T206 focus

[Joshwesley]

I asked this to a friend of mine the other day....

Anyone here ever taken their entire collection, liquidated it and then just put it all back into one really nice card?

Example: sale a near complete nice conditioned set of t-206's and then find/buy an eddie plank or something similar (minus the Wagner)..

Or is the fun of collecting and having multiples the top priority?

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Joshwesley

I asked this to a friend of mine the other day....

Anyone here ever taken their entire collection, liquidated it and then just put it all back into one really nice card?

Example: sale a near complete nice conditioned set of t-206's and then find/buy an eddie plank or something similar (minus the Wagner)..

Or is the fun of collecting and having multiples the top priority?

I did something like this a couple years ago, although I didn't really plan it out the way it happened. I had about 200 t206, mostly raw and low grade, and I decided I was bored (and out of money) of just picking up a decent common here and there. I also realized about that time that I like cards in around VG, or at least with that eye appeal. So, I sold like 150 t206, and then ended up spending on the money of nice mid-grade e95s of Matty, Cobb, Cicotte, Willis, Collins, and a few commons.

I think as long as the trade makes you happy, there's no wrong way to go about it.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Joshwesley

I asked this to a friend of mine the other day....

Anyone here ever taken their entire collection, liquidated it and then just put it all back into one really nice card?

Example: sale a near complete nice conditioned set of t-206's and then find/buy an eddie plank or something similar (minus the Wagner)..

Or is the fun of collecting and having multiples the top priority?

I was thinking about this because I've always wanted a 52 Mantle. I'd have to sell off a good portion of the collection to get the one I really want. Still on the fence.

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I was thinking about this because I've always wanted a 52 Mantle. I'd have to sell off a good portion of the collection to get the one I really want. Still on the fence.

I have thought this same thing before as I could sell a good portion of my collection and make a '52T Mantle appear...but I doubt it will happen anytime real soon because I love browsing my collection. I have also thinned my collection of stuff that I can live without, so most of my collection contains cards/memorabilia I don't want to part with. Time will tell on this one and we all know things and feelings change

[gregr2]

Much like many others I jumped in and just started collected random T206s. Then I realized it was just too much so now I'm just focused on HOFers and am selling off the non-HOFers I've collected. This at least has a reasonable number of cards and once I have most of them, I'll figure out my next steps.

[Joshwesley]

Real easy for me to say sitting here with only (6) t206's (one on the way!), but if I had an extensive collection and a Plank etc... came my way, I think I'd take the super rare/expensive investment piece over a lot of nice cards that could be added up to potentially produce the one card.

I'm assuming a Plank could be had for 20-30k?

[Luke]

I think it depends on how you assembled your collection. If I had like 500, but they were all common backs, and lower grade, I think I might trade them all for one or two iconic cards. But if you have spent years adding difficult to find backs, variations, and rarities as well as searching for cards with the best eye appeal I couldn't imagine trading that collection away. It would just be too hard to replace it.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Joshwesley

I asked this to a friend of mine the other day....

Anyone here ever taken their entire collection, liquidated it and then just put it all back into one really nice card?

Example: sale a near complete nice conditioned set of t-206's and then find/buy an eddie plank or something similar (minus the Wagner)..

Or is the fun of collecting and having multiples the top priority?

I didn't do that exactly, but in 2003, after collecting T206s for a year, I bid on a Plank. I lost out at the end (I had bid $11k, it went for $12k). I told myself that I would keep buying commons, and get the Plank "someday."

I realized later that I should have made the Plank the priority. You can always find the small cards, but the big ones are hard to come by, and they always hold their value. So my advice to the newer collectors, Jimmy, Josh, etc., is to make whatever sacrifices you can for a special card. You won't regret it, and it will be the centerpiece of your collection. And you can always sell, usually at a profit, if you need to.

It worked out okay for me, three tries later I got my Plank. But I still regret not going harder for that one in 2003.

PS- that same Plank that I just missed sold again in 2010. For $75,000.