tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962620695375349865.post2194167523369674379..comments2023-11-21T02:21:06.499-06:00Comments on I Feel Like A Collector Again: ChangesKinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416872594954713055noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962620695375349865.post-76960684539323747912017-03-18T08:07:19.552-05:002017-03-18T08:07:19.552-05:00I can understand where you're at Kin. I'v...I can understand where you're at Kin. I've been there and sometimes I just pull out a box of cards and think about the cost that it took to acquire them. Some of them are players that were hot at one time or another. I stopped just buying hit Rookies thinking they may be the next Emmitt or Griffey. Those players come along once a generation. Now, the rookies I have are pack pulled and are generally from sets in trying to put together. I changed my collecting habits from "acquiring anything" to choosing a couple of sets each year and just working on them. Of course, a big part of my collecting focuses on older cards so I run with the 91 Topps project from time to time, pick an 80's set and try to build it or try to add to my Gant Pc. You're right, it's all about preference for each collector. And right now, this is my preference. I don't have the cash to buy spectra or national treasures but I can spring for a box of 86 Donruss to try and build a set I've always admired but never bought much of. You do you man and collect the way you want. There will be people who are interested in the cards you want to part with, it will just take time. That can be a project too!<br /><br />Joey<br />www.dubmentality.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971955839766155441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962620695375349865.post-72813407005240936232017-03-18T00:04:27.950-05:002017-03-18T00:04:27.950-05:00Sleep on it, I go through waves of what to collect...Sleep on it, I go through waves of what to collect off and on and usually come to my senses. If at point you enjoyed those cards, that joy will circle around. That's happening to me right now with oddball 80s stuff. Had sold or thrown away during moves but now I want to collect that stuff again as that's what I had as a kid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239104543770059695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962620695375349865.post-26850289020520936472017-03-15T01:29:10.152-05:002017-03-15T01:29:10.152-05:00I sold off the bulk of my collection back in 2002 ...I sold off the bulk of my collection back in 2002 on Craigslist. A guy came by... looked through my stuff, made me an offer... we haggled... and finally agreed to a price. I've thought about thinning out a lot of extras in my collection. But then I think about the eBay and shipping fees... and I tell myself... I'll try again later. Best of luck on whatever you decide to do.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962620695375349865.post-39265567002541089702017-03-14T15:42:00.835-05:002017-03-14T15:42:00.835-05:00I wish I had some words of wisdom to share with yo...I wish I had some words of wisdom to share with you. I totally understand the time vs monetary return problem. You don't want to make selling your collection a full time job at $3.00 an hour. And you don't feel right about selling years worth of collecting for a relative pittance in just several transactions. If they don't take up a lot of space (something I wish I could say about my collections) maybe you should sleep on it for a while longer. If they do, just remember that holding on to them won't make the money you spent come back. As I said, not much wisdom. You are not alone.Hackenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507810776309048794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962620695375349865.post-66111644867370820462017-03-14T06:44:12.480-05:002017-03-14T06:44:12.480-05:00Yes the hobby has changed. First it changed around...Yes the hobby has changed. First it changed around the dreaded "Junk Wax" years roughly mid 1980s to late 1990s (start and end years vary depending on who you talk to) that era introduced "prospecting" collectors into the mix and of course the multitude of inserts, variants, parallels and the uncertainty of what exactly a Rookie Card was anymore. Used to be the very first card a player appeared on, but that is also a little cloudy as team cards used to feature a team portrait on the card and sometimes a player would appear as a "cameo" on another player's card, either in the background or as part of the play being shown on the card, and then of course the multi-player Rookie Stars cards. Now there are a multitude of prospect cards, and Pre-Rookie cards (cards of the player in the minor league system, or while they are still in college and sometimes still in High School) Then you have players who come from another country say Japan and have had many Japanese cards, but make their US debut so their first US Major League card is considered their "rookie card". I digressed, where was I? Oh now there is the problem as you said of nearly 100 different sets a year with each player easily appearing on 20 cards per set, some players still only one or two cards in half the sets. Now there is also the problem of short prints super short prints and limited serial numbered cards. I love collecting serial numbered cards and sometimes tend to forget they are not that common, but for some reason they seem easier to get a hold of than the "short printed" cards. CaptKirk42https://www.blogger.com/profile/16039278539984069944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962620695375349865.post-2124541882992646042017-03-14T01:10:47.145-05:002017-03-14T01:10:47.145-05:00I think the hardest part is accepting the fact tha...I think the hardest part is accepting the fact that you will not get a 100% return on what you spent to get those cards. Even 50% would be very lucky. That's usually my biggest hangup when it's time to get ride of things. Also, when I'm getting rid of something that I cherished/spent a lot of time&money getting, I make sure to "enjoy" it one last time; give it a proper goodbye. Say cards for example, I would look carefully at each card, appreciate the joy it gave me at the time, and then move on. That way I feel better for getting rid of something that previously meant something to me.ketchupman36https://www.blogger.com/profile/13633947289625312949noreply@blogger.com