When will you stop collecting??

[ruth-gehrig]

Will you ever stop collecting?? If this has been discussed before my apologies.

Do you ever plan on selling your collection? Or are you OK with your loved ones dealing with it later??

Of course anything in life can pop up instantly forcing us to change focus(health, finances, etc) and we are only caretakers of possessions until we die. I'm only 44 and healthy with no thoughts of slowing down my collection anytime soon because I'm a collector. I love the hobby and discovering my next treasure. I think it's been inside me from the beginning and I cannot imagine a day without thinking of the next thing to add to the collection. If my health wasn't good or finances weren't there one day I might have to prioritize things.

Collect on

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Will you ever stop collecting?? If this has been discussed before my apologies. Collect on

Only when I'm not physically able. It's so much fun!

[G1911]

When I die. Or economic catastrophe. Possibly WWIII. No plan to ever sell, retiring and then getting rid of my hobbies seems to waste the joy of all that free time when the time comes. Leaving my loved ones valuables to sell and profit immensely from hardly feels like an unfair or undue burden placed upon them.

[raulus]

Yes and no!

I have plans to someday sell off the stuff that is ridiculously valuable to fund part of my retirement. But it’s hard to imagine that will be the end of collecting. I’ll probably replace it with stuff that is much more budget friendly.

But that’s probably still at least a decade away. So a little premature to really be making plans.

[Howe’s Hunter]

Maybe just a bit after.

[Eric72]

As I get older, I care less and less about quantity. So, I’ll never collect the volume of cards I once did. However, I’ll never stop collecting.

As for selling, I’ll probably start downsizing soon. I’ve done this with other things lately, such as comic books and vinyl records. Wish I had started sooner. Glad I’m doing it now. Carrying a long box of comics or large crate of records doesn’t seem quite as easy as it was 10 years ago. I’m sure monster boxes of cards will start feeling heavier too, as time goes by.

[yanks4]

Originally Posted by G1911

When I die. Or economic catastrophe. Possibly WWIII. No plan to ever sell, retiring and then getting rid of my hobbies seems to waste the joy of all that free time when the time comes. Leaving my loved ones valuables to sell and profit immensely from hardly feels like an unfair or undue burden placed upon them.

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[90feetaway]

I'm not that much older than the OP so have a number of good years left collecting even though I take pauses. Everytime I think I'm out, the hobby pulls me back in.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Only when I'm not physically able. It's so much fun!

I agree! That's why I never even see the point of considering the question.

[Mike Eisenbath]

Conversation today with 12-year-old grandson after he asked about my favorite Chicago buys and if that still was worth it despite the fact I picked up covid...and then he asked whether I ever would sell

I told him no, that I'll leave selling to his grandma, my kids and all the gkids when I die

"Why would we ever sell something you loved collecting so much?"

Yep, he's moving up on the list of beneficiaries

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[doug.goodman]

Tomorrow if somebody gives me a decent price on it all.

[doug.goodman]

But, I'll start again on Friday...

[Fuddjcal]

[QUOTE=Mike Eisenbath;2532580]Conversation today with 12-year-old grandson after he asked about my favorite Chicago buys and if that still was worth it despite the fact I picked up covid...and then he asked whether I ever would sell

I told him no, that I'll leave selling to his grandma, my kids and all the gkids when I die

"Why would we ever sell something you loved collecting so much?"

Yep, he's moving up on the list of beneficiaries

Great answer

[glchen]

For me, I think the short answer is that I'll stop collecting when I need the money. The most likely time that would happen would be when I retire, especially if I retire before I decide to collect social security or 401k. If I don't need the money, I'll probably continue to collect until the bitter end.

[Kutcher55]

I figured this would be a morbid thread and was not disappointed.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

I figured this would be a morbid thread and was not disappointed.

Can't take it with you.