"The Hunt" v.s. Enjoying what you have

[Stonepony]

I still love " the hunt". In fact if i could afford to just lay down cash for everything I wanted...without waiting, picking, choosing, bidding...I wouldn't have much fun at all

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

I still love " the hunt". In fact if i could afford to just lay down cash for everything I wanted...without waiting, picking, choosing, bidding...I wouldn't have much fun at all

I agree with the above, if I could just afford to buy what I wanted it would take all the fun out of collecting for me.

For me the hunt and owning varies greatly from item to item. Some stuff(Boggs GU) that I though I really wanted and really enjoyed hunting down turned out to be something I did not enjoy owning. Then an item(59 Fleer Williams complete set) that has just fell in my lap without any looking, the enjoyment I get out of owning it is amazing.

[Harliduck]

I agree as well. I love what I have, and routinely view...but the hunt is the excitement. That is why I am a set collector...never done!

[VoodooChild]

I'm starting to come around to your line of thinking Luke. It's been 3 1/2 years now collecting pre-war. Now that I think I've figured out my collecting goals, I'm starting to have more fun looking at/organizing my collection and putting together my website than "hunting" for cards. Part of that might be that my wantlist is getting more and more expensive/rare as the cards and types I need are pretty tough. I'm also having fun selling cards here on the BST that I originally bought before I figured out my niche and no longer fit my collection.

[hangman62]

The hunt is the attraction ..when I finally land a card for a tough set Im working on..its out of the shipper ..stop ..look at card for about 4 seconds..and right into the album....album closed and flipped back into the bookshelf !

[ls7plus]

I think it's about evenly balanced for me, since, as I've stated before, the cards are actually a two-dimensional slice of a 3-dimensional moment in a player's career taken contemporaneously therewith--they connect you to the player, and take you back to the time. As my objective in collecting HOF'er's and stars is to have the significant aspects of the history of the game I can actually hold in my hands, I still need more of the same, although I find it a delight to enjoy those cards already acquired towards that quest.

Good post,

Larry

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

I agree as well. I love what I have, and routinely view...but the hunt is the excitement. That is why I am a set collector...never done!

Me too. I hardly ever go thru my cards to look at them. It's just fun knowing that I have something different.

[jfkheat]

I agree with what others have said, I enjoy the hunt more than actually owning the card. If I am getting close to completing a set and the last few cards are getting tougher to find I will start a new set. That way I am almost always hunting for something.
James

[Exhibitman]

I go through three phases:

The Hunt: Chasing down those elusive want list items.

The Having: Sitting down and enjoying albums of cards. Too hot here yesterday to venture outside for long so I went through about 20 albums. Great afternoon.

The Culling: Eventually, I decide to cut down on the sheer volume of cards, realizing that I really don't enjoy most cards in a set. I keep the ones I like, get rid of the rest.

[clydepepper]

I sit here within a few feet of almost all the cards I ever thought I would be lucky* enough to own.

And yet...

[Topps206]

I like both. New ones are fun and I love what I already have.