Allow me to introduce myself!

[DrSatanis]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

sounds like a normal marriage to me. Glad your past it. it took me a good 10+ years to recover from mine but came back with a vengeance. My card collection saved me back then and now is a big source of pride and my wife is supportive. She knows it only benefits her in the long run,

When I got back into it in 2006 or so, it was the "less is more" mentality. Cards I always wanted but didn't have or couldnt afford were on the list. Some of them just now being checked off the list. Everyone finds their sweet spot. You'll find yours. Welcome and good luck on your journey.

Oh yeah this time I'm definitely trying to be more selective! I was a big wax breaker back then, so I had...literal millions of base cards that I'm sure my father dumped/burned when I went to college. Literally nothing of value. The big boys all got sold for pennies on the dollar when we urgently needed money (because of her terrible money management!).

Now I have adult money, and I'm just hoping I can keep my hamster on its wheel and focused on the major project (see my post from today for how I'm not keeping the hamster focused!).

There is one perk to collecting vintage and "old timey" players: there's very little need to bust wax, as odds are I won't hit anything I need for my collection.

I'll also say the folks collecting this stuff have been far more pleasant to deal with!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by DrSatanis

Oh yeah this time I'm definitely trying to be more selective! I was a big wax breaker back then, so I had...literal millions of base cards that I'm sure my father dumped/burned when I went to college. Literally nothing of value. The big boys all got sold for pennies on the dollar when we urgently needed money (because of her terrible money management!).

Now I have adult money, and I'm just hoping I can keep my hamster on its wheel and focused on the major project (see my post from today for how I'm not keeping the hamster focused!).

There is one perk to collecting vintage and "old timey" players: there's very little need to bust wax, as odds are I won't hit anything I need for my collection.

I'll also say the folks collecting this stuff have been far more pleasant to deal with!

We are generally, definitely not always, a bit more mature crowd.

And welcome to the forum, belatedly. It looks like you have gotten your feet wet well so far.
If you are anything like a lot of us (definitely me) you won't stay too focused. I might recommend type card collecting. It goes well with being all over the place.

And most threads need more cards....so here is one. I don't collect signed cards but this was not much more than I would have paid for it without a signature.