and will be very happy with the outcome.

[jason.1969]

A couple thoughts.

1. I remember when I was a kid...my mom was against my collecting, but her boyfriend would say, "Who knows, Marsha...someday his cards may pay for his college education!" Well, in my case, it didn't happen...in an all too familiar storyline, my mom threw my cards away sometime around middle school. But here you are, fulfilling the prophecy!

2. Have been thinking about the idea that "experiences are the new stuff" and how we're the last people it applies to. We collectors are all about amassing stuff and tend to view experiences along the lines of..."hmm, I could go to Vegas with my friends, but I could get a 1954 Bowman Ted Williams for the same money." But as I read your post, Leon, I wondered if maybe the active experience of collecting all your great cards was in fact the real joy, whereas the having of these same cards was less valuable. I hope so, since the memories of the experience can stay with you forever.

Thanks for giving me a place to share my kid hobby with other grownups. And good luck to your daughter. Education is a good choice, though the cards could have also made one hell of a dowry!

Jason

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Have been thinking about the idea that "experiences are the new stuff" and how we're the last people it applies to. We collectors are all about amassing stuff and tend to view experiences along the lines of..."hmm, I could go to Vegas with my friends, but I could get a 1954 Bowman Ted Williams for the same money." But as I read your post, Leon, I wondered if maybe the active experience of collecting all your great cards was in fact the real joy, whereas the having of these same cards was less valuable. I hope so, since the memories of the experience can stay with you forever.

Spot on, Jason, and beautifully written.

[jbsports33]

Good Luck Leon,

Had to do the same when I got married and bought my house, then when I had kids and I am sure when the time comes for college and other future needs it will happen again.

Jimmy

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I agree with the general sentiment...Leon you are doing a very good thing and I'm sure your daughter will appreciate it. And I'm sure you will enjoy the auction and will be very happy with the outcome.

If so, there may even be enough left over for you to pursue some "type"
of degree yourself.

[insccollectibles]

Leon,

You are selling for the right reasons and be proud that you put together one of the finest collections any of us have ever seen.

[4815162342]

http://sports.ha.com/c/auction-home....ionName-081514

[brianp-beme]

Thanks for the link Daryl. I will be unavailable to bid on the lot I am interested in, but I am thinking of having Leon bid on my behalf...just kidding. Great group of cards. I think it should be called the "Getting Luckey" Auction.

Brian

[Leon]

[QUOTE=4815162342;1411169]http://sports.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=7116&ic3=ViewItem-Auction-Preview-AuctionName-081514

Since I have received several questions concerning things not listed in the list which is linked to the auction I want to make sure folks know that it is only a partial list and is a work in progress. If you have seen a card in my collection, and it isn't a generic RPPC, it will be in the auction. Just because it isn't shown doesn't mean anything except they haven't got it loaded in yet. Also, some descriptions and possibly lots, will change. But everything is being sold and please don't worry if you want to bid on something and don't see it. If it is a card that is in my (1st) collection it is being sold. Please bid and bid often when it opens (in July) .

[Nashvol]

Originally Posted by packs

As someone with outstanding student loans, you are doing a really great thing for your daughter.

A+

[Jeffrompa]

1. Bookmarking
2. Clearing my schedule
3. Talking to my banker
4. Begging wife

[insidethewrapper]

Leon: Don't do it. Keep the collection. Get a few grants and loans and tell your daughter to get a part-time job ($5-10k year). Hope you like paying several hundred $$$$ per credit hour for those required courses like ( PE golf, Intro to Humanities etc) . All that collection money for nonsense classes and Happy Hours and parties.