Collecting the HOF - ever lose your passion?

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Posted By: Jason L

You said: "The thought of dropping $200-$250 on a Clark Griffith batting pose card in SGC 60 is really just not very appealing anymore"

EXACTLY! only with me, it's the thought of 2 things:
1) dropping $100 or so on HOF rookie cards for players I barely have any opinion of, like Tony Perez or Phil Niekro becomes tiresome. I don't even look at those cards...I just box them up and check them off a list. whoopie

2)Dropping even more, like $300-500 for nice examples of Reggie, Bench, Ryan, Yaz, etc...While I would love to collect these cards, the high end of my spending sweet spot is more like the $50-150 card, not $300-500! it makes a difference in how much fun I have.

These days, I am finding far more satisfaction in acquiring an attractive T206 for its eye appeal than who the player is. For instance I just bought a couple of nice affordable examples with fantastic color: Chappie Charles and Beals Becker. I don't even know who they are, so I also get the fun of having given myself a homework assignment.

Phil, please don't get the wrong idea. I am sure my budget is still "guppy" here on this Board, and all I meant by that comment was to use future spending to refocus.