Exchange entire collection for a single card valued equally or higher?

hairysasquatch · 03-16-2025, 11:24 AM

Would you do it? Please answer in the poll!

glen87 · 03-16-2025, 11:37 AM

OSB out in force

hairysasquatch · 03-16-2025, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by glen87

OSB out in force

Sounds like something the OSB would say.

Edit: did you enjoy the victory of RED over GREEN yesterday?

hairysasquatch · 03-16-2025, 11:41 AM

Inspired by this post in Hockey:

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1607720

glen87 · 03-16-2025, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

Sounds like something the OSB would say.

Edit: did you enjoy the victory of RED over GREEN yesterday?

not me.....

what red over green victory?

asujbl · 03-16-2025, 01:45 PM

No

A - I’m rich so I’d just buy what I want
B - What’s the point of owning one card? Will you never buy another card again? Or would you just start back up? So you’re just going to keep spending to build it all back up…

It’s fine. I’m not mad if someone wants to go that route I simply don’t see the point. It’s not a collection anymore. It’s one card

I like to have a collection or what are we even doing?

I don’t need one card worth a million bucks. I want to have the best collection of cards I can

hairysasquatch · 03-16-2025, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

No

A - I’m rich so I’d just buy what I want
B - What’s the point of owning one card? Will you never buy another card again? Or would you just start back up? So you’re just going to keep spending to build it all back up…

It’s fine. I’m not mad if someone wants to go that route I simply don’t see the point. It’s not a collection anymore. It’s one card

I like to have a collection or what are we even doing?

I don’t need one card worth a million bucks. I want to have the best collection of cards I can

Thanks for responding! It's an interesting question.

asujbl · 03-16-2025, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

Thanks for responding! It's an interesting question.

I won’t even argue that

I can see both sides

I just don’t see the point of collecting cards if one card would be enough… and if it isn’t? You’re going to get back into it

That’s all

Quality of quantity. I get it

I just happen to like collecting a bunch of stuff… obviously

NYBBFAN · 03-16-2025, 02:20 PM

Hard no. There isn’t one single card that I’m so excited about anyway. It would take many years to reproduce what I’ve put together, so there’s no comparing the value of master sets to a single card. No one would ever account for decades of labor in a trade.

asujbl · 03-16-2025, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by NYBBFAN

Hard no. There isn’t one single card that I’m so excited about anyway. It would take many years to reproduce what I’ve put together, so there’s no comparing the value of master sets to a single card. No one would ever account for decades of labor in a trade.

Basically this

Also depends on what your collection is. That’s kind of a huge deal

Would I trade 10,000 one dollar cards for 1 ten thousand dollar card? Yes

Would I liquidate $250,000 of my collection for a Bird/Magic PSA 10 (currently the card I want… making up a number these days) I would not

Because I’d want all those cards back

Kicking the can down the road. I just need to figure out how to save the $250,000

Easy to say until it’s presented to me I suppose but that’s how I currently respond

bigdog2003 · 03-16-2025, 02:34 PM

I use flipping to buy the cards I ultimately want to be long term holds. Flipped my way to a Jordan RC, flipped stuff to get a Willie Mays auto, flipping stuff now to buy a Gretzky RC. I have small stuff I’ll never sell like my Nick Ciuffo PC, but I only need the really low numbered stuff at this point so it’s basically a lost PC.

Siberian13 · 03-16-2025, 07:52 PM

Yes, then immediately sell it.

hairysasquatch · 03-16-2025, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Siberian13

Yes, then immediately sell it.

Not the worst idea!

Siberian13 · 03-17-2025, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

Not the worst idea!

I could start over and be very picky.

blackvodka · 03-17-2025, 04:16 AM

Personally, I like Baseball, Football & Basketball, so there is no way I would want just one card.

Bosoxfan5990 · 03-17-2025, 06:52 AM

Good pole!

eastbayak · 03-17-2025, 10:53 AM

No, I would not.

I derive significantly more joy from multiple PC cards than a single one.

duwal · 03-17-2025, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Siberian13

Yes, then immediately sell it.

that would be my way of thinking too. get rid of all of the excess inventory in one move and then sell the big time card to one person and be out fast and smoothly

ssbledsoe · 03-18-2025, 08:19 AM

Yes

Unless you're ASU #rich, not doing so would be failing a sunk cost fallacy test

NYBBFAN · 03-18-2025, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ssbledsoe

Yes

Unless you're ASU #rich, not doing so would be failing a sunk cost fallacy test

Hobbies do not operate on pure logic.

ssbledsoe · 03-18-2025, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by NYBBFAN

Hobbies do not operate on pure logic.

Water is wet

Siberian13 · 03-18-2025, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ssbledsoe

Water is wet

Lies!!!

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03-16-2025, 11:24 AM	#1
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03-16-2025, 11:37 AM	#2
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03-16-2025, 11:41 AM	#4
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03-16-2025, 01:45 PM	#6
asujbl Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 61,893 ohiosundevils	No A - I’m rich so I’d just buy what I want B - What’s the point of owning one card? Will you never buy another card again? Or would you just start back up? So you’re just going to keep spending to build it all back up… It’s fine. I’m not mad if someone wants to go that route I simply don’t see the point. It’s not a collection anymore. It’s one card I like to have a collection or what are we even doing? I don’t need one card worth a million bucks. I want to have the best collection of cards I can __________________ https://ohiosundevils.smugmug.com/ Browns/Cavs/Tribe/Buckeyes/Jackets/Devils TheFrenzy - “Blowout ain't a place for normies”

03-16-2025, 02:20 PM	#9
NYBBFAN Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 4,709	Hard no. There isn’t one single card that I’m so excited about anyway. It would take many years to reproduce what I’ve put together, so there’s no comparing the value of master sets to a single card. No one would ever account for decades of labor in a trade. __________________ https://gallery.us175.com/ https://inv.us175.com/wantlist

03-16-2025, 02:34 PM	#11
bigdog2003 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Newberry, SC Posts: 8,783 jammons52 bigdog2003	I use flipping to buy the cards I ultimately want to be long term holds. Flipped my way to a Jordan RC, flipped stuff to get a Willie Mays auto, flipping stuff now to buy a Gretzky RC. I have small stuff I’ll never sell like my Nick Ciuffo PC, but I only need the really low numbered stuff at this point so it’s basically a lost PC. __________________ Looking for Football: All South Carolina Gamecocks. Baseball: Carl Edwards Jr, Nick Ciuffo, Jackie Bradley Jr, SEARCHING FOR BILLY O'DELL PSA/SGC GRADED CARDS FOR THE PC

03-16-2025, 07:52 PM	#12
Siberian13 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 75,958 shiller13	Yes, then immediately sell it. __________________ O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

03-17-2025, 04:16 AM	#15
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03-17-2025, 06:52 AM	#16
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03-17-2025, 10:53 AM	#17
eastbayak Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 15,416 eastbayak	No, I would not. I derive significantly more joy from multiple PC cards than a single one.

03-18-2025, 08:19 AM	#19
ssbledsoe Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: At least 500 feet from DB11 Posts: 28,211 ssbledsoe ssbledsoe	Yes Unless you're ASU #rich, not doing so would be failing a sunk cost fallacy test __________________ Drew Bledsoe is a better QB than Patrick Mahomes