I was just having this chat the other day.
Honestly the hobby isn't what I enjoyed about it 10, 5 or even 2 years ago and have gone through periods recentlyof trying to keep it fun and interesting but am really struggling.
The petty dramas, the prices of cards, the quality of product being produced it has really been dragging me down and have been becoming less and less interested each day.
I think I am almost at the tipping point where I could cash out sell everything up and not have any regrets about doing so.
Edited. I would strongly consider selling. I guess it depends heavily on your circumstances. If you have children that you would like to pass it onto and/or you are financially comfortable then hold. Otherwise I'd be taking some money off the table.Ok - so most of you have probably noticed that the hot ticket at this moment is "vintage".
Seeing as just about all of my collection is "vintage" with the exception of a few Luka and Giannis cards, I'm seeing the dollar signs right now when I consider what a small piece of cardboard with grown men on it does for me, vs what the inflated amount of $$$ could.
I mean, for example I have a couple of Jordan Scoring Kings I paid around $100 AUD each for, as well as a 92/93 Beam Team of Jordan and Shaq that cost me less than $100 combined when I bought them. I love these cards but watching the prices at this point have me wondering.
Anybody have any stories of when they decided to SELL! SELL! SELL! due to hot market, and what was the tipping point?
"Maybe we'll all be dead. haha". My money is on this. I have never been accused of being an optimist.I've had this feeling a few times since 2009 when I came back into the hobby.
I have seen so many things pass through my hands that if I was in a better financial position at the time and didn't have to sell I would be a millionaire this year. I have regrets. lol
Take a break first and not sell anything, just watch games for the love of it, don't look at ebay, COMC and forum s*** talk and see what happens in the next few years. Something will change with Panini and production, something will change in the grading industry with Nat Turner and involvement something will change in the world. Maybe we'll all be dead. haha
Edited. I would strongly consider selling. I guess it depends heavily on your circumstances. If you have children that you would like to pass it onto and/or you are financially comfortable then hold. Otherwise I'd be taking some money off the table.
Most definitely the new crop of cards will be affected.The other question to ask is if there is a fall in the market which cards are most likely to be affected?
I think there are still undervalued areas of the market out there too — more so from a collecting standpoint than an "investing".Most definitely the new crop of cards will be affected.
Jordans, Kobes, Lebrons and other established stars will be there for the next wave, but the others are debatable.
If I had money, I know where I would be plonking it
I think I am going to start completing those lower insert sets from those times.If I was investing then the "Big 3" are great but as a collector I think a lot of the other 80s and 90s stars are bargains.
I think I am going to start completing those lower insert sets from those times.
I am sending a few of my Hakeems off for grading because I really like the inserts and would like the sets protected
Same. And i guess that is the question. Do you wait until the crash to complete them or do it now?I've made a half-hearted attempt to complete some of them that I already have the Jordan for — all low end sadly!
Should probably make more effort but I have not been much of a set builder since good old rugby and league cards in the early to mid 90s.
There's so many bargains to be had in 90s insert sets, it's almost endless. Getting the Jordan from the nice sets is always a bit costly, but if you start with Jordan then you can kinda reverse engineer the rest of the set which brings the fun back into it. Plus if you'd decide to give up, you haven't got all the worst cards on your handsSame. And i guess that is the question. Do you wait until the crash to complete them or do it now?
I think the inserts and old sets are relatively unscathed if not Jordan.
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