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Posted By: Tim Mayer
wow, must say I am pretty unhappy with the state of our industry. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
I feel the same way from time to time, especially when I have a blow-up with someone over cards. I think then that I'm going to chuck it all and be done. I keep coming back because of all the things that brought me to collecting to start: a love of the game, a desire to hold something from history in my hands, an appreciation for the sheer art of the cards, an admiration for some of the people whose cards I collect, etc. |
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Posted By: tbob
I, too, have been depressed about having been "taken" on a card deal when I later (too late) find out about a card alteration, etc, but you have to just step back, take a little time off and reassess and get back in to what gives you pleasure, the hobby of collecting vintage cards. |
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Posted By: Julie
if a card has been soaked? When I got this Scrapps Comiskey, I swear it was 1/8th thick. I was bemoaning the fact, when a dealer said, "wet a cue-tip swab, and wet the back of the card with it. Then take a toothpick and start scratching. Repeat, until you get down to card" I did, and it worked. For about 6 months after, the card was dark on the back, as if covered with wood glue, but now it's creamy. Just some vague signs that it was once in an album, like almost all Scrapps have. |
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Posted By: Tim Mayer
wow, nice card Julie, |
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Posted By: Darren J. Duet
I agree with Adam. I've been taken a number of times. My collection has cost a fortune and unfortunately not all the money spent went to cards. I've had my identity stolen (through ebay dealings)and have lost $$$ to sellers who didn't deliver. |
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Posted By: Scott Elkins
I got out of vintage cards a couple years ago. After a while I wanted back - started back Nov. 2003. Believe me - don't take too much time away, as I did or sell everything before you leave! When you come back, it will take much more $$$ to acquire the items you sold if you want them back! |
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Posted By: Julie
Afrer the smell stops lingering, the card starts FLAKING OFF. Besides which, the whites of the card are so dead-white (my bleached one is a Crcaker Jack), unlike the "white" borders of so many old cards. Some bleaching is done so skillfully that none of the other colors are affected. But yuk... |
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