This Probably Won't Go Anywhere, But...

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by jingram058

When either I or my wife or daughter ever sell them, they will go for whatever like graded examples go for or they won't be sold. Period, end of discussion.

This quote seems a bit delusional to me. It's not how the market works, and most likely not how your heirs will feel either.

[jingram058]

Well, sorry, but they feel the same as me. It is what it is to me, still a hobby. I am well off. But I have other things to do and buy other than cardboard, and someone else's greed doesn't define my hobby.

[BRoberts]

James, WE GET IT! Damn.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Well, sorry, but they feel the same as me. It is what it is to me, still a hobby. I am well off. But I have other things to do and buy other than cardboard, and someone else's greed doesn't define my hobby.

It's well established at this point both how you feel, and the fact that by nature pretty much all of us are in different situations, or at least span the width of a variety of situations which may or may not play into how we make decisions about our collections.

[vintage321]

simple.

i buy cards over $100 , and up, in slabs, b/c i CANNOT tell a trim job of 1/32nd of an inch.

i buy in collector grades (1-5) , i buy the CARD, not the flip, focus on centering
and then corners, AND the slab gives me a bit more comfort that the card is NOT altered.

i only collect major hall of famers, and i really enjoy cracking a card out, (and re-submitting it) if i feel it deserves a higher grade. this is FUN to me.