The Collecting "Ownership" by percentage......

Leon · #1 03-05-2016, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I'm not sure I could quantify ownership desire with a percentage, but that's the point of collecting, right? Otherwise we could just look at the cards in a museum. There's just something cool to me about owning cards or autographed memorabilia of the all time greats or childhood heroes.

I love owning too but, especially with esoteric things I had to have in my 1st collection, once I obtained an item the thrill for that item diminished greatly. It might go more towards a type collector mentality, since that is what I always have been (except when I was very young) with a sprinkling of set collecting. I needed some cards to further me towards completion but didn't care to own them. An enigma wrapped in a bologna sandwich.
And of course everyone collects to own or it wouldn't be collecting or would it?

bnorth · #2 03-05-2016, 01:00 PM

30% The hunt
60% The first month I own it
10% Sitting in my collection

That is my break down. I do really like the hunt of finding a near poor card to fit my vintage collection.

The first month I own cards I look at them and read the backs several times. I really like the feel of the raw cards in hand while I look at them. I recently got several vintage Bowman reprint sets and am really enjoying reading the back of them.

I do like looking at cards I have owned for a long time but they just don't have that coolness of just getting them in the mail.

mechanicalman · #3 03-05-2016, 08:11 PM

Every month or so I find myself pulling cards out of the safe and just looking at them, arranging them in different ways. It's 20 minutes of feeling like a kid again; then I put them back. Those 20 minutes, for me, trump the hours I spend searching eBay, auctions, the BST, etc.

Great poll and question by the way.

pawpawdiv9 · #4 03-06-2016, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by mechanicalman

Every month or so I find myself pulling cards out of the safe and just looking at them, arranging them in different ways. It's 20 minutes of feeling like a kid again; then I put them back. Those 20 minutes, for me, trump the hours I spend searching eBay, auctions, the BST, etc.

Great poll and question by the way.

Make this x2..I do the exact same thing here. I keep mine in a cardboard box and wrap the holders in sleeves or bubble wrap, to prevent scratches to the holder. What do you & others do to for storage-wise inside a safe??

pokerplyr80 · #5 03-06-2016, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Leon

I love owning too but, especially with esoteric things I had to have in my 1st collection, once I obtained an item the thrill for that item diminished greatly. It might go more towards a type collector mentality, since that is what I always have been (except when I was very young) with a sprinkling of set collecting. I needed some cards to further me towards completion but didn't care to own them. An enigma wrapped in a bologna sandwich.
And of course everyone collects to own or it wouldn't be collecting or would it?

Sorry Leon, without noticing the other hunt poll I didn't have the proper context to respond to this one. This poll made much more sense after I saw both. I'd still say that owning and looking at the cards from time to time is the majority for me, but I do enjoy the hunt.

As Sam mentioned, with a lot of my favorite cards locked up at the bank most of the time, I get a lot of enjoyment now viewing them in that little room when I need to go to the bank to add or remove one, or decide I just want to bring a few home for a day or two.

View Poll Results: How much of the satisfaction of collecting is the Ownership of an item?
10%	1	0.63%
20%	4	2.50%
30%	6	3.75%
40%	6	3.75%
50%	25	15.63%
60%	9	5.63%
70%	21	13.13%
80%	31	19.38%
90+%	54	33.75%
No percent, I don't care for the ownership at all..	3	1.88%
Voters: 160. You may not vote on this poll

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