Reality

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Mdmtx

When I go to my man cave, I feel very content. Surrounded by a fine collection and proud of my home, career and the trappings I have accumulated. Then I go to heritage auction site and I realize I'm just a sharecropper and my collection sucks. If I could just win powerball...

Mark, I get pretty much the same feeling when I receive a REA auction catalog. But, long ago, I learned to quickly get over this feeling and to continue to enjoy my sharecropper collection. However, if I were to win the lottery ...
Val

[Leon]

While our resources might be a bit different it's human nature to want the best we can get with what we have. And "best" is a very relative term. I think it's fun trying to find cards, I enjoy, that look great but might not be (and usually aren't) very high grade. And rare and scarcely seen cards aren't always expensive and are fun too. All that being said, some friends who have larger budgets have as much or more fun as the rest of us. Fun knows no financial boundaries.

[T206Collector]

If you search inside yourself you can identify a passionate collecting niche that will be one of a kind and hard to replicate with all of the money in the world.

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think it's fun trying to find cards, I enjoy, that look great but might not be (and usually aren't) very high grade.

+1. Seems like my favorite grade range is 1-3 these days.

[Snapolit1]

Saw in the NY Times today that some of these hedge fund dudes cleared a BILLION dollars personally last year. I guess if your of that ilk an expensive Mantle is a goof or chump change. A great country. Some people make a billion dollars and other people complain about how much teachers make.

[kmac32]

I will keep my collection any day. Fits my personality.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Saw in the NY Times today that some of these hedge fund dudes cleared a BILLION dollars personally last year. I guess if your of that ilk an expensive Mantle is a goof or chump change. A great country. Some people make a billion dollars and other people complain about how much teachers make.

So true. Most of us can't compete with someone who has the means and a win at any cost attitude. That;s why I have to be very careful to keep emotions in check when bidding so I don't go crazy on a card. That is also nearly an impossible thing to do...