My head will be cryogenically frozen and stored with my collection for years of viewing pleasure.
Lol, that's pretty funny
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My head will be cryogenically frozen and stored with my collection for years of viewing pleasure.
rethinking...Not sure how I found this thread, but wow! morbid, practical, complicated and interesting all in the same viewing!
I have no idea how to tackle this. I know "exit strategy" is something I've chatted with folks about, but this isnt the exit that was in mind I guess.
I would likely will all my cards to my son under the guidance of my wife, and have her sell only through a close card-collecting friend if my son said he didn't want them. I have some stuff other Clemens collectors might want a crack at, but I've never collected for "value" or money or thoughts of "cashing out". I guess I should leave some sort of Excel sheet with some context clues about value for them so they can't get burned on the small group of cards I do have that bring decent $.
I don't know. I had a 15 or 16 year old kid set down an Apache case stuffed to the gills with Mantles, Jordans, Mays, and other vintage last weekend at our local show. He wasn't flipping either. He was collecting. We'll just have to see I guess.There is a chance that collecting as we see it today may end much sooner than we think. Lots of people are gobbling up mantle, Mays, Paige and the big names, but I also think a lot of these people are older. lots of people have come back into cards since the pandemic shut everyone inside for an extended period. Stirred lots of passion for some.
If there are people to collect current players, will we ever see people fighting over Randy Johnson, Barry bonds or Mike trout cards the way we do for other past legends? The high end stuff is another big question. Will there be people willing to drop $100K on a rare Jordan card in 20-30 years? Maybe...maybe not. I am fairly confident that boxes and boxes of 25 cent to $2-3 cards are NOT going to be a hot commodity for anyone in the not too far distant future, the way I see collectors acting now.
It seems like a really good time for older collectors to consider selling off to the Covid collectors, as this opportunity may never come around again. on the flip side, people have been talking the end of card collecting for years. maybe 30 years from now, it's even stronger than ever. I tend to doubt it, but you never know...
Agree. Major hype around the 80s and mostly 90s stuff now that the 40 somethings are in possession of enough money. Lots of flippers making good bank on us too.l the last few years. I doubt it transfers like Vintage does to the succeeding generations though. And my guy is right in the thick of it, hence I think once me and my ilk are gone, there's little upside to collections like mine if you weren't the person who got enjoyment from having the cards.I don't know. I had a 15 or 16 year old kid set down an Apache case stuffed to the gills with Mantles, Jordans, Mays, and other vintage last weekend at our local show. He wasn't flipping either. He was collecting. We'll just have to see I guess.
There are a lot of guys in their 20s flipping vintage around here but there are a lot of younger people collecting it too. Guys my age (40s) seem to be be infatuated with the 80s and 90s stuff we were chasing when were were kids. I sell $300-400 in low end '90s inserts every show I can put that much 90s stuff I don't want on the table.