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If they come down, it won’t be for a while til sellers realize the market wont support said prices. 40-70 year old white guys aren’t typically known for their brain elasticity or quickly adopting new prices in the downward direction,, so it’ll take some time to “right the ship”. Either that or things never go down, and everything is at its new justified FMV.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI for one have pivoted to Japanese cards and and having a blast. There’s always another niche. Even the niches have niches!</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Thanks for not including 70-80 year old white guys.\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- sig -' + '->\r\n			<div>\r\n				__________________<br />\r\n				<font color="Red"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic"><b>RAUCOUS SPORTS CARD FORUM MEMBER AND MONSTER  FATHER.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGOOD FOR THE HOBBY AND THE FORUM WITH A VAULT IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION FILLED WITH WORTHLESS NON-FUNGIBLES</b></font></font></font><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<font face="Century Gothic"><font size="4"><font color="Blue">274/1000 Monster Number <br />\r\n</font></font><br />\r\n</font>\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / sig -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2364309" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2364309 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2364309_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">frankbmd</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=137296">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=137296" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to frankbmd</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=137296" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by frankbmd</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2364309 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2364309 -' + '->';
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Just look at the monthly pick ups, and the congratulatory pats on the back from the other country clubbers, the shiny beautiful people who can easily afford Wagner, Mantle, Ruth and Cobb and all the others. Pocket change. 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Just look at the monthly pick ups, and the congratulatory pats on the back from the other country clubbers, the shiny beautiful people who can easily afford Wagner, Mantle, Ruth and Cobb and all the others. Pocket change. Nothing more than trinkets and geegaws when you have that kind of change burning a hole in your pocket.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Maybe, but there\'s a whole bunch of middle/working class members here who scrimp, save, and sacrifice to add to our collections.  I for one am happy to see members pick up cards for their collection that I could never afford.  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I for one am happy to see members pick up cards for their collection that I could never afford.  A lot of them are hobby friends, why wouldn\'t I be happy for them?</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Well, can you share some of that love to some of us who post up what, to us less fortunate, is something meaningful, so as not to be totally ignored? 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Kind of takes the wind out of the hobby when the only thing that gets noticed or a pat on the back is the latest Wagner, Mantle, Ruth, or Cobb.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>James - maybe I interpreted it differently, but it sure seemed like you got plenty of congratulations with your 62 Topps complete set.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBut perhaps that was an exception to the general rule of your pickups being overlooked?\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- sig -' + '->\r\n			<div>\r\n				__________________<br />\r\n				Trying to wrap up my master mays set, with just a few left:<br />\r\n<br />\r\n1968 American Oil left side<br />\r\n1971 Bazooka numbered complete panel\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / sig -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2364374" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2364374 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2364374_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">raulus</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=883728">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=883728" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to raulus</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=883728" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by raulus</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2364374 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2364374 -' + '->';
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Kind of takes the wind out of the hobby when the only thing that gets noticed or a pat on the back is the latest Wagner, Mantle, Ruth, or Cobb.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Tell me about it!! I do cartwheels every time I post another <b>Gregg Jefferies</b> rookie card that I landed in the \'new pick-ups\' thread, yet there\'s not a single back pat to be found anywhere. But if any <b>\'Mick\'</b> card from any year gets posted, that member gets a <b>Macy\'s Thanksgiving Day Parade</b> level of excitement thrown his way.  <img src="forum/images/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Smile" class="inlineimg" />\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- sig -' + '->\r\n			<div>\r\n				__________________<br />\r\n				<div align="center"><b>All the cool kids love my <font color="red">YouTube Channel</font>:<br />\r\n<font color="Blue"><font size="3">Elm\'s Adventures in Cardboard Land</font></font></b> <img src="forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Big Grin" class="inlineimg" /><br />\r\n<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheJollyElm" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheJollyElm</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<b>Looking to trade?