Selling Cards You Didn't Want To Or Have To?

Leon · #1 09-08-2015, 08:11 AM

I haven't really sold a card I didn't want to. I always need some cash because I spend too much so I have sold some I sort of regret not having. But I never sold one when I didn't really need to just because the offer was too good to pass on. As for the collection just sold, the impetus was college funds but I also wanted to take my proverbial chips off the table and start over, this time with less bills.

packs · #2 09-08-2015, 09:08 AM

I had bought a Leifield signed T206 on the board a few years ago. Another member offered me 3 times what I paid after they saw me post it in a pick up thread. Really wasn't looking to sell, but how could I say no?

T206Collector · #3 09-08-2015, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

. . . . I also wanted to take my proverbial chips off the table and start over, this time with less bills. . . .

I have to say that this is basically what I was doing with the pending transaction I'm involved in. Although I am surely going to miss the card, it is not part of my core focus of collecting. Having said that, I do sometimes wonder what it would be like to sell the whole collection and start over with fewer bills. Sometimes I ever translate the fantasy as -- sure I have bills, but that's an intrinsic part of having this collection; if I would only sell the collection then I wouldn't have the bills, so it cancels itself out.

Leon · #4 09-08-2015, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by T206Collector

I have to say that this is basically what I was doing with the pending transaction I'm involved in. Although I am surely going to miss the card, it is not part of my core focus of collecting. Having said that, I do sometimes wonder what it would be like to sell the whole collection and start over with fewer bills. Sometimes I ever translate the fantasy as -- sure I have bills, but that's an intrinsic part of having this collection; if I would only sell the collection then I wouldn't have the bills, so it cancels itself out.

For me, once I plucked 200k out of what I had it would have taken some wind out of the sails. So it was a good time to do what I should have done some time ago, financially speaking. I would think no finanicial advisor would tell you to have an inordinate percentage of your net worth in baseball cards. But I guess that too is debatable.

T206Collector · #5 09-08-2015, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

I would think no finanicial advisor would tell you to have an inordinate percentage of your net worth in baseball cards. But I guess that too is debatable.

I would have a hard time debating that notion!

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