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Derek2011
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I will preface this with by saying what many will say "It's just cardboard". This is the first time I will get a "breather" from working on damages from the recent floods(located in Palmyra, PA) since Wed 9/7, so Im taking it to share with fellow COLLECTORs as I'm sure they will be able to sympathize. I'm EXTREMELY fortunate enough that no friends or family were harmed, and still have a house to live in. I capitalized collectors because that is what I am first and foremost. Many put a dollar value on our hobby, but I can't put a dollar value on the collection I lost. I will update this post with pics as I can upload them later on.
I received a call from my mother mid-day Wednesday and she was in tears. She mentioned that the basement was "Flooded". I know her to completely over-react and told her to take a breather to explain what "Flooded" meant. She said there was 2 inches of water down there. This whole time, I'm thinking just on the unfinished side of the basement, nope, both finished and unfinished and that there were cards floating all over the place! She was in tears because she knew of the time, effort, money, heart, and pride I put into my collection/hobby. Upon hearing this news, I immediately leave work to go home and try to save what I could of my "Man Cave". When I arrive home, I notice that the 2 inches of water is really 8 inches! I have many cards(100,000 plus) listed on sportlots. A majority of the football singles that were listed there are gone. Thousands upon thousands of comic books are gone. Thousands of IP singles from minor league baseball games, which include players like Ryan Howard, David Wright, Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, etc etc are totally soaked. My Vladimir Guerrero and Drew Bledsoe collections are completely soaked and many of those and the IP items are not replaceable. I am drying the IPs and the personal Vlad and Bledsoe collections out, but they now have zero secondary market value. These items were PC anyway, so they weren't going anywhere unless push came to shove. I guess now they just have more "character" to them with the water damage of the items Im able to somewhat save.
The dollar figure that has been lost is in the tens of thousands, but sentimental value is priceless. My hobby/collection has always been my escape from reality. We all have something we have to preoccupy our minds whether it's smoking cigarettes, working out, playing sports, working on cars, playing video games, traveling, photography, whatever it may be, we all have our escapes. While it is "just cardboard", it's 25+ years of my passion down the tubes/damaged beyond salvation. I'm not here looking for handouts or pity points, but just wanted to "vent" or share my loss with fellow Collectors.
Thanks for the read
Derek
I received a call from my mother mid-day Wednesday and she was in tears. She mentioned that the basement was "Flooded". I know her to completely over-react and told her to take a breather to explain what "Flooded" meant. She said there was 2 inches of water down there. This whole time, I'm thinking just on the unfinished side of the basement, nope, both finished and unfinished and that there were cards floating all over the place! She was in tears because she knew of the time, effort, money, heart, and pride I put into my collection/hobby. Upon hearing this news, I immediately leave work to go home and try to save what I could of my "Man Cave". When I arrive home, I notice that the 2 inches of water is really 8 inches! I have many cards(100,000 plus) listed on sportlots. A majority of the football singles that were listed there are gone. Thousands upon thousands of comic books are gone. Thousands of IP singles from minor league baseball games, which include players like Ryan Howard, David Wright, Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, etc etc are totally soaked. My Vladimir Guerrero and Drew Bledsoe collections are completely soaked and many of those and the IP items are not replaceable. I am drying the IPs and the personal Vlad and Bledsoe collections out, but they now have zero secondary market value. These items were PC anyway, so they weren't going anywhere unless push came to shove. I guess now they just have more "character" to them with the water damage of the items Im able to somewhat save.
The dollar figure that has been lost is in the tens of thousands, but sentimental value is priceless. My hobby/collection has always been my escape from reality. We all have something we have to preoccupy our minds whether it's smoking cigarettes, working out, playing sports, working on cars, playing video games, traveling, photography, whatever it may be, we all have our escapes. While it is "just cardboard", it's 25+ years of my passion down the tubes/damaged beyond salvation. I'm not here looking for handouts or pity points, but just wanted to "vent" or share my loss with fellow Collectors.
Thanks for the read
Derek
