Is anyone else changing their collecting habits?

Writehooks · #1 06-28-2016, 03:20 AM

A dozen years ago I was a hardcore hockey and baseball collector who dabbled in boxing cards and memorabiia. That changed when I moved to China in 2003. I was on a one-year contract to cover sports for a national English-language newspaper, and while my work took me all over the country, there was next to nothing to satsify my collecting interests -- except for boxing. I'm now on my third extended tour of duty in Beijing, and over the course of annual vacations in Canada I've sold off all my hockey and baseball stuff. My focus since 2006 has been 100% boxing, and I'm happy to report that I've been able to add several nice pieces to my collection from China, Japan, the Philippines and Australia.

Leon · #2 06-30-2016, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Writehooks

A dozen years ago I was a hardcore hockey and baseball collector who dabbled in boxing cards and memorabiia. That changed when I moved to China in 2003. I was on a one-year contract to cover sports for a national English-language newspaper, and while my work took me all over the country, there was next to nothing to satsify my collecting interests -- except for boxing. I'm now on my third extended tour of duty in Beijing, and over the course of annual vacations in Canada I've sold off all my hockey and baseball stuff. My focus since 2006 has been 100% boxing, and I'm happy to report that I've been able to add several nice pieces to my collection from China, Japan, the Philippines and Australia.

Thanks for your service.....and sounds like you have found happiness in collecting. What more could one want?

GoBigRed · #3 07-01-2016, 07:11 PM

After several decades of being out of the Hobby I jumped back in two years ago.

I got caught up in the Prospect/Serialized/Auto craze and got frustrated after about a year with all of the wild price gyrations, volume of options and the whole speculation game.

I got out completely (with some losses along the way) and started to pursue 50s & early 60s HOFers and Rookies, concentrating on Mantle. This brought me back to my childhood and lasted for another year. The recent wild rise in the Rose RC allowed me to totally get out of this focus and switch to Early 20th Century examples of the first Hall of Fame Class members (Cobb / Johnson / Mathewson / Ruth / Wagner).

It has been a fun and rewarding ride, here are the key cards from my changing focus over the past two years:

2013 Bowman Chrome Puig Blue Refractor RC PSA-9; then

1963 Topps Rose RC PSA-7; and now

1909 T206 Cobb Off-Bat SGC 80/6.

I think I am most comfortable with the early 20th Century issues, no more worries about a prospect getting Tommy John surgery just after I just acquired 20 copies of his Pink Ice Auto Refractors #d/50 RCs !!!!!

Steve

conor912 · #4 07-03-2016, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by GoBigRed

Pink Ice Auto Refractors #d/50 RCs

good grief

Exhibitman · #5 07-03-2016, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Writehooks

A dozen years ago I was a hardcore hockey and baseball collector who dabbled in boxing cards and memorabiia. That changed when I moved to China in 2003. I was on a one-year contract to cover sports for a national English-language newspaper, and while my work took me all over the country, there was next to nothing to satsify my collecting interests -- except for boxing. I'm now on my third extended tour of duty in Beijing, and over the course of annual vacations in Canada I've sold off all my hockey and baseball stuff. My focus since 2006 has been 100% boxing, and I'm happy to report that I've been able to add several nice pieces to my collection from China, Japan, the Philippines and Australia.

Let's start a boxing card bubble.

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