The end results of hoarding

[butchie_t]

What about the accidental hoarder????

I truly believe Topps was following me to the store every time I bought baseball cards in 1974. It was unbelievable how many Winston LLenas cards I freaking pulled. I truly stopped counting after around 20 of them. Never EVER saw his cards increase in value, then or now. (And no I did not hold onto them. I made them even rarer with my bike spokes.)

Sort of off topic but, jeeze one would have thought I had cornered the Llenas market in my part of the neighborhood back then.

Cheers,

B. T.

[Ronnie73]

There's a few T206's that I hoard, but only with certain backs. So they have gone unnoticed. There's one modern card that I hoard, and because others can look at eBay sold listings and prices, every time another shows up, I have to pay a little more. I'm my own worst enemy. The first couple cards I paid around $17 each. Now I have to expect to pay about $80.

[Republicaninmass]

Quite a few hoarders of various 1952 topps.

You'd have to have your head examined if you decided to stop and sold them all at once.

I assume the bartirome kid is still buying as prices havent come down that much. I do see many selling only to be relisted higher a week or so later

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

I assume the bartirome kid is still buying as prices havent come down that much. I do see many selling only to be relisted higher a week or so later

IIRC, I thought he went to jail for some reason? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. But, if so, what happened to his hoard?

[ALBB]

True comment about attempting to hoard... then after a few years ..realizing you haven't made a dent in the overall scheme of things ...or lost interest- or started questioning - why " waste money on another whoever"... use that money for something " you need "

[parkplace33]

I know a few people who have hoarded certain cards. And then, they sold when they got tired of them. The cycle repeats over and over.

[tulsaboy]

This happens in the world of unopened fairly regularly. Lots of times when someone is working on a "project." For example, there was a guy working on putting together a box of 1984 Topps rack packs, with all 24 having Nolan Ryan's base card on top. During his project, the average price of those on ebay and the Facebook groups jumped significantly. He finished, and the prices have subsided a bit. But not completely, because the spectre of "ebay comps" haunts us still. He's no longer in the mix buying them like he was previously, but his move did impact the market price and still is having some echoes. There have also been some folks who focused on particular years, like 1983 or 1975, and their aggressive purchasing has definitely affected the marketplace. Of course, more product always emerges, but I think in the unopened world you can definitely see the outsized impact just one or two collectors can have on the perceived "value" of a particular product.
kevin

[egri]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

IIRC, I thought he went to jail for some reason? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. But, if so, what happened to his hoard?

I seem to recall that his time in jail occurred before he started posting here. Though it is entirely possible that he did something to get himself sent back after he was banned.