</b> Here\'s my bucket:<br />\r\n<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/152396242@N02/albums/with/72157685904801706" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/152396...57685904801706</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\n“I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.”<br />\r\n<font color="Blue">Casey Stengel</font><br />\r\n<br />\r\nSpelling &quot;Yastrzemski&quot; correctly without needing to look it up since the 1980s.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<font color="Blue">Overpaying yesterday is simply underpaying tomorrow.</font> <img src="forum/images/smilies/cool.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Cool" class="inlineimg" /></div>\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / sig -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2364418" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2364418 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2364418_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">JollyElm</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=105524">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=105524" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to JollyElm</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=105524" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by JollyElm</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2364418 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2364418 -' + '->';
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Or, Invest for the returns it will bring you, not the accolades from collectors.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf one is collecting or investing for approval from other people, one might want to consider a change.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>I do collect for the fun it brings. I\'m simply saying "the good old boy" club, the same people over and over, practically fall all over themselves to pat on the back the latest "pick up", with, as Jolly says, a virtual Macy\'s parade. For "picking up" the latest 5 or 6 figure card. While those who collect for the fun of it get 100% ignored over and over. 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I\'m simply saying "the good old boy" club, the same people over and over, practically fall all over themselves to pat on the back the latest "pick up", with, as Jolly says, a virtual Macy\'s parade. For "picking up" the latest 5 or 6 figure card. While those who collect for the fun of it get 100% ignored over and over. If that is what card collecting is, then I very truly might want to consider a change.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>I won\'t claim poverty or anything, I\'m very privileged to be able to spend some coin on cardboard pictures just for fun, but I do low grade on a budget too.  I gather you don\'t do so much non-sport or minor sports as I gravitate too but we seem to be collecting the same exact baseball stuff.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI don\'t think it really matters if people ooh and aah over a pickup, I get the card because I need it for a set or I like it (and it\'s nice when a pickup thread leads to an email or call about another card in the set and creates an opportunity to add more I need or serves as a springboard for research or knowledge sharing I didn\'t know).  The most desirable items will get the most comments and tend to be the most expensive items as that correlates strongly to desirable.  Groups will definitely primarily respond to other members of that subgroup, but there\'s nothing stopping other low grade collectors from posting.  High grade $100K card collectors primarily post and respond to high grade $100K cards, boxing cards tend to respond to boxing cards, T206 collectors tend to respond to T206 collectors.  If you\'re bothered by subgroups and cliques, and I don\'t mean this in a negative way, I\'m not sure there is any hobby for which this will not be the same.  It\'s human nature, people gravitate to those like them who have the same or similar focuses that intersect.  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I gather you don\'t do so much non-sport or minor sports as I gravitate too but we seem to be collecting the same exact baseball stuff.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI don\'t think it really matters if people ooh and aah over a pickup, I get the card because I need it for a set or I like it (and it\'s nice when a pickup thread leads to an email or call about another card in the set and creates an opportunity to add more I need or serves as a springboard for research or knowledge sharing I didn\'t know).  The most desirable items will get the most comments and tend to be the most expensive items as that correlates strongly to desirable.  Groups will definitely primarily respond to other members of that subgroup, but there\'s nothing stopping other low grade collectors from posting.  High grade $100K card collectors primarily post and respond to high grade $100K cards, boxing cards tend to respond to boxing cards, T206 collectors tend to respond to T206 collectors.  If you\'re bothered by subgroups and cliques, and I don\'t mean this in a negative way, I\'m not sure there is any hobby for which this will not be the same.  It\'s human nature, people gravitate to those like them who have the same or similar focuses that intersect.  There\'s plenty of fellow low-grade collectors who share your interests (clearly, or I\'d win all the auctions!)</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Well, I can\'t contradict anything you say, sir. I get it. I just blow off steam every now and then. 