Great post. As a player collector, I completely conquer. Three Bonds issues that have been on my CL that I cannot find are:
1993 California Highway Patrol
1994 Taco Bell Handout card (stadium handout)
1998 Circle K Phone card (supposedly 15,100 of these produced!)
That Heavy Metal Fusion Gold would bring in a nice chunk of change! I've been trying to land a Bonds forever and the last one went over $100. Can only imagine what a Griffey would bring!
Years ago I used to store my cards in sleeves and toploaders but about 3 years ago I began to move them to binders and sheets. This way I can view them easier and I'll leave openings for needed cards. I keep more expensive, GU, thicker inserts, autos in toploads and magnetics. Here's a video of...
I hear ya! I have 35 items in my watchlist, many weren't even discounted at all and only 3 of them were discounted enough to my liking to purchase. Perhaps Cyber Monday will have more sales? Fingers crossed...
I don't have any end game plans. I still very much enjoy collecting and want to strive for one of the best Bonds collections out there. I suppose if I fell on very hard financial times or someone threw me an insane offer for the collection I would sell. I'm purchasing a home in about a year and...