[johnxgodfree]

I enjoyed the post, and although I don't have the funds to collect like that even if I wanted to and probably never will. I can see myself having gone down the same exact path. as a child of the 90s with baseball cards, (born in 81 collected from 89-94 originally before jumping back in around 2009)

so many legitimacy issues and I'm already skeptical and don't trust a lot of places as being honest as it is just in my cautious nature. if you have the funds for it and its what you enjoy, pre-war vintage is where its at - if money was no limiting factor.

as it is I mostly stick to low numbered 90s parallel of the players I like and enjoy seeking out those 90s rarities to handle my card buying itch.

the only modern guy we collect is just a low end middle relief guy - so even his most expensive cards we have ever bought of his never eclipsed the $150 mark - we overpayed for a decent number of his cards when it comes to "street value" and i know we wouldn't come close to making the same back reselling his stuff, but that really was not a factor in that minor part of the collection - if it was his and we needed it - we got it. we like it and our collection is fantastic!