when is it too much?

bnorth · #1 06-17-2024, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by theshleps

great feedback so far, thanks. personally I have written something telling my probable heirs who to contact. seems alot of folks are pulling out and I'm wondering why? age? speculation, etc. I love it tho it is quite time consuming and we move alot which isnt easy with a large collection

I say collect until you no longer want to. I will also say this. I have known a lot of older collectors. The one thing the wife always complains about is having to get rid of all the junk their spouse collected. It is a serious burden in many cases.

I have a friend a little older than you who also did not need the money and none of his family wanted anything to do with his collection. He slowly sold it off over 2 to 3 years. It gave him some more time in the hobby and he won't leave his family a mess.

earlywynnfan · #2 06-20-2024, 06:42 PM

I've been doing some deep thought about the hobby for the last couple of years. I'm 55 and have amassed quite an abundance of stuff. I love going through it, I still enjoy the hunt, but more and more I look at my man cave and ask "who cares about any of this?" I've started to ebay off some things, just to try to whittle it down. If I were to die suddenly, my wife is just going to call a certain auction house and tell them to come get it all.

I've posted this before, but my prize possessions were also eye-opening moments for me. HOFers, I got them. When I got my Babe Ruth check, I didn't know where to go next. Sure, I'd love a Kiki Cuyler auto, but for what? Who am I going to show it to? I climbed Everest, why spend the money to climb lesser mountains?

Same with my WWII collection. I got Neighbors, O'Niell, and Gedeon. Now I'm going to hunt down a Ray Goolsby just for some completionist obsession?

Sorry if this turned into some sort of rant.