Selling 80% of your collection for ‘52 Mantle - would you?

[Belfast1933]

So many thoughtful and thought provoking feedback - thx to all!

Just to add some context, if the math works out, I would be keeping my top cards (Ruth, Gehrig, Aaron, Cobb, etc) but would have to sell everything else.

As one collector friend mentioned to me, I could them build the collection back up over the next 10 years.

Still quite undecided but I’ve never seriously even considered - until now… maybe!

Jeff

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

So many thoughtful and thought provoking feedback - thx to all!

Just to add some context, if the math works out, I would be keeping my top cards (Ruth, Gehrig, Aaron, Cobb, etc) but would have to sell everything else.

As one collector friend mentioned to me, I could them build the collection back up over the next 10 years.

Still quite undecided but I’ve never seriously even considered - until now… maybe!

Jeff

I like the idea. Less is more sometimes.

[Bestdj777]

I pretty much only collect Mantle and Judge cards. Ten years ago, when I had roughly fifty Mickey Mantle cards, I tried to liquidate my collection to buy a 52 Topps. Couldn’t get a high enough offer for the cards to justify parting with them at that time. So, I just went ahead and bought two 52 Mantle cards (later sold one to buy a house). At that time in collecting, none of my cards had a ton of sentimental meaning and none were particularly rare, so it made sense to try to get one meaningful card.

In retrospect, I do really wish I’d gone ahead and parted with the cards then and just stocked up on 52 Mantles as I think I would have enjoyed having 5 or 6 of them over a bunch of lower value cards. Such is life.

Do what makes you happy. But think hard about whether that is one or many cards.

[Fred]

Yes, I am clueless... what's the cost for a Mantle as described in the original post?

[Casey2296]

No brainer if you get to keep your top 20% cards, that's a prudent move.

It's when you have to sell your precious to get that card that you have to have a long conversation with yourself. Is there a card like that for me?

That'd be the 1914 Texas Tommy Joe Jackson.

[sycks22]

I'd rather have a Luka orange green blue refractor jersey patch shoelace card numbered to 50.

[todddds]

Yes

[FrankWakefield]

Hell no.

[Peter_Spaeth]

To frame it another way. If you're a fan of the game, depending on where you cut off on the modern side, there are probably 20-25 indispensable players IMO. If I were in your position, I'd much rather have all or most of the 20-25 than have 5 of them plus the 311. It's a great card but I would not want it to the exclusion of the other all time greats. Now if the sole purpose is to "invest," the analysis may be different.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by sycks22

I'd rather have a Luka orange green blue refractor jersey patch shoelace card numbered to 50.

PSA 10 1 of 1 ONLY! I'd sell it allllllllll

I have just 1200-1300 cards, 1/2 raw and 1/2 graded. Guys I've always "Liked". The 52 Mantle was a must. I do hate selling, but if that was the only way I could afford the purchased or justify it, I probably would just make a 6 month-1 year project out of it and downsize all the crap for cash?

For me, less is more. I only own a few cards after 1975 and I don't need the house cluttered with landfill material. I'm a seasoned hoarder.