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Money was good and items were reasonably priced. It continued a bit into 2018, but then I noticed a change. Yes, values were going up on the cards I owned, but I would have rather the values stayed the same, and the purchases continued to be reasonably priced. I\'ve mostly been in a holding pattern with my T206\'s, and maybe add a new card every few months, instead of every few days. I collect coins also. So I\'m not completly lost. But the fun has decreased. There are days where I feel lost with no purpose. 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I gather you don\'t do so much non-sport or minor sports as I gravitate too but we seem to be collecting the same exact baseball stuff.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI don\'t think it really matters if people ooh and aah over a pickup, I get the card because I need it for a set or I like it (and it\'s nice when a pickup thread leads to an email or call about another card in the set and creates an opportunity to add more I need or serves as a springboard for research or knowledge sharing I didn\'t know).  The most desirable items will get the most comments and tend to be the most expensive items as that correlates strongly to desirable.  Groups will definitely primarily respond to other members of that subgroup, but there\'s nothing stopping other low grade collectors from posting.  High grade $100K card collectors primarily post and respond to high grade $100K cards, boxing cards tend to respond to boxing cards, T206 collectors tend to respond to T206 collectors.  If you\'re bothered by subgroups and cliques, and I don\'t mean this in a negative way, I\'m not sure there is any hobby for which this will not be the same.  It\'s human nature, people gravitate to those like them who have the same or similar focuses that intersect.  There\'s plenty of fellow low-grade collectors who share your interests (clearly, or I\'d win all the auctions!)</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Very well said\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2364466" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2364466 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2364466_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">Rhotchkiss</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=620478">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=620478" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to Rhotchkiss</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=620478" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by Rhotchkiss</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2364466 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2364466 -' + '->';
pd[2364465] = '<!-' + '- post #2364465 -' + '->\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- open content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<div align="center">\r\n	<div class="page" style="width:100%; text-align:left">\r\n		<div style="padding:0px 25px 0px 25px" align="left">\r\n\r\n	<div id="edit2364465" style="padding:0px 0px 6px 0px">\r\n	<!-' + '- this is not the last post shown on the page -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table class="tborder" id="post2364465" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="thead" >\r\n		<div class="normal" style="float:right">\r\n			&nbsp;\r\n			#<a href="showpost.php?p=2364465&amp;postcount=18" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount2364465" name="18"><strong>18</strong></a> &nbsp;\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n		<div class="normal">\r\n			<!-' + '- status icon and date -' + '->\r\n			<a name="post2364465"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/post_old.gif" alt="Old" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n				08-14-2023, 07:31 PM\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / status icon and date -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">\r\n		<!-' + '- user info -' + '->\r\n		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" border="0" width="100%">\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?u=620478"><img src="image.php?u=620478&amp;dateline=1549772451"   alt="Rhotchkiss\'s Avatar" border="0" /></a></td>\r\n			<td nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div id="postmenu_2364465">\r\n					\r\n					<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?u=620478">Rhotchkiss</a>\r\n					<img class="inlineimg" src="images/statusicon/user_offline.gif" alt="Rhotchkiss is offline" border="0" />\r\n\r\n\r\n					<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2364465", true); <\/scr' + 'ipt>\r\n					\r\n				</div>\r\n\r\n<div class="smallfont">\r\n				Member\r\n</div>\r\n				\r\n				\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>\r\n			<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">\r\n\r\n				<div class="smallfont">\r\n					<div>Join Date: Dec 2016</div>\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					<div>\r\n						Posts: 4,685\r\n					</div>\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					\r\n					<div>    </div>\r\n				</div>\r\n\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		</table>\r\n		<!-' + '- / user info -' + '->\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n	\r\n	<td class="alt1" id="td_post_2364465">\r\n		\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n			<!-' + '- icon and title -' + '->\r\n			<div class="smallfont">\r\n				<img class="inlineimg" src="forum/images/icons/icon1.gif" alt="Default" border="0" />\r\n				\r\n			</div>\r\n			<hr size="1" style="color:#D1D1E1; background-color:#D1D1E1" />\r\n			<!-' + '- / icon and title -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<!