What are your specific quirks and habits with collecting?

the 'stache · #1 03-03-2016, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 3arod13

Funny you say that. I told my wife the other day that when I purchase something, I can't wait to get it. Once I get it, I'm pretty much over it after a day or two and then ready for the next chase.

I find I'm the exact same way, but with my movie collection. I order something like Day for Night, or The 400 Blows by Truffaut, and I'm all excited waiting for it to arrive. Then, I get it in, watch it, and I find myself looking for something else to buy. It's a viscous cycle.

I'm like that when I'm buying cards, too, but the ones I want are far more expensive. So, I resist the urge to buy another card right away.

itjclarke · #2 03-03-2016, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by the 'stache

I find I'm the exact same way, but with my movie collection. I order something like Day for Night, or The 400 Blows by Truffaut, and I'm all excited waiting for it to arrive. Then, I get it in, watch it, and I find myself looking for something else to buy. It's a viscous cycle.

Ha, I bought the complete Antione Doinel Criterion box set for a small fortune about 12 years ago. With exception of 400 Blows which I've seen several times, I watched them each once and have since packed it away. I do tend to enjoy my cards (most at least) much longer though. Many acquired as a kid or a teen are still favorites of mine.

Zach Wheat · #3 03-05-2016, 10:23 PM

I find I don't like off center cards. I seem to settle for a corner with rounded corners rather than a severely off center card. I keep wanting to get my scissors out to try to center the card. It is an irritating habit.

This actually carries over to the business world as well...I find myself straightening picture frames in other people's offices when I walk by - even if they are only slightly tilted. Annoying habit I know.....

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egri · #4 03-05-2016, 11:03 PM

I'm likely in the minority here, but I personally can't stand high grade cards, probably for a couple different reasons. Number A is I'm lousy at putting numerical grades on cards. I was looking a 5 I had the other day, comparing it to pictures of a 10, and I honestly couldn't tell the difference. Also, if it's for my project, I'd rather have a rough card with a bold signature than the other way around. The beat-up cards also have more character to them; they were handled, put in bike spokes, flipped, won and lost. For all I know, the high grade cards just sat in a shoebox for forty years and never saw the light of day. Then of course there's always my paranoia that the high grade examples are really doctored cards that got by the TPGs.

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