To sell or not to sell? Also asking rookie questions

[BBB]

If nothing else at least you know you should be able to sell them for more than you paid, assuming you've had them for a while.

That's what I'm going with. I bought for ~1k in 1995 and it's now worth ~7k. Guess it makes up the ground from what I spent on a bunch of 80s/90s stuff that went nowhere and I sold for pennies long ago

I too think it has room to grow. But i suspect the biggest leap has just occurred . Though I could see looking back in 2020 and weeping giant man tears to the $20k card I gave up haha.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by BBB

That's what I'm going with. I bought for ~1k in 1995 and it's now worth ~7k. Guess it makes up the ground from what I spent on a bunch of 80s/90s stuff that went nowhere and I sold for pennies long ago

I too think it has room to grow. But i suspect the biggest leap has just occurred . Though I could see looking back in 2020 and weeping giant man tears to the $20k card I gave up haha.

There are certain price points out there though....many collectors wont pay more than 10k ever for a card but will pay 5-8k.....some wont pay 5k ever but will pay 2k-3k.... some wont ever pay more than a k ever but will do 500-750....it all depends....sometime a card hits a price point and it real hard to break that number especially if its not a high graded example of the card

[Rich Klein]

One should always sell into an up market so this is a great time to take profits on those 1951 rookies

Rich

[MikeGarcia]

[QUOTE=BBB;1537130]That's what I'm going with. I bought for ~1k in 1995 and it's now worth ~7k. Guess it makes up the ground from what I spent on a bunch of 80s/90s stuff that went nowhere and I sold for pennies long ago



Does anyone know what effect the long-term-gain of 6k is , in this particular situation.....assuming he is not "a business" , just your normal collector , and has no remaining proof whatsoever of the long term losses for the "80s/90s stuff".......... ?? This happens to a lot of us , I'm sure , and I've seen many conflicting answers and responses .....

Thanks for your replies and answers..

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