Graded vs. Raw Rant.......

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Originally Posted by Eric72

The following approach worked for me in a similar situation.

At one point, I had over 10,000 comic books. It was really just a mountain of boxes. I derived no pleasure from having them all.

I made the decision that it was time to downsize. I started with a single box and began going through the comic books, one by one. With each book, I asked myself a rather simple question:

If I never see this book again, will I really care?

If the answer was yes, I held it off to the side.

If the answer was no, I put it one of two piles:

1. Sell individually
2. Sell as part of a lot

Fast forward three years, and roughly 85% of the books have sold. I made a little money and cleared out a whole lot of space.

The best part? I still have every single thing that I really like. The collection went from 10,000 plus books down to less than 300.

I realize this doesn't help you with the logistics of selling your cards. However, it may help you when starting to whittle down your collection.

Hey Eric,
Yes, this actually helps out tremendously so thank you for your thoughts on this.

It helps out because it gets me to start thinking that quality vs quantity might actually be a better approach. I wonder if there will be more jou and happiness in simplicity? Meaning having a smaller more awesome more focus collection versus a bunch of cards. Kind of like the old saying of would you rather have four quarters or one hundred pennies. I also read somewhere on here the following quote which might be the key secret to all of this. It read “Top to bottom, your collection will be way more impressive, easier to store and keep track of, and easier to sell when the time comes” thank you again. I appreciate you.