I'm with you... I switched to mainly vintage (99 percent) roughly a year ago. I will still pick up some modern to re-sell at a profit just to fund my vintage collection. I have not spent one cent out of pocket on cards in about a year. The money comes from the sale of modern cards at the right time. For example, I bought an 2012 Bowman Chrome orange refractor earlier this year for 9.99 and I just sold it for $35. I just used that "profit" to purchase some 1949 Eureka stamps cards to fill my Cardinal team sets.
What pushed me to vintage is that I put a lot of money (probably about $2,000) into a player collection (Colby Rasmus). After he was traded, I was stuck with a bunch of cards of a player I no longer cared to follow. So I sold most of it off and decided to jump into the deep end of the vintage-pool. I'm so glad I did.
I also love vintage because I love the history of the game. I love reading the backs of the cards. I enjoy books on vintage baseball players. I also enjoy the hunt for the card in the condition that I need. I collect SGC-graded Cardinals in 84 or higher. I am now perfectly content to pass up cards in order to get the right one.
Andy
What pushed me to vintage is that I put a lot of money (probably about $2,000) into a player collection (Colby Rasmus). After he was traded, I was stuck with a bunch of cards of a player I no longer cared to follow. So I sold most of it off and decided to jump into the deep end of the vintage-pool. I'm so glad I did.
I also love vintage because I love the history of the game. I love reading the backs of the cards. I enjoy books on vintage baseball players. I also enjoy the hunt for the card in the condition that I need. I collect SGC-graded Cardinals in 84 or higher. I am now perfectly content to pass up cards in order to get the right one.
Andy
PC: Cardinal Parallels/Rainbows of Pujols, Chris Carpenter, Molina, Lankford, Gibson, Musial, and Cardinal Prospects