Provenance note when acquiring cards

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Cmvorce

One more thing; don’t want to start a separate thread - parting with cards. I have never traded a card, sold a card. There are a few doubles in the collection. Two cards that I’m not “in love with”. But parting with them doesn’t cross my mind. Does anyone else here have that issue?

I’ve never sold a card and I haven’t traded one since 7th grade. I never really through about that before. I guess I WOULD trade something in the right deal but every card I have means something to me.[/QUOTE]

I have bought/sold/traded a boat full of cards over the last 30+ years. I prefer to trade when possible.

Provenance is what makes my favorite baseball bat my favorite. Famous drag racer Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen was also a big Wade Boggs fan. I purchased a semi rare Wade Boggs bat from his estate when he passed about 3 years ago.

[jingram058]

I wouldn't be sitting here now with a complete, 160/160 Bowman color set if not for a BIG trade I made to get me started on collecting it. I only gave up duplicates of what I still have to do it.

[Leon]

I keep track of where, when and how much I paid for something. But provenance/history that comes with the card is best.

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