Completely agree that there is no real overpaying for a card. At the end of the day the odds are the same that we're overpaying/underpaying for any given card as it's up to us to decide what we feel is appropriate to pay for anything collectible. Especially when it's rare. On that note, I've never seen this version of the Jeter rookie which is awesome! I also get the feels with this article because there is a 1/1 that I've wanted since I first saw it on eBay about a year ago but the seller has it listed for double what I'd be willing to pay which I honestly believe is already more than what it should be purchased for. So month after month I see it sitting there tempting me. I know one day it's going to be gone and it's going to be upsetting because I didn't go ahead and overpay but what can I do. HOpe that it resurfaces sometime at a more decent cost. A few years ago this happened with another 1/1 that I wanted. In 2010 Dave & Adams had a Colt McCoy Nike Swoosh rookie auto 1/1 that I wanted and were asking $2k for it which was nowhere near what my hobby budget would allow. After a few months, it was gone. Then about 4 years later it surfaced again on eBay and the seller was someone I was familiar with from being a collector with a YouTube channel I followed. I reached out and we were able to make a deal for a quarter of what it had been back in the beginning. While this is by far an overpay for anyone on this card it wasn't for me and it is still one of the pillar cards in my collection.
Completely agree that there is no real overpaying for a card. At the end of the day the odds are the same that we're overpaying/underpaying for any given card as it's up to us to decide what we feel is appropriate to pay for anything collectible. Especially when it's rare. On that note, I've never seen this version of the Jeter rookie which is awesome! I also get the feels with this article because there is a 1/1 that I've wanted since I first saw it on eBay about a year ago but the seller has it listed for double what I'd be willing to pay which I honestly believe is already more than what it should be purchased for. So month after month I see it sitting there tempting me. I know one day it's going to be gone and it's going to be upsetting because I didn't go ahead and overpay but what can I do. HOpe that it resurfaces sometime at a more decent cost. A few years ago this happened with another 1/1 that I wanted. In 2010 Dave & Adams had a Colt McCoy Nike Swoosh rookie auto 1/1 that I wanted and were asking $2k for it which was nowhere near what my hobby budget would allow. After a few months, it was gone. Then about 4 years later it surfaced again on eBay and the seller was someone I was familiar with from being a collector with a YouTube channel I followed. I reached out and we were able to make a deal for a quarter of what it had been back in the beginning. While this is by far an overpay for anyone on this card it wasn't for me and it is still one of the pillar cards in my collection.