You know you've been collecting a long time when you.....

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Great photo, but for the love of all things wonderful, you've got to find a way to remove all that detritus...umm...particulate!

You know you've been at this a long time when you go through some stuff and find a quite valuable, quite rare piece or three and completely forgot you owned them...and they're duplicates, triplicates or an even larger number and you realize that you have likely owned more of X than anyone in the history of man.

[Yoda]

When you kiss your Babe Ruth RC goodnight more often than your wife.

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Great photo, but for the love of all things wonderful, you've got to find a way to remove all that detritus...umm...particulate!

You know you've been at this a long time when you go through some stuff and find a quite valuable, quite rare piece or three and completely forgot you owned them...and they're duplicates, triplicates or an even larger number and you realize that you have likely owned more of X than anyone in the history of man.

1933 Goudey Bottomley comes to mind. I owned nine at one time.

[puckpaul]

When you cant remember if you bought that card you needed to finish the set and buy it twice.

[Eric72]

...when you see the cards people are calling "vintage" these days.

[Balticfox]

When you regard anything less than fifty years old as "new stuff".

[Casey2296]

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When the signed 33 Goudey in your collection was acquired by you, as a kid, in person.
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[brianp-beme]

...when you have cards in your collection of George Davis and Vic Willis, and they were purchased at common player pricing.

Brian

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

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When the signed 33 Goudey in your collection was acquired by you, as a kid, in person.
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Yup, except I acquired them as a young man .




And let me add my own twist:

when the signer was the show 'door buster', would actually speak with you, and would even shake hands with you: