Regrets, I have a few ….

[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!

[jsfriedm]

I regret the PSA 7 T205 Mathewson that Heritage sold last December for 15K. (I think it ended up with net54 member trambo, who then sold me his PSA 6, so not a total loss). At the time I thought I would need the money for a down payment on a house, so I didn't go higher. I'm partial to the red Sweet Caporal backs - not sure when I'll see another one like that.

[trambo]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

I regret the PSA 7 T205 Mathewson that Heritage sold last December for 15K. (I think it ended up with net54 member trambo, who then sold me his PSA 6, so not a total loss). At the time I thought I would need the money for a down payment on a house, so I didn't go higher. I'm partial to the red Sweet Caporal backs - not sure when I'll see another one like that.

I did end up w/the Mathewson and it's one of my favorite cards! Funny enough, one of my regrets comes from that same weekend when Goldin had a red Cobb PSA 8(oc) and an old holder t205 Johnson PSA 7. I wanted both but backed off the Johnson when it appeared I was going to win the Cobb. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and the same Johnson sold at Heritage for $78k (versus $18k last December!). I definitely have regrets there!

[egri]

The Hall of Famers I still need for my signed 1953 Topps project I always figured were plentiful and I could pick them up later. Since the pandemic, they've been off to the races. They aren't in unobtainable territory yet, but I will have to live with those gaps in my collection for a while. OTOH, I did pick up several cards a few years ago for prices that almost made me sick, and they're now worth several multiples of what I spent, so win some, lose some.

[Exhibitman]

What's even more surprising to me is that supply has dried up completely on some issues. I ran eBay searches today for 1920s Exhibit cards of Ruth, Gehrig, Hornsby, Cobb and Johnson. I found only a handful of cards.

[jsfriedm]

Originally Posted by trambo

I did end up w/the Mathewson and it's one of my favorite cards! Funny enough, one of my regrets comes from that same weekend when Goldin had a red Cobb PSA 8(oc) and an old holder t205 Johnson PSA 7. I wanted both but backed off the Johnson when it appeared I was going to win the Cobb. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and the same Johnson sold at Heritage for $78k (versus $18k last December!). I definitely have regrets there!

That Johnson was very off-center though. Hard to believe it was a 7. I didn't even want to bid on it last year at 18!

[steve B]

After 40+ years?

Yeah, more regrets about not buying stuff than... well, pretty much anything else.

I've done pretty well with my hobbies, but have no plans to cash out of most of them. But then, none of my successes are in the " could have bought a really nice house" range like so many of the cards. Or the trashed Hemi Charger that I could have bought but didn't know how to tell at the time if it was for real.

Just have to be happy with the smaller successes.

[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.