A Picture Worth a Thousand Words

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I am telling you from personal experience you need to completely ignore this poster.

For close to 3 decades I never once considered collecting baseball bats. I start emailing with the above poster, BAM. Now I have a custom made baseball bat display with several baseball bats displayed in it.

Iv'e always wanted to dive into the world of fake bats!!!!.... The displays are NICE and I think I have one little nook in the office I could cram them into. No more than 5 BATS though. I should have listened

[Exhibitman]

I wouldn't go so far as to trash card collectors. Personally, I don't have the room for bulky stuff like bats or jerseys. I also really like the artwork on cards and appreciate the ones i can get signed. i mean, how do you not like this:

[rlevy]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I wouldn't go so far as to trash card collectors. Personally, I don't have the room for bulky stuff like bats or jerseys. I also really like the artwork on cards and appreciate the ones i can get signed. i mean, how do you not like this:

The question in my mind isn't whether cards are collectible. The question to me is would you pay twice as much for a card graded by PSA as a 7, or three times as much for an 8, or 4 times as much for a 9 (get the Picture?), so you could increase your point score on their registry. Or would you say, what a great card I have, period.

Rick

[bnorth]

This thread needs more non card pictures.

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by bnorth

This thread needs more non card pictures.

Definitely room for a few more on there.

[hcv123]

The core of my collection is cards, but extends way beyond - newspapers, magazines, store model gloves, photographs, a couple of game used items, etc. As a collector I have not led with the idea of "competing" because PSA arbitrarily assigns a particular number to a particular card. I agree with the questionable judgement of "buying the holder".

As a seller - I have chosen not to ignore the fact that a card in a PSA holder demands more attention and $$ than one outside and have regularly "played the game" to maximize my return (without playing any alteration games)

[Case12]

I enjoy signed cards....more personal....I even take them out of the slabs...the price is not my goal...