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In which box do you belong?

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Mr. 10%

Mr. 10%

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I just wondered: how many collector "types" do we have here on the boards? I can think of a few:

 

(i) Fanboy collectors (those notoriously targeting 'collectors item'-books)

(ii) Investor collectors (the big whales)

(iii) Dealer collectors (their collection and their inventory is basically one and the same thing)

(iv) Old timer - heart of gold - collectors (romantics who see their books as artworks and not as '$-items')

(v) Bonehead collectors (those cheerfully accumulating 40 copies of Spawn 1 in cgc 9.8 SS)

 

 

Just my 2c (thumbs u

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lizards2

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I think many of us are a mix of i-ii and iv-v, with the eventual end-game being iii. At least, that is my story.

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lizards2

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Although it is almost impossible to NOT think about how much they are worth
Yeah - when you drop $100-up on a book, I don't think there is an expectation that you've just eaten 100% depreciation..., :think:
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(v) Bonehead collectors (those cheerfully accumulating 40 copies of Spawn 1 in cgc 9.8 SS)

Woo hoo! What I collect is great and what you collect sucks! :whee:

You've got that exactly bassakwards again, Watson :baiting:
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Ken Aldred

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(iv) Old timer - heart of gold - collectors (romantics who see their books as artworks and not as '$-items')

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