Selling a portion of the collection to buy 1 or 2 expensive cards?

digicat · June 26, 2008 8:05AM

Have you ever sold off a portion of your collection to get one or two expensive items? Did you regret it later, or no?

lsutigers1973 · June 26, 2008 8:39AM

I am considering doing the same thing. My problem is that I would like to offer them for sale here first but got a lot of the ones I want to sell on this board. Some rather recently. Would feel stupid trying to resell them in the same place so soon.

digicat · June 26, 2008 8:47AM

Heh, don't worry, I won't feel offended if I see you selling those 3 cards I sold you a few weeks ago.

lsutigers1973 · June 26, 2008 9:29AM

Bought so much here lately that I can not even remember which 3 they were.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · June 26, 2008 9:41AM

I do it all the time. Have to, so I can afford a card I "must have".

Did it a short while back so I could get 2 FF racks and a cello. (various versions showing) Price- $600

Currently Im doing it again. Selling all my Dodger Bowman RC Printing plates (20+), Clayton Kershaw patch cards and Bowman Dodger RC Xfractors. All for one Russ Martin card that will be $800-1000.

gstarling · June 26, 2008 11:18AM

I too do it all the time. I have a VERY small personal collection of about 25 or so cards. Then I have a moderate collection of another few thousand cards that I often sale portions in order to afford to add a card to my smaller personal collection. Since I don't have infinite money, this is just what I have to do to build my collection.

hofautos · June 26, 2008 3:21PM

I do it regularly on an ongoing basis...when i start getting 200+ cards, i know it is time to sell....

smtjoy · June 27, 2008 6:50AM

Also do it a lot, selling everything but the sets I am collecting.

fur72 · June 27, 2008 7:40AM

I have actually done the opposite, I sold a 1966 Mantle PSA 6 to get a lot of raw cards I needed for my 66 collection.

MajorDanby · June 27, 2008 8:41AM

i did it recently. dont regret it. the key is selling cards that 1.) you know you can get, at a lower, equal or a slightly higher price, in the future and 2.) you are not THAT attached to. the first standard is pretty easy to assess. There are a number of cards that rarely go up for auction. and if they do, they go for astronomical prices. There are also cards that may not be rare, but are trending upwards, and therefore would be quite expensive in, say, a year or two. These are the cards you should keep. The second standard is tough, because all of us get attached to our cards. at this point, it's simply being objective and logical about what your collection should contain and how the current cards you have are meeting your hobby goals. I really love the 1951 bowman ted williams. I had one in a PSA 5 holder. I could not let it go, but i knew i needed to sell it. It wasnt going to up dramatically in price within the next year or two. And, I dont collect 51 bowmans or ted williams cards. so, off it went.

although i sold some really nice cards, i have little regret because i was able to ween any attachment to them by realizing that they did not meet the above criteria.

Selling a portion of the collection to buy 1 or 2 expensive cards?

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