"Why are you selling?"

[Vintage Vern]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Funny, a bunch of people on the board know my eBay handle, and when I list something they not infrequently send me an email asking if there is any reason I am selling and hopefully nothing wrong and not a forced sale, etc. Nice sentiment, and I appreciate the notes.

Since I started collecting, I've never had any hesitation selling stuff I have. In my entire collection there are probably 10-15 items that I have no plans to ever sell, let's call them the "super special" stuff, usually one of a kind items. But everything else is fair game. I periodically go through the safe deposit box and find a few items that I haven't thought of in years and decide to give them a new home. Most of them have gone up in value.

I guess I always assumed this is what 95% of the people on the board do. Buy occasionally, sell occasionally, refine the collection, branch out, move things on that no longer resonate loudly. Am I mistaken? Are there a lof of collectors who buy and never plan on sellng any of their stuff? I'm not quite knocking on heaven's door at this point (I hope), but I have little interest in in leaving my heirs 100s or 1000s of things the need to deal with. To me that seems like it could be a burden.

Can you look, and see if you have any Vern/Verne Clemons cards stuffed away. I'd love to purchase them no questions asked to why you're unloading them.

[ronniehatesjazz]

I'm completely with you. There are only a handful of items I likely will never sell. What's weird is the lack of sentimental value I have when I move a card I like.

A few years ago when I bought my first house, I sold some of my nicer cards to help with the expenses. I thought I'd look back and regret selling them but it never hit me. I think the big reason for it is that most cards are readily available on eBay, BST here, etc. So any time I sell a card, I know I can find another one fairly easily (usually easy anyways) and the only real concern is if prices rise substantially.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Vintage Vern

Can you look, and see if you have any Vern/Verne Clemons cards stuffed away. I'd love to purchase them no questions asked to why you're unloading them.

Ha. Can I humiliate myself and say I have never heard of him.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Ha. Can I humiliate myself and say I have never heard of him.

You and thousands of other members.
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[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Leon

You and thousands of other members.
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I have heard of Clarence Clemons. And wouldn't surprise me if Spaeth has his rookie card in a PSA 9.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I have heard of Clarence Clemons. And wouldn't surprise me if Spaeth has his rookie card in a PSA 9.

What he was a singer or actor with a "rookie" card?

[Beercan collector]

He had a car wreck a day before his NFL tryout

[ksfarmboy]

There was a time I would have never sold anything but with the passing of my mother I reevaluated things in my life. I’ve sold several things in my collection but nothing in my main focus. It really wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be.
I have heard of Verne Clemons because he played minor league ball in Wichita. I have a postcard of the Wichita team with him in it. It’s not for sale though.

[Vintage Vern]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

There was a time I would have never sold anything but with the passing of my mother I reevaluated things in my life. I’ve sold several things in my collection but nothing in my main focus. It really wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be.
I have heard of Verne Clemons because he played minor league ball in Wichita. I have a postcard of the Wichita team with him in it. It’s not for sale though.

You don't want the Clemons postcard hanging in his home town city hall? Well then. Seriously if you ever sell hit me up. I'm donating everything to the town when I find it. Just waiting for them to build cases to house items in. There's actually some cool history for a town this size. I won't bore people with.

[Natswin2019]

I used to be someone who said they would never sell anything in my collection but about 2 years after returning to the hobby I realized that I had bought things due to FOMO or a bit of hype around certain sets. Due to this I went through my collection and sold off things that didnt fit what I really wanted to collect. More recently ive been doing more trading of cards that dont really fit the collection and ive been trying to trade up in to better cards that do fit the collection.

In contrast to this my main pc stuff is never gonna be sold or traded unless I find upgrades or better examples along the way.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

There was a time I would have never sold anything but with the passing of my mother I reevaluated things in my life.

My condolences, Clint. Both of my parents died in a three month period last summer, and it definitely rebalances your mental portfolio in ways you might not have expected. I've always been willing to sell stuff for the right price, but now selling something from my PC seems far less consequential than it was a decade ago. I am not only contemplating selling a lot more stuff, my purchases have fallen way off. I haven't even kept up with my International Boxing HOF collection for the class of 2023 named in December. Normally, I'd go run down something for each inductee very soon after the election.

[DeanH3]

If/when I start selling a few cards, it will be to fund any traveling trips we plan on taking. One just might be on the horizon.

[Vintage Vern]

Originally Posted by Leon

You and thousands of other members.
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How many are you sitting on Leon. LOL.

[Vintage Vern]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Ha. Can I humiliate myself and say I have never heard of him.

As I have of many other players. How about Bill Doak aka Spittin' Bill? That's who Verne usually caught balls from.