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

[babraham]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

Wow! Showing me that a 1.5 can look as great as yours does make this decision a wee bit more likely!

I had been looking for a few months for anything from a PSA 1-2. For sure, most 1/1.5 did not have the same eye appeal. But it can be done!
Best of luck on your search if you end up moving forward on your Mantle quest.

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

To be fair, as the auction that got that card graded for the consignor, that may be a once in a lifetime 1.5 It also sold for a significant amount more than a normal 1.5, as could be expected.

I'm still happy with the purchase.

[jimq16415]

So long ago this seemed like such a risk!

[Luke]

Too hard to answer for anyone else. If you're a new collector and really want the Mantle, maybe? If you have any really rare and irreplaceable cards, probably not.

For me I don't have any interest in the Mantle but I have traded for or sold things to buy a few cards in a similar value range. It seems to me if you can't think about it and come to a decision, then it's probably a no?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by babraham

I had been looking for a few months for anything from a PSA 1-2. For sure, most 1/1.5 did not have the same eye appeal. But it can be done!
Best of luck on your search if you end up moving forward on your Mantle quest.



I'm still happy with the purchase.

I love that it went to a collector!

[Belfast1933]

I want to thank everyone for their points of view and advice - do enjoy and value the opinions here always!

But sadly, I don’t think I can pull this off - I finished updating the value of my overall collection and decent looking low grade ‘52 Mantle would just take too big of a bite out of my collection. Once I account for the “can’t/never will sell” items, the math just doesn’t add up.

It’s a bit of a bummer but was worth exploring - if anything changes, I’ll finish my story here… but for now, I plan to stand pat!

Thx again, all

Jeff

[Foo3112]

Interesting reading all the replies. I don't think there's any wrong or right in this situation. Just personal preferences is all. Me, personally, I would go for it. As someone mentioned, everyone who has bought that card and sat on it for at least 10 years has always done well and come out on top. That part isn't even up for a debate. Just know that the excitement of owning one will eventually wear off just like any other big purchase (like a new vehicle for example). If you are the type that who gets bored easily and would perhaps sell it in a year or two, then I would not purchase one but would rather have a variety of cards in my collection.

The main issues I see about doing something like that are:

1 - You have to make sure you'll get/win the card you are wanting. To sell off about 80% of your collection and then not get the card you wanted would straight up suck.

2 - A card that big usually continues climbing in price as time goes on. By the time you sell off everything, that card in the grade of a 1.5 may not even be in your price point anymore and so you now would either have to settle for a 1 or even an "authentic". Would you be willing to accept that.

[Vintage Vern]

Well, I'm a single player collector and I'm glad he's not a HOFer or I would be a zero card collector. I can without a doubt tell you if I ever purchased a high dollar card anyone else that held that card would be in trouble. You would see the market tank like no other time period in history, that's just how "luck" in my world, works. At some point there will come an end, there always is and I'd hit the market at that exact point. Every hobby I've been a part of hits that point and it usually happens when deep pockets take over the hobby. The normal Joe gets left out, and fewer people that loved something, just can't justify or afford it any longer. The $ ruins everything for most of us. Can you imagine what any of these players would think of the $ people pay for an old piece of cardboard? Boggles the mind.

[MR RAREBACK]

1914 cracker jack ty cobb
1933 goudey ruth any pose , but I like 181
1948 leaf paige

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by MR RAREBACK

1914 cracker jack ty cobb
1933 goudey ruth any pose , but I like 181
1948 leaf paige

That Cobb in a 2 might be close to 40k now.