-' + '- message -' + '->\r\n		<div id="post_message_2364465">\r\n			\r\n			<div style="margin:20px; margin-top:5px; ">\r\n	<div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom:2px">Quote:</div>\r\n	<table cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="alt2" style="border:1px inset">\r\n			\r\n				<div>\r\n					Originally Posted by <strong>jingram058</strong>\r\n					<a href="showthread.php?p=2364442#post2364442" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/buttons/viewpost.gif" border="0" alt="View Post" /></a>\r\n				</div>\r\n				<div style="font-style:italic">I do collect for the fun it brings. I\'m simply saying "the good old boy" club, the same people over and over, practically fall all over themselves to pat on the back the latest "pick up", with, as Jolly says, a virtual Macy\'s parade. For "picking up" the latest 5 or 6 figure card. While those who collect for the fun of it get 100% ignored over and over. If that is what card collecting is, then I very truly might want to consider a change.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Your complaining is beyond old. How about some accountability yourself. You never compliment any &#8220;good ol boy&#8221; cards. You just complain. Nothing is stopping you from starting a monthly thread to post pickups under a certain price, or of certain type of cards. You have as much control over what is posted as anyone else, yet instead of doing anything you just complain.<br />\n<br />\nI am sorry you can&#8217;t afford what you want, sincerely. And I understand how it can be frustrating to see posts and discussions about things you can&#8217;t get. But I don&#8217;t understand why you begrudge and demean people who can have what you can&#8217;t. I took huge risks and worked my fucking ass off (and had some luck) to be in a position where I can buy six figure cards; part of those risks includes buying cards that are now six figures when the then-five figure price seemed nuts. <br />\n<br />\nAnyway, if it&#8217;s so painful for you to see people get what you can&#8217;t, then this likely is not the place for you. Or maybe it is, but you just need to create your own niche and start threads that appeal to people with your collecting means and interest.<br />\n<br />\nI wish you well and good luck. I do. And I don&#8217;t care if you don&#8217;t feel the same about the Good&#8217;ol boys.  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How about some accountability yourself. You never compliment any “good ol boy” cards. You just complain. Nothing is stopping you from starting a monthly thread to post pickups under a certain price, or of certain type of cards. You have as much control over what is posted as anyone else, yet instead of doing anything you just complain.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI am sorry you can’t afford what you want, sincerely. And I understand how it can be frustrating to see posts and discussions about things you can’t get. But I don’t understand why you begrudge and demean people who can have what you can’t. I took huge risks and worked my fucking ass off (and had some luck) to be in a position where I can buy six figure cards; part of those risks includes buying cards that are now six figures when the then-five figure price seemed nuts. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnyway, if it’s so painful for you to see people get what you can’t, then this likely is not the place for you. Or maybe it is, but you just need to create your own niche and start threads that appeal to people with your collecting means and interest.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI wish you well and good luck. I do. And I don’t care if you don’t feel the same about the Good’ol boys.  But it seems to me that this site and hobby causes you more pain than pleasure, considering a change is probably a good call.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>As the rules state, post your name. Otherwise, your comments mean nothing, no one cares.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf you don\'t like what I say, the truth hurts, as they say. 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Otherwise, your comments mean nothing, no one cares.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIf you don\'t like what I say, the truth hurts, as they say. Go buy another Ruth or Cobb.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>I edited my post to add my name (even though it’s pretty much there already). What is the truth, that I can buy Ruth and Cobb and I don’t give you kudos on a pickup that I don’t care about? Man that Hurts a lot; what an insult - “Go buy another Ruth or Cobb”… <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI am done here. 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What is the truth, that I can buy Ruth and Cobb and I don’t give you kudos on a pickup that I don’t care about? Man that Hurts a lot; what an insult - “Go buy another Ruth or Cobb”… <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI am done here. Good luck to you.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>You didn\'t do a very good job updating your profile. And still, no one cares. 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As I recalled from earlier stints in the hobby as an adult, back to the time I was hardcore into it as a kid - the general rule seemed to be that there will always be someone whose collection will blow yours away - but if you are paying attention - you will notice that you are often far more fortunate / accomplished than many others in what you are trying to do yourself.<br />\n<br />\nI don\'t, as a rule more or less since this last run of adulthood collecting, do much with prewar vintage cards. I just don\'t. I think they are incredible, but the value proposition isn\'t there for me and my budget right now. I can get one lower grade second-tier T206 HOF\'er for the same price as I could buy an EX or higher 1950\'s or 60\'s Aaron or Clemente card in most cases - and for that, I\'ll take the latter every time. Postwar vintage was my first love as a kid in the late 80\'s / early 90\'s - and those players, mostly those of my parents generation - remain the most relatable to me. So that\'s where I play. Technically, could I take my budget and current assets and turn a very nice, midsize postwar collection into a much smaller but more elite collection of 5-figure and higher cards that are older? Sure! But to me it\'s a hobby first and foremost, and I don\'t really see myself making that move without turning it into something more than just a hobby - so I\'m happy to continue to live in my playground, at least for the time being.