Collecting the HOF - ever lose your passion?

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Posted By: Jason L

Hello All Great and knowing Board,
This question sort of runs parallel to a somewhat recent thread regarding how you might trace the evolution of your collection, but I wanted to be more specific, so I hope you allow me a separate thread here to explore this.

Have you ever started collecting with a HOFer or HOF-related focus, (because perhaps you were attracted to the best players or the higher dollar values of the cards), only to later lose your interest because it becomes:
a) too expensive (HOFer premiums can be tiring)
b) too expansive (there are too many of them)
and/or
c) uninteresting (because you realize you can't have an intense interest in that many players, many of whom you never saw play, maybe never heard of until recently, didn't play in your favorite league or on your team, or whatever)

I have to say that I am rethinking part of my collection because I am slowly developing issues with all 3 a, b and c.

I am finding far more fun in collecting what I LIKE...and I have to say, that subsets like my HOFer rookies are kind of gathering proverbial dust.

So then the big question is, do I hang onto them in case I want to come back to them later, or do I cash them in to fund my current passion.

now I'm buying cards of players that played 100 years ago that I have never heard of, just because I like how the card looks! (watch the new pickup thread next week)

What a strange hobby.
I think there might be two or more Jasons!