[zeprock]

And sorry if you think I took the OP's words out of context, but " Will I be sitting on gold? Or was it a bad investment?" sounds like an investor to me.

I agree. That is not a "collector's" point of view. If you're in the hobby to make money, that makes you an investor. Not that there's anything wrong with that. To each his/her own but don't confuse the two.

I'm a collector and I collect as many different cards as I can get of every Hall of Famer and potential Hall of Famer.