OT: Player you regret collecting

[joelsabi]

I just was corresponding with a collector who collected nomar garciaparra for the longest time and now regrets it. say it was a complete waste of time looking back. anyone else felt this way about their collection or shifted away from collecting a certain player. What was the reason.

[suave1477]

Well I can't honestly see someone regretting who they collect unless they did it for investment purposes.
But honestly if your going to collect it should be more for the love of the hobby.

As far as the Nomar collector unfortunately Nomar's career has dwindled down but he still has had a great run and worth collecting. Nomar hasn't become a bad person or anything, he is just getting older.

The only reason why I can see maybe someone regretting to collect a particular person would be because the player became a bad person in society.

Hey look at my collection. I collect D. Strawberry, not that great off the field but on the field it was a thing of beauty to watch.

His career dwindled down because of his extra activities but I wouldn't regret collecting him because he was a great player to watch.

[Kid4hof03]

I actually agree with Jason on this one.

Regretting a bad investment, sure, but regretting a choice to collect a certain player, that has not happened to me.

[kylehess10]

I don't regret collecting Andruw Jones, but I do regret spending almost $600 on just his hat and batting gloves. His stuff is just so cheap now after his horrific season with the Dodgers in 2008.

[mbenga28]

William Roger Clemens

[allstarsplus]

William Roger Clemens

I would have to say Sammy Sosa 1st and Roger Clemens second. Luckily for me, I got out of almost all of my Barry Bonds items.

I have probably over $50,000 worth of Roger Clemens and about $20,000 of Sammy Sosa which is all based on money I have spent on the items I still have.

Like I found with the last Steiner Yankees Clemens jersey I sold, it is better to sit on it for another 20 years as the values are really bad now (unless something changes in the future).

[joelsabi]

Well I can't honestly see someone regretting who they collect unless they did it for investment purposes.
But honestly if your going to collect it should be more for the love of the hobby.

I think the guy regrets the amount of money he put down on the player and then seeing the prices at where they are at now. Hes still picking up his stuff so maybe it's a timing issue.

But I do not think he would have had the collection he has now if he waited until the downturn to occur to get started. Would he be able to accumulate the same quality collection had he started when the downturn occurred?

[legaleagle92481]

Mark McGwire $600 autographed baseball when he did his first Steiner signing.

[Swoboda4]

All the steroid players. I believe Pete Rose items will endure though. He hurt baseball,himself,and fans but what he did while playing was pure and will,over time stand out alone after he's long gone.Don't get rid of his items. Steroid items are tainted.

What I regret is what was touched on in this thread. A player with great promise arrives and his items/autograph are astronomical in price. Only to not sustain its purchasing price.
Does anybody realize what Steiner did by asking and getting $45,000 for Matsui's game 6 '09 WS jersey? So,does this mean my '86 Dykstra playoff-WS home pinstripe has sky-rocketed in value?
What we lost by making and regreting bad decisions has also placed us in a market where top shelf items can realize prices beyond their few thousand dollar initial investment.

[joelsabi]

All the steroid players. I believe Pete Rose items will endure though. He hurt baseball,himself,and fans but what he did while playing was pure and will,over time stand out alone after he's long gone.Don't get rid of his items. Steroid items are tainted.

What I regret is what was touched on in this thread. A player with great promise arrives and his items/autograph are astronomical in price. Only to not sustain its purchasing price.
Does anybody realize what Steiner did by asking and getting $45,000 for Matsui's game 6 '09 WS jersey? So,does this mean my '86 Dykstra playoff-WS home pinstripe has sky-rocketed in value?
What we lost by making and regreting bad decisions has also placed us in a market where top shelf items can realize prices beyond their few thousand dollar initial investment.

Matsui's legend just rose exponentially in Japan from being the first Japanese Player to win the WS MVP. There is no doubt that if, and i doubt it, it gets resold it would fetch even more. No regret here. I would not be shocked if Matsui got outbid while trying to get this jersey for the Matsