The disappearing caramel cards

[smtjoy]

I am seeing the same thing, last year I picked up 8 cards for my E93 set and have seen very little this year, other than BINs, in the condition I am looking for. I think I have added one card so far this year.

[Leon]

If you did buy caramel cards 2-4 years ago this might not be a good time to sell them and try to recoup your money.

[Potomac Yank]

I'm for converting Investor/Flippers into Curators or possible Collectors.

These may not be the best of times, but if it weeds out some of the non hobby participants involved in what is suppose to be a sublimation ... Hobby Collectors will benefit.

A good example is right here on this forum.
A good forum, but a little top heavy with investors, another group that really believes that they're collectors, flippers, and a small cadre of collectors.

You can tell the difference between the two by reading a thread.
If it's deep into the card, and it grabs you ... Collectors are involved.

It is impossible to miss The Wall Street mind set thread.

To have all of the above involved in a forum is not a crime ... what I'm saying is, we need to tip the balance more towards the collectors.

The collecting part has been too diluted.

[Rob D.]

Did Dr. Koos have any caramel cards?

[daviddbreadman]

Excuse my ignorance and off topic shoot, but who is Dr. Koos? This is the second or third time I have seen this Dr. mentioned somewhere recently.

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Did Dr. Koos have any caramel cards?

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I thought that was funny ...

Sorry he didn't ask for the price, because that would've reinforced what I was talkin about.

Leon, you're gonna have to do somethin about dat search engine.
The diggers want to know about Dr Koos, and brain pickin is all they know.

[E93]

TBob,
I heard there is a guy hoarding nearly six complete E94 sets.
JimB

[ethicsprof]

ebay offers very little of anything lately methinks.
i remember just a year or two ago, i was checking it over and over on the weekends particularly.
now i check seldom.
now BST is a different story, thankfully.

best,

barry

[sesop]

i've noticed the same. i've taken a lot of beatings on ebay over the past few months, so the only stuff i've been selling are cards i either (a) don't mind taking a huge loss on or (b) don't think the loss is going to be as bad as it could and likely will be.

i can see how a time like this could be tempting for an investor to pick stuff cheap, but i can also see how a time like this could make it tough for someone to risk putting a card they love up for sale knowing that the economy may make it impossible for the hammer price to be as high as it would have been a year or so ago.

for a while it did seem like the caramel cards i need were nowhere to be found, but in the past couple of months, in spite of the complaining i've done about not being able to find anything, i've managed to snag two e98 hippo vaughns, an e94 dougherty and an e97 b/w austin. anytime i start to feel like there's no hope for the e94 kleinow or e97 hemphill i need, i remind myself that a few months ago i never thought i'd snag the dougherty, and i did...

[tbob]

Originally Posted by E93

TBob,
I heard there is a guy hoarding nearly six complete E94 sets.
JimB

JimB- Touche'