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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Bruce Babcock
In another thread the phrase "imaginary money" was mentioned a couple of times. What if an eccentric rich relative you never heard of left you $100,000 tax free dollars, on the condition that you could only spend it on vintage (pre WW II) baseball cards, and had to spend it all within a one year period? You could not spend the money on a car, pay down your credit card debt, buy health insurance, etc. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Chris Mc
I'd buy PSA graded Robert Wagners (JK) I would buy a variety type cards. Buying a complete set would take some of the fun out of it for me. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: DJ
I'd finish off my T206 set. With the rest of the money, I'd do a massive man hunt for e107 HOF cards I like and purchase 3-4. Then I would purchase 6-7 mid-grade n172 Hall Of Famers. Then I'd be broke. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Harry Kress
Brewster's Millions |
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Posted By: identify7
Wow! Id pick up the pace quite a bit, but I wouldn't change anything else. And after the year was up Id sit back, revel a bit, and plan. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Chad
I'm not sure 100k would get me all the ones I wanted, but I'd get the Charleston and Lloyd for sure. I'd like to get the HOFers in the Toleteros sets I don't have yet, too. Gibson, Day and Smith. In low grade, I think I could come damn close to finishing off my Negro League collection with a 100k. |
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Posted By: Josh Adams
First of all, how would the $100,000 be given tax free? What type of estate planning is involved? Is there a minimum/maximum monthly withdrawl? Is the money in trust? |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: John
Plank and Magie in EX. Or I could put a VG Wagner on Lay-Away, or is there anyone who would let you rent-to-own on a Wagner??? |
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Posted By: Rhys
I would stay as far away from E-Cards as I could possibly get since their prices are completely inflated. |
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Posted By: cmoking
I would try to get as far into a T206 HOFer PSA 7 / SGC 84 set as I could ... with an eye on grading consistency and all graded by the same company. By the way, how far would I be able to get into such a set with 100K? assuming starting with cheapest |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: identify7
I could be wrong, cmoking, but I think that you could get a pile of PSA7s or equivalent about 50 high for $100K; and that includes some big names. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: barrysloate
Bruce- How about if you add that in order to get the money you would have to spend one night in a haunted house. That is usually a stipulation for collecting on these inheritances. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: drdduet
Ruth's & Cobb's and maybe a CJ jackson |
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Posted By: JimB
I'd buy some nice CJs or some very nice caramels if they could be found. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Max Weder
Josh |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: tbob
I agree absolutely Jim. Caramels were very unappreciated and undervalued and are just now starting to reach the levels trhey should have been all along. I'd take the 100 grand and buy as many E94s, E97s and E98s as I could in EX or better. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Julie Vognar
--tax free, and after giving some to my kids and buying a car for my husband and paying some mortgages, I DID spend nearly 100, 000 on vintage cards, here're the first ones I bought: |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Shannon
Ruths,Cobbs,Johnsons and Mathewson cards. As many as 100 grand could buy.Maybe try to finish the Yuenglings set. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: whycough
Right now I'm into certain '33 Goudeys in high grade. The #230 Hubbell, #220 Grove, #160 Gehrig all are beautiful in 8's or 9's. Then I would look for Boston Store/Cracker Jacks Shoeless Joe. To follow until the money runs out: '39 Playball Ted, '38 Goudey Joe D, '38 Goudey Bob Feller, '51 Bowman Mantle, '32 Caramel Ruth, Brunner's Bread Cobb, '48 Leaf Ted. I like eye appeal, not necessarily highly graded. But I have a hunch that $100,000 wouldn't last long with me. Old Judge Hoss Radbourne portrait for dessert. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Kevin Savage
Barry- |
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Posted By: Kevin Cummings
A couple of Negro League HOFers and HOFers to be and some more Old Judges. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: barrysloate
How many card shops are left? Most of them are haunted by now. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Rhys
Jim |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Colt McClelland
I have to chime in on this issue since I track many of the caramel issues very closely. No doubt, you can look at some "outliers" with caramel cards and say that the prices seem to be way too high. However, I think this is the case across a lot of segments of the baseball card market. Further, I think this has probably been true for at least the past 20 years in this hobby (that's as far back as I have any memory or knowledge). In other words, there have always been pockets in this hobby where people go out and pay WAY too much for certain cards. Case in point - the whole PSA "low pop" common phenomenon that started several years ago and continues to this day. It just seems to move from set to set, decade to decade. I tought it was crazy when people were paying $200+ for a "common" from the 1977 Topps set in PSA 10. Today, the same card can be had for $20. The same thing is still true with low pop PSA 8 commons from many of the Topps sets from the 50's and 60's. Some of these "low pop" PSA 8 commons can go for $2,000 or more |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: JimB
I think that the couple of cards you mentioned are anomolies in general. The E107 set is unique because its year of issue makes it the rookie card for several HOFs. Combine that with the fact that these cards are super scarce and you have the makings of some crazy prices. But I think that Davis price has more to do with HOF rookie craziness than caramel craziness. And I agree that that was a lot to pay for a low grade E91 Wagner. The E91 set with its generic images does not do much for me. When I think about caramels, I am thinking mostly about the great colorful sets like E90-1, E92, E93, E94, E95, E96, E97, E98, etc. These are the classic caramel sets to me and these have been undervalued for a long time. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Hal Lewis
In my defense... |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: jay behrens
The first thing I'd do is track down the rare one-of cards that I need for my player set, like the J=K Candy candy of Bedient and the rare t207s. Otherwise, I'd just be buying a lot of cards. I'd imagine that I could actually finish out my player set with $100k if I can get my hands on the rare cards. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Steve Dawson
I'd buy a T206 Plank and a 1933 Goudey Lajoie. Then I'd use what's left on N28, N162 and N172 HOFers, particularly Kelly, Anson and Clarkson. |
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$100,000 tax free
Posted By: Charlie O'Neal
My first couple of pick ups would have to be |
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