Ever had a "Collecting Moment of Zen"?

[bn2cardz]

I have found that since I got back into heavy collecting the last couple of years that I have been doing it with absolutely no regard to boundaries. If I like it and I have the funds to out pay someone else, yet still pay what I think I wouldn't want to sell it for if I already owned it, then I buy it.

I don't find myself restricted by price guides or self imposed goals. I always wanted a 33 Goudey set when I started collecting as a teen, but have never stuck to a goal for doing it. If I find a Goudey or group of Goudeys and I am in the mindset to want to add more to that collection I will, but I pass over doing that quite often just because something else in the same price range has caught my attention.

[GregMitch34]

I found zen simply be deciding to only obtain cards that are (in my opinion) truly beautiful or at least very striking. Must have great centering (and usually great color) to boost that. So: swell to look at or even display, in rotation, with no relation to value. If obtained at "fair" price then it's all good. But aesthetics are the key.

Example below just obtained. Not a great or famous card, maybe not even a true beauty, but very cool. Or check out my new site displaying a few: http://bit.ly/VVImP9


http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1362178284

[Runscott]

The great thing about collecting non-pro cabinet cards and RPPCs, is that it's almost always about the aesthetic value. I love blowing up the images and trying to imagine what was really happening when the photo was taken.