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Posted By: Dan McCarthy

That's a tough question, because it really depends on your definition of life savings. My baseball card/autograph collection probably represents about 50% of my assets, the rest divided between coins, musical instruments, and a Roth IRA. However, if I consider my savings as IRA & bank accounts (which is what I do, as I am not planning on selling my instruments or coins unless I fall upon really hard times), then my baseball collection represents about 200% of my life savings. I do expect to have to sell some of my collection soon to pay for tuition, but luckily I have a lot of modern cards to sell before I even consider touching the box of tobaccos.