<br />\n<br />\nAs some here have pointed out, the postwar board here perhaps isn\'t super popular compared to the main board - but whatever. I\'m happy to show off my pickups there, and hang out with Jolly and a few others. Heck, back when I first got interested in old cards there was no camaraderie the likes of social media and what we have today - so who knows, maybe I\'m just used to kind of following the beat of my own drummer. 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There are all sorts of kinds of budgets- there will also be someone with budgets greater or less than ours.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI\'m a high-schooler without a job, and I can tell y\'all it\'s pretty hard to go through the pickups threads and drool over the amazing cards. I\'m only able to get good cards if I get a great deal. I have very expensive card tastes without much capacity to fill them. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nBut on the other hand, I have a good friend who loves collecting cards. He\'s part of a family significantly worse off than mine, and has probably about 2% of the number of vintage cards I have. If I\'m so much better off than him card-wise what right do I have to grouse? 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Luckily I got back in to vintage a couple years before the "covid boom" and was able to pick up some cards my 10 year old self would never have imagined I would have (my first Ruth, Mantle, Mays, Jackie, etc.).  It would take me a lot longer to save up for those cards now.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI completed a set in my favorite grade (a 1952 Bowman in an average EX range).<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBut as prices rose I started shifting.  I started looking for more non mainstream sets from the 1930\'s.  But as prices started rising on those, I shifted down on my condition requirements (now I\'m fine with "collector grade"...i.e. cards that probably took a few turns through some bicycle spokes).<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnd recently I\'ve been poking around sets from the 70\'s.  Picking up lots of cards from 1975 Topps has been a lot of fun.  It\'s from the year I was born and contains the rookie card of my favorite player (George Brett).  And I should EASILY be able to complete a decent set for about $500.  I could probably save money and just buy a complete set, but that\'s not NEAR as fun as buying lots, sorting, and maybe posting my duplicates for trade on the BST in the coming months.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI still have a small fund that I add to every month for another bigger card (I still want to own a Cobb, and Gehrig, and Aaron some day.  And I will.)  But I can also have fun putting together cheap sets too.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere always was and always will be cards I would like to own but understand I never will.  But I\'m blessed to be able to have enough income to be able to spend some of it on old cardboard with pictures of baseball players.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLife is good and collecting cards is fun.  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On the one hand, we (purportedly) celebrate unfettered capitalism and individual wealth building, and we love to see the value of our stuff go up, but there is also a ton of vitriol unleashed on rich collectors who use their money to buy the most expensive toys, like the T206 Wagners that we mere working stiffs cannot afford. I get that feeling; I really do. I wanted to extend a double-barreled middle finger to the hobby in the early 2000s when it became apparent that I could never hope to finish certain prewar baseball sets I was into, especially the T206 HOFer portrait run. Before that, I could theoretically add a Plank or even a Wagner to my collection, but the meteoric price increases on those and so many other vintage cards pre-2008 just buried me and the pandemic price run dances on my grave.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSeems to me you have two choices when you feel like that: get out or find something else to pivot to in the hobby and enjoy what you can. I started collecting oddball cards and ephemera and Exhibit cards. As prices on those rose in turn (who’d ever have thought a Jackie Robinson anti-prejudice blotter would be a four-figure item?), I pivoted to other stuff, like inserts, premiums, Wheaties and matchbook covers, cards from other sports and even some non-sports cards and ephemera.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nRyan is one of the nicest guys you\'ll meet in this hobby and truly passionate about collecting.  He is fortunate to be able to amass great stuff, and is great about it.  No reason to hate on him, James.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nLook, I get it, I get envy and jealousy. When someone else scores a great card, you wouldn’t be human if there wasn’t some envy or jealousy rearing its ugly head. I get cranky. For a minute. Then I congratulate my friend on his good fortune and move on. We’re (nearly) all human, after all, so I am good with a little green envy goblin skittering across the mind’s eye for a moment. 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Whether that\'s find an error in a $1 bin (doyle please) finishing a set, or buying a wagner. You shouldn\'t have any remorse as to paying too much or not selling at the top.  If you do, or think you might, just reevaluate your situation.  It\'s only stuff!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAre you putting you family in peril by spending, alternatively spending too much time away from them trolling eBay for deals? After all, it\'s only stuff, and we just rent it, until the time comes it passes to someone else. <br />\r\n<br />\r\n I can\'t fathom the increase in prices in some cards.  