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Personal Treasures = Personal Profits
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In Today’s Issue…
* Collectables Worth the Hassle? (GI)
* America’s Elite Energy Play For Ultra Wealthy (TF)
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* Collect Calls (Gary Isaacson MBA)
My mother threw out a million dollars worth of baseball cards. I went to college; she cleaned house. Treasures trashed included Frank Robinson and Pete Rose rookie cards, a rare double face card from 1961 that featured both Mantle and Maris and lots more too painfully lost to relate.
Fortunately, I was still juvenile enough to have taken my comics with me to school. I began collecting at age 8 and kept them in revered good condition. My Justice League No.3 is in perfect shape. They are now worth a small fortune.
Good for me, but the bigger question is the role of collectibles in one’s portfolio of investments. Just do it. You might be amazed how much stuff you regard as hand-me-down junk is worth to those who care about such things.
My wife watches “Cash in the Attic” on TV. I don’t pretend to get it, but what people are willing to pay for porcelain ducks is astonishing. My wife’s favorites are the buyer’s who pay a fortune to own and use what they think is an antique gravy boat but is actually a bourdaloue, an under the table piss pot for ladies used during the reign of the French Sun King. Collectibles is a weird world, but it seems immune to bear markets.
So, I was wise enough to buy comics and baseball cards as a child, but what to buy now? I hate to be so morbid, but death ends the supply of many things. Buy that stuff. I don’t need to name names, you know who’s old and great. Autographs are good, but autographs on the tools of their trade are priceless.
I own a pair of autographed Mohammad Ali boxing gloves. They will never be sold. In my estate, they will go to my nephew. I have a daughter who could not care less.
Yeah, it’s kind of icky, but impending death is good for collectibles. That should not, however, be your only consideration. Quality counts big time. A torn page or excessive yellowing makes a comic plummet in price. Look around your house. If you have something old and of quality, take care of it.
Restoration is a bad idea. Collectors want original equipment only, regardless of condition. Keep those history butchers, in the guise of restorers, at bay.
Purchasing collectibles can sometimes defeat logic. I traded a 1964 Gretch Tennessean for a 1970 acoustic Martin 12 string about twenty years ago. I’d bought the Gretch as a kid because that’s what George Harrison had but it was a beast to play and the bridge collapsed all the time. I still play the Martin every day.
Good trade? Depends. The Martin is still a sweet instrument and the Gretch not so much but it is currently selling for about $20,000 while the Martin is not so favored by collectors. I think none of them must be musicians. What becomes valuable is not necessarily related to one’s own logic. Many people loved George. Obviously, what he played has become valuable as an extension of that love.
So what will be the next unexpected collectibles in the future?
I know I DON’T know anything about furniture or porcelain so I’m sticking to the “guy things” you might also encounter. I think there will be a demand for those pins some people put in their hats and jackets. Having traveled so much, I have hundreds of them. The real valuable ones will be the hard to get custom-made pins given out to only a few at important events.
I have a 1984 ABC Olympics pin I got at those games in a trade for a few lesser pins. Only ABC employees at the games were given those pins. I also have pins from famous places such as a Tower pin from the London home of the crown jewels and a Maltese pin from an unusual casino there. A Dallas pin bought at the airport is not going to get many collectors excited.
I also predict expired credit cards of famous people could become interesting. I’m not in it now and as far as I know, the market is zero, but credit cards are on their way out as smart phones will soon take over the price scanning routine. Any unusual expired credit card might become a collector’s item someday. I have a few from the days when they were still made out of metal.
Don’t try to compete with collectors of stamps and coins. They know way too much more than you do. It’s like being a tourist playing hold’em with the Vegas sharks. You’re going to lose.
Here’s a fun thing that worked out for me. For my fortieth birthday, I treated myself to Atlanta baseball fantasy camp. The Braves played spring ball in West Palm Beach at the time and I could also visit my parents (not there to case their joint for collectibles).
Though it’s a bit pricey, I recommend the experience just for the fun of it. I got to catch Rick Camp and I got a hit off Rick Mahler who was trying his best to get me out. And, beyond the other great things I got out of that week, I got autographed baseballs and bats from some of the biggest names who ever played the game. Just the ball signed by Johnny Sain is probably worth what I paid for the camp.
Collecting experiences is the measure of a rich life. If you can carefully pick up a little memorabilia in the process, it can enrich your net worth.
* Profit From Rising Oil Prices (Tim Fields)
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Quote of the DaY
“To get into the best society nowadays, one has either
to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.”
to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.”
--Oscar Wilde--
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