Playing in a smaller sandbox

67airborne · #1 08-19-2022, 05:32 PM

I can�t afford a whole sand box anymore, I had to down size to a plastic bucket. I�ve been reading for awhile from behind the scenes here. I used to be on here fairly regularly and still remember some of the names I see. I thought I had got out of the hobby around 2005, but it seems it was a couple years before that. I found my old user name for this site and my old eBay name as well. Now that I�m thinking about it this site used to be at a different place and if I remember correctly, Leon moved it here after some issues. I used to have a lot of nice cards and to give you a small idea. I had around 20 different Cobbs, full set of e102�s not as nice as (Pete Cauldrons?) Was, is? multiple Ruth�s with a psa2 Collins and McCarthy I sold for $5500 at the time, a few e107�s and a lot of sovereign back t206�s and random Hofer�s just to name a few of many cards. Now after many years away from the hobby I�ve been back collecting for about 2 again. So to walk away for 20 years and come back was a little bit of a shock to me. I found it was impossible to get those raw ex. t206�s for $40 anymore. So after watching the market for a while and still having some knowledge of scarce issues, I started back collecting anything I thought was a good buy. We�ll obviously after some time I had a lot of cards I had no attachment to and to many for the short period I had been back collecting. So after some time I realized I wouldn�t be able to get back the type of collection I previously had so many years before without selling my soul or body parts. It�s funny how it works out sometimes though, cause I am now collecting cards I never did before. Obaks and any thing pre 1900. Even though you don�t see them every day, lower grade Obaks can still be had for a fair price and if I have a little extra money I will try for a little better card by going for a pre 1900 one. The best part of this way of collecting now is that I don�t spend as much time looking at cards I don�t collect anymore, but I still watch the market for prices. Best, Jeff

rhettyeakley · #2 08-19-2022, 07:49 PM

Good to have you back Jeff!

There is a place in this hobby for everyone but sometimes we need to refocus and adapt to the new landscape.

whitehse · #3 08-19-2022, 11:53 PM

I am a die hard set collector and am now struggling with what is my next set I want to tackle. I dont have a huge collecting budget and the thought of paying some of those crazy prices even for some of the star cards from the early to mid 70's, an era in which I originally started collecting, well, it is tough for me to do. Collecting oddball sets or being a singles collector just really doesn't do it for me and collecting memorabilia is just not something I enjoy.

Set collecting feels like an addiction in many ways and it is the collecting passion I feel I want to pursue the most. The sandbox has indeed become smaller. The passion seems to be subsiding as I am just not finding that one set that combines the right mix of interest and affordability for me.

Like someone else said in this thread....not whining...just trying to find my new place in a hobby I have enjoyed for over 50 years. I will find that one "thing" that does it for me and I will, no doubt regain my interest in this awesome hobby.....or should I Say...that one "thing" will likely find me.

Directly · #4 08-20-2022, 12:51 AM

Sadly the only player to do so while in the majors.

AMPduppp · #5 08-20-2022, 07:57 AM

I�ve been diving into autographs recently as a cheaper way to collect. Sure, they don�t present nearly as nicely as other pieces, but I find it fascinating knowing an actual player interacted with each piece in some way. Besides my Attell auto, none of these were more than $25 apiece

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