They\'ve been around 100 years, and now people think they are great investments.  Aside from t3s (Hi Connor and Mark) which I always felt were completely undervalued, some of the other oversized "rookie" cards were never as popular as candy and gum cards. This is going back since the hobby started. T206s and 33 goudeys were filled in every auction house over the last 30 years (yes I started vintage at 16) and more people.held onto Ruth and Cobb cards/ephemera than commons.  This evident from the photos, cards and mid-week pictorials than even as fragile as they are, still survived paper drives and in great condition. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe opinion seems to have changed. But I really think the "greater fool theory" is bound to happen eventually. It\'s fine if you don\'t have to sell and don\'t care about the value of your cards, but for some it will be a rude awakening. This happened in the late 80s and 90s when I started in the hobby.  I was one of the only "kids" collecting vintage.  The bottom fell out from speculators and over production and now the "kids" are selling there 1990s stuff at yards sales for pennies and never came back to the hobby.  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If that is what card collecting is, then I very truly might want to consider a change.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>You are not collecting for the "fun of it", if you are upset about the lack of pats on the back your getting. 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Don\'t get wrong, I love collecting. I love seeing all of the cool cards posted in the pickups threads and all over the board. Knowing I\'ll never be able to afford 98% of them doesn\'t bother me, I\'m happy to see others completing their goals, just as I have my own goals I\'m working toward.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe exhaustion for me stems from a couple of places. First, as Darren said in the original post, finding the combo of appealing and affordable outside of the B/S/T boards and FB groups has become nearly impossible. As avenues for reasonably priced cards dry up, more and more people flock to the few remaining good ones.  As a result, as James has pointed out, you have to be fast or lucky or both to snag from what\'s posted. What\'s even more disappointing is there have been several times when I\'ve seen cards on the B/S/T boards or FB groups get scooped up within a few minutes of being posted, then I find them on eBay a week later marked up 40-50% of what they bought it for. I totally understand that there are many who buy a deal to sell higher than they paid so that they can fund other cards they want, I get that.  It\'s just deflating as a collector that would have loved to buy a card to keep forever, but missed out because I wasn\'t glued to my phone all day long. At that point, I have to either hope I get lucky that another is posted and I\'m in the right place at the right time, or I overpay on eBay.  Or, as has been my case for most of 2023, I buy nothing. Also, I\'m always finding myself debating whether to overpay for something now, knowing it could be my last shot before it becomes forever unattainable, or continue waiting in the hopes that the price will eventually drop to a reasonable level. In short, the hunt is part of the fun of collecting for me, and it always has been. 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Whether it\'s vintage photos, tickets, ad signs, scorecards/programs, pennants, autographs, or game used uniforms/bats/hats, you can still find an endless number of pieces that display beautifully while celebrating the game just as nicely as cards (but at a fraction of the cost).</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div> I totally get the appeal of cards, but this.\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2364692" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2364692 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2364692_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">Hankphenom</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=1424">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=1424" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to Hankphenom</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=1424" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by Hankphenom</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2364692 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2364692 -' + '->';
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Whether it\'s vintage photos, tickets, ad signs, scorecards/programs, pennants, autographs, or game used uniforms/bats/hats, you can still find an endless number of pieces that display beautifully while celebrating the game just as nicely as cards (but at a fraction of the cost).<br />\n<br />\nI totally get the appeal of cards, but this.</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Absolutely.  I veered into that area in the early \'aughts and while it too has gone up there are still myriad backwaters and eddies where you can define a niche for your collecting wants.  I like Cubs on Catalina Island baseball stuff, like this snapshot of some players doing their best Seven Dwarves impression, Gabby leading the way through Avalon:<br />\n<br />\n<img src="https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/miscellaneous4/websize/Cubs%20on%20Catalina.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />\n<br />\nOr Gabby at the spring training facility on Catalina:<br />\n<br />\n<img src="https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/miscellaneous4/websize/Hartnett%20on%20Catalina.jpg" border="0" alt="" />\r\n		</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / message -' + '->\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- sig -' + '->\r\n			<div>\r\n				__________________<br />\r\n				Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\n<a href="https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nOr not...\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / sig -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n\r\n		\r\n		<!-' + '- edit note -' + '->\r\n			<div class="smallfont">\r\n				<hr size="1" style="color:#D1D1E1; background-color:#D1D1E1" />\r\n				<em>\r\n					\r\n						Last edited by Exhibitman; 08-15-2023 at <span class="time">01:54 PM</span>.\r\n					\r\n					\r\n				</em>\r\n			</div>\r\n		<!-' + '- / edit note -' + '->\r\n		\r\n\r\n		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="right">\r\n			<!-' + '- controls -' + '->\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=2364703" rel="nofollow"><img src="images/buttons/quote.gif" alt="Reply With Quote" border="0" /></a>\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			\r\n				\r\n			\r\n			\r\n			<!-' + '- / controls -' + '->\r\n		</div>\r\n\r\n	<!-' + '- message, attachments, sig -' + '->\r\n\r\n	</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- post 2364703 popup menu -' + '->\r\n<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_2364703_menu" style="display:none;">\r\n	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">\r\n	<tr>\r\n		<td class="thead">Exhibitman</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?u=148">View Public Profile</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?do=newpm&amp;u=148" rel="nofollow">Send a private message to Exhibitman</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://www.americasgreatboxingcards.com/">Visit Exhibitman\'s homepage!</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=finduser&amp;u=148" rel="nofollow">Find all posts by Exhibitman</a></td></tr>\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<!-' + '- / post 2364703 popup menu -' + '->\r\n\r\n\r\n	</div>\r\n	\r\n		</div>\r\n	</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / close content container -' + '->\r\n\r\n<!-' + '- / post #2364703 -' + '->';
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Try to focus on what you DO have vs. what you don\'t.  You will be a much happier person.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere will always be someone with more money and better "stuff".  There are lots of people on this planet.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnd if you just can\'t get past the envy, perhaps switch over to memorabilia... Whether it\'s vintage photos, tickets, ad signs, scorecards/programs, pennants, autographs, or game used uniforms/bats/hats, you can still find an endless number of pieces that display beautifully while celebrating the game just as nicely as cards (but at a fraction of the cost).</div>\r\n			\r\n		</td>\r\n	</tr>\r\n	</table>\r\n</div>Exactly what I said. 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I think we’ve all felt that way to some degree at some point. While FOMO is a real thing, my real life collecting experience has taught me that you have to take that last shot, always. Having prices soften on a card you just bought is a way easier pill to swallow than watching one sail away into the sunset of unaffordability, never to be attainable again. Paper losses come and go. 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Don\'t get wrong, I love collecting. I love seeing all of the cool cards posted in the pickups threads and all over the board. Knowing I\'ll never be able to afford 98% of them doesn\'t bother me, I\'m happy to see others completing their goals, just as I have my own goals I\'m working toward.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe exhaustion for me stems from a couple of places. First, as Darren said in the original post, finding the combo of appealing and affordable outside of the B/S/T boards and FB groups has become nearly impossible. As avenues for reasonably priced cards dry up, more and more people flock to the few remaining good ones.  As a result, as James has pointed out, you have to be fast or lucky or both to snag from what\'s posted. What\'s even more disappointing is there have been several times when I\'ve seen cards on the B/S/T boards or FB groups get scooped up within a few minutes of being posted, then I find them on eBay a week later marked up 40-50% of what they bought it for. I totally understand that there are many who buy a deal to sell higher than they paid so that they can fund other cards they want, I get that.  It\'s just deflating as a collector that would have loved to buy a card to keep forever, but missed out because I wasn\'t glued to my phone all day long. At that point, I have to either hope I get lucky that another is posted and I\'m in the right place at the right time, or I overpay on eBay.  Or, as has been my case for most of 2023, I buy nothing. Also, I\'m always finding myself debating whether to overpay for something now, knowing it could be my last shot before it becomes forever unattainable, or continue waiting in the hopes that the price will eventually drop to a reasonable level. In short, the hunt is part of the fun of collecting for me, and it always has been. The mental hustle that it feels like it\'s become, however, is truly exhausting.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI collect by Luke Lyon\'s philosophy of love every card you own, which has helped me the most when deciding whether or not to buy a card, especially in deciding whether or not to overpay. As prices somehow keep climbing though, the result of that philosophy for me is that my collecting goals continue to substantially shrink. What I would have spent three years ago on five cards total that I loved, I now spend on one card that I love. As others have pointed out, I agree that there are other niches and corners of the hobby to move to, but for me it goes back to the philosophy of collect what you love, and for me that is baseball cards. I do enjoy collecting some pre-WWI soccer and boxing cards, but I\'m definitely not as passionate for those as I am baseball. 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