My answer to the question would be "no", but that would be a bit tongue-in-cheek even out of the gate. My collection sold at high retail right now might be able to be traded for the worst looking Authentic '52 Mantle you can imagine...but not much more. It's not something I would seriously entertain.
Besides a better answer to the Mantle question being "I was born at least 20 years too late", right now I would be in no mood to trade many cards that I enjoy for one. Traditionally, I get spooked with too much $ being tied up in just any one card, and try to avoid situations where I would be placing all of my dopamine (if not dollar...) value in only one or a few cards.
I'm in my late 40's; enjoy working on postwar player runs and selected sets, and as someone who has never seriously done much with prewar cards - I think my next big endeavor (in terms of $ anyway...) will be going after a prewar Chicago Cubs collection.
The day may come when I want to consolidate down and turn thousands of cards into much fewer - but honestly I don't know what that would feel like, and I have even less of an idea what it would look like. Ask me if I'm still around on these boards 25 years from now...
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Postwar stars & HOF'ers. Cubs of all eras. Currently working on 1956, '63 and '72 Topps complete sets.
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