Gone from the Blue-Collar Guy

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

And its overgraded to boot...may even be altered??

Could be…it’s PSA people don’t care. They pay up for PSA not SGC for postwar vintage.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Could be…it’s PSA people don’t care. They pay up for PSA not SGC for postwar vintage.

it sounds like you don't care either?

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

it sounds like you don't care either?

It’s not about whether I care or not My point to posting the link of the 58 Mays PSA 8 listing was that here is another card that is gone from me, meaning way too high in price for the condition/grade I collect.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

It’s not about whether I care or not My point to posting the link of the 58 Mays PSA 8 listing was that here is another card that is gone from me, meaning way too high in price for the condition/grade I collect.

There are plenty of 1958 Mays cards out there that are affordable to you and nice looking.

Right off the bat, if you are blue collar, you shouldn't care about collecting flips, which are pretty much the opposite of blue collar.

Can't afford a high number opinion from the opinion sellers? Well boohoo.

Doug

[bbcard1]

I have been playing around the edges. I found a couple of good buys and was able to add a 1952 Bowman near set and 1957 Topps near set and I was able to get at what I perceived to be "old prices" and then filled them in pretty promptly without too much expense.

One of the best sayings I ever heard was "We plan, God laughs." That said my plan is to work until I am 70 so long as I am productive, enjoying it and making positive contributions to my clients. I would the like to spend the next ten years selling my collection. I will probably keep the 1970s stuff because I could stay in the hobby doing Hostess and Milk duds and such. It is also the stuff I collected as a boy so it's not high grade.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

my plan is to work until I am 70 so long as I am productive, enjoying it and making positive contributions to my clients. I would the like to spend the next ten years selling my collection. I will probably keep the 1970s stuff because I could stay in the hobby doing Hostess and Milk duds and such. It is also the stuff I collected as a boy so it's not high grade.

You and I have exactly the same plan except that I am shutting down the career the minute I have enough money to do it. My second act is going to be cards and stand-up comedy, cards to generate some cash flow and stand-up because I love it.