Regrets, I have a few ….

[mr2686]

Don't worry, with the way inflation is going a $50,000-$100,000 card will be pocket change. LOL

[jingram058]

Well, I never came into the hobby when it was a hobby thinking about getting rich off of it. Even now, it is still only a hobby for me. I am not encapsulating my 1933 Goudey #144, although it is in a safe deposit box now. Thus, I am not bothered by insane increases in the value of pieces of cardboard. As someone said, you either play the game or you don't.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Well, I never came into the hobby when it was a hobby thinking about getting rich off of it. Even now, it is still only a hobby for me. I am not encapsulating my 1933 Goudey #144, although it is in a safe deposit box now. Thus, I am not bothered by insane increases in the value of pieces of cardboard. As someone said, you either play the game or you don't.

I am not bothered about insane increases in the value of pieces of cardboard for investment reasons, but because I don't think I can afford to buy anymore what I should have bought 5 years ago.

[hcv123]

The one that really stands out was one I was REALLY close to pulling the trigger on and just opted not to. 2008-2009 really close to buying a Clemente rookie PSA 8.5 on Ebay. There were only 2 of them graded and I think about 9 - 9's. 8's were selling for about $3K, 9's for about $30K. The 8.5 that I almost bought was $10K!!

[skelly423]

I try and look at this through the lens of what I actually did with the money; it'd be too depressing if I only looked at what once was or what might have been, and didn't consider the other half of the deal.

Two years ago I sold a nice 1952 Topps Mays in PSA 5. On price then vs. price now, there's no question that I sold way too soon. That said, I used the sale proceeds to buy a PSA 2.5 T206 Green Portrait Cobb. I miss the Mays, but I'd never have the Green Portrait Cobb today without it.

[mintacular]

Very proud of my PC but one that comes to mind was a t206 hindu walter Johnson I forget the grade it was for around 1K? About 10 ago but I never followed through with it, don't even want to know what it would cost now. Someone on this board was going to sell it to me via pm

[Piratedogcardshows]

I feel your pain more than I can express lol.

[Seven]

I could've owned a nice 51 Bowman Mantle, before the run up. Couldn't convince myself to spend the money. Said I'd wait another day, now the same card in that condition is about 25K.

My main regret is not purchasing more when I came back into the Hobby. Which was about two years before Covid. Hindsight is of course 20/20 and that money that I would've spent was invested, and will eventually help me purchase a Home. But man, what nice cardboard I could've had!

[DeanH3]

I shutter at the thought of some of the items I have sold in the past. But like others have said, gotta focus on the wins and forget the past. I'm thankful for what I did accumulate before the escalation.

I'm priced out of many issues I once hunted. My goal is to obtain an early caramel or exhibit Ruth. In order to pull that off I will need to sell or trade some current cards for it. Something I'm willing to do for the right Ruth card. At least I'm lucky enough to be in a position to pull that off.

Now I'm on the lookout for other issues that are more affordable and haven't exploded as much. I have picked up a couple Ruth/Gehrig pieces recently that were reasonably priced compared to other issues. So, there are some opportunities still out there.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Well, I never came into the hobby when it was a hobby thinking about getting rich off of it. Even now, it is still only a hobby for me. I am not encapsulating my 1933 Goudey #144, although it is in a safe deposit box now. Thus, I am not bothered by insane increases in the value of pieces of cardboard. As someone said, you either play the game or you don't.

My regrets: walking away from my collection of complete Topps 1967-68-69-70 sets put together from packs when I outgrew cards and moved out of the house (along with comic books, Hardy Boys books with dustjackets, and other cool stuff). My mom got rid of them after YEARS of me saying I didn't want them. Then, years later after getting back into the hobby while I was in the Navy, I sold some VERY VALUABLE cards ridiculously cheap to get gas money to get back to Charleston from Fort Lauderdale. You've all heard these stories before. Suffice it to say, I have all the cards that truly mean something to me once again, including a complete set of 1953 Bowman color and b/w I put together with a lot of help from folks on this forum!