Best hobby advice you've received.

[Exhibitman]

Plastics...

[timzcardz]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Plastics...

This is SO funny in many ways!

[JollyElm]

Short rant:
I have to say with the number of people talking about the 'divisible by 9' binder page thing here...how in heck wasn't that always blatantly obvious?????????? I mean, c'mon!!!!!!!!!!!

[Exhibitman]

And some advice for the many, many people who take this stuff way too seriously

[jbsports33]

Have fun and enjoy! Buy at least one Ruth, Mantle, Jackie Robinson and Ted Williams card for your collection - oh wait Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Lou Gehrig and many more! do you have any more money? - how about a Joe DiMaggio

Do not get too involved and buy what you like!

Shows are the best and traveling to shows with friends and family is even better - soon we will have more shows. The stories in between are a lot of fun too!

Happy Collecting!


[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Plastics...

Okay Sam Wainwright. (got the character name wrong at first)

[brianp-beme]

No one but myself gave me this advice, but I would like to share it.

The only slabs that collectors should care about are the slabs of gum that used to come in packs of Topps cards.

Brian

[mintacular]

Your best deal may be "no deal". Be willing to walk away more often than not my answer is "no". Time is $. What is the opportunity cost?

[MVSNYC]

Buy the best card, of the best player, in the best condition, you can.

-Scott Levy

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by mintacular

Your best deal may be "no deal". Be willing to walk away more often than not my answer is "no". Time is $. What is the opportunity cost?

Mine is similar - "You'll get better deals if the seller knows that you are willing to walk away."

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[FrankWakefield]

When you're the winning high bidder at an auction, you can be certain that you were paying more than every other person interested in the item.

Acquire two of everything, then you'll have one to trade.

Know what you're buying, know the cards; do not trust the grading companies.

Collect the cards, not the slabs.

When buying 1952 Topps as a kid, I'd have made more money if I'd thrown the cards away and safely kept the wrappers and sold those now, rather than have kept the cards and discarded the wrappers. (I paraphrase what and older collector told me about buying 52 Topps, wasn't around then.)

When working on a set, if you buy a filler card that you're not happy with, you'll end up buying that card twice. (I can remember this, but I've disregarded it a few times, so that I experienced negative reinforcement when I ended up buying a better version of the card.)

It's a hobby, it's just cardboard; it's not an investment.

[Popcorn]

collectibles only sell if someone thinks it’s a good deal

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Okay Sam Wainwright. (got the character name wrong at first)

Pop culture tip: whenever someone just says "Plastics" it's a Graduate reference, not It's a Wonderful Life.