Where is your collection heading in 2024?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Sell it all.

Is this just a rant/fake sale announcement? Or are you really selling it all?

If you're really selling, do you care to share why you've decided it's time to get out?

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by raulus

Is this just a rant/fake sale announcement? Or are you really selling it all?

If you're really selling, do you care to share why you've decided it's time to get out?

Just goofing around mostly. I have recently become unemployed so it has entered my mind as kind of a fallback if things go south. So no, as of now I'm holding and still adding lower cost items to satisfy my need for mail.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Just goofing around mostly. I have recently become unemployed so it has entered my mind as kind of a fallback if things go south. So no, as of now I'm holding and still adding lower cost items to satisfy my need for mail.

Good luck with the job hunt. Hopefully you find something even better!

[jingram058]

I can't afford to buy cards these days, and I wouldn't get crap for the ones I have if I sold them. And I like the ones I have, so no more trades. What does it all mean? I guess I will just sit tight and keep what I have and be happy with them.

Kind of like how it was in the chow line on USS Midway CV-41, cruising in circles off the Philippines back in 1983. The chow line was backed up into the hangar bay with airedales between launch and recovery events. I asked a Chief coming up the ladder from the main deck below, "Did you see what's for chow, Chief?" "No, but whatever it is, you'll have it and like it."

[parkplace33]

As I have stated in other posts, buying a mid grade prewar HOFer is key for me. I still those prices will decline or flatten, so there will be an oppurtunity in the near future. Stay tuned.

[ullmandds]

I feel as if I am at a crossroads with my collection. In order to add any significant cards I want I would want to sell some to fund it. And that would require getting rid of cards that I love. So I am kind of in a holding pattern. Still quite active looking on a daily basis, but not buying much.

[Prince Hal]

Still on the hunt for an E107 Yankee and will continue to build my HOF type set. I get a kick out of finding a HOFers from a sets like E95 that does not have any Yankees or a unique image of the HOFer or Yankee. May also chase the HOFers in the 1954 Bowman set. Just picked up a nice Mays from a fellow board member to go with the few I already have.

[dfletch00]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I feel as if I am at a crossroads with my collection. In order to add any significant cards I want I would want to sell some to fund it. And that would require getting rid of cards that I love. So I am kind of in a holding pattern. Still quite active looking on a daily basis, but not buying much.

Similar to Pete .. would like to add a few significant cards but may have to sell others … regardless - need to pair down and upgrade …. Otherwise
Anything Cleveland rare , upgrade t206 Cleveland team, Aaron , Doby , Joss ,,,, so you see the problem…

[tonyo]

always enjoy these threads, so I'll add my two cents.

Summary: Most likely answer is standing pat. Although I woudn't be surprised if I took the plunge and continued paring down my collection.

Long version:
after collecting as a kid in the 70's thru my early 30's in the 1990s just "buying packs of what ever was in season", I re-entered the hobby in 2009 and discovered net54 shortly after. I spent 8 years building a very solid low grade collection including t206/520, 33 goudey minus 1 gehrig and lajoie, 52 bowman, 73 topps sets, an over 300 card prewar type collection with 100 types and at least one of each hof player in the majors, over 100 diff e-cards, 170 diff t205, 40 diff t207, a post war collection of all hof players 48 thru 89 topps, bowman, fleer, donruss, upper deck, score (minus 52 t Mathews and 67 seaver). Had a great time building that collection.

2017 saw some life changes and by 2018 i decided to start selling. Been at it since then. I chipped away slowly using the BST and eBay and recently facebook groups. At each stage I evaluated my collection and kept my favorites, selling those that didn't make the cut. Been thru several cycles like that. Of course each time it was harder to choose. I haven't had any fire sales, not thrown any away, and am always happy when my cards go to collectors.

When I decide to sell a batch of pre-war or vintage, they usually go pretty fast. In the meantime I've got a lot of 80's & 90's cards on ebay on their 8 week cycle and I lower them 25% everytime a new 8 weeks starts. It's been a steady trickle selling and there haven't been many weeks go by that I haven't placed some cards in PWE's and sent them to a new home. Still have a bunch of cards listed on ebay (about 4500, mostly in lots of 9), but that whole effort is on auto-pilot now.

I think I've enjoyed sorting and selling as much as I enjoyed collecting.

I'm currently at another point in the sell-off where, if I continue, I need to decide which cards are next. On the other hand I've met a few selling goals I set for myself back in 2018, one of which is: I'm running low on all the padded mailers I saved from purchases over the years, so I could very well be finished with the sales.

anyway, after a too-long background story, I'll answer the OP question: "Tell us where you see your collection heading in 2024?"

Most likely answer is standing pat. Although I woudn't be surprised if I took the plunge and continued paring down my collection.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I can't afford to buy cards these days, and I wouldn't get crap for the ones I have if I sold them. And I like the ones I have, so no more trades. What does it all mean? I guess I will just sit tight and keep what I have and be happy with them.

Kind of like how it was in the chow line on USS Midway CV-41, cruising in circles off the Philippines back in 1983. The chow line was backed up into the hangar bay with airedales between launch and recovery events. I asked a Chief coming up the ladder from the main deck below, "Did you see what's for chow, Chief?" "No, but whatever it is, you'll have it and like it."

After cruising in circles hope you made port at Subic Bay. Little rough but plenty of action.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Yoda

After cruising in circles hope you made port at Subic Bay. Little rough but plenty of action.

Yes sir. A couple of cold San Miguel beers on Magsaysay in Olongapo City before heading out to Gaines Beach in Barrio Barretto. The girls became a lot prettier after a few beers, and away from the Olongapo sailor traps. It was something like 47 pesos to the dollar, and a cold bottle of San Miguel was, what, 20 p's? Pretty reasonable for good beer. Add some lumpia and pancit noodles, naked girls, and...well, you know how it is.

Then we would go back out and go in circles, cyclic flight ops between the carrier and Cubi Point Naval Air Station, before heading up to Hong Kong, then Sasebo, Japan on the island of Kyushu, where we would offload missiles and bombs, then fly off the air wing to Atsugi Naval Air Station before we pulled into Yokosuka, our home port. These were 3 month cruises around the South China Sea. When we went to the Indian Ocean, we would hit these same places in reverse going out, and hit them again coming back, but also stopping in Singapore and Pattaya Beach, Thailand. We also went to Mombasa, Kenya.

When I was on USS Independence CV-62, after Desert Shield/Desert Storm, we traded places with the Midway, and Indy then became the forward-deployed carrier. Same liberty ports, but one cruise we went to Sydney, Australia. And that is a story in itself...

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Yes sir. A couple of cold San Miguel beers on Magsaysay in Olongapo City before heading out to Gaines Beach in Barrio Barretto. The girls became a lot prettier after a few beers, and away from the Olongapo sailor traps. It was something like 47 pesos to the dollar, and a cold bottle of San Miguel was, what, 20 p's? Pretty reasonable for good beer. Add some lumpia and pancit noodles, naked girls, and...well, you know how it is.

Then we would go back out and go in circles, cyclic flight ops between the carrier and Cubi Point Naval Air Station, before heading up to Hong Kong, then Sasebo, Japan on the island of Kyushu, where we would offload missiles and bombs, then fly off the air wing to Atsugi Naval Air Station before we pulled into Yokosuka, our home port. These were 3 month cruises around the South China Sea. When we went to the Indian Ocean, we would hit these same places in reverse going out, and hit them again coming back, but also stopping in Singapore and Pattaya Beach, Thailand. We also went to Mombasa, Kenya.

When I was on USS Independence CV-62, after Desert Shield/Desert Storm, we traded places with the Midway, and Indy then became the forward-deployed carrier. Same liberty ports, but one cruise we went to Sydney, Australia. And that is a story in itself...

You really haven't lived until you've done 3 and 1/2 months on an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean, going in circles off the entrance to the Gulf of Oman, without seeing land of any kind.

And Wog Day (crossing the equator on a Navy ship, where, if you've never done it before, you get transformed from being a lowly pollywog to a trusty shellback) on an aircraft carrier is something to truly behold. Visiting the Royal Barber, before appearing in front of Davy Jones and Neptunus Rex, and getting a proper shellback haircut. The Royal Barber is usually something like a Chief Machinist's Mate. "Don't worry son, it'll grow back out by the time we reach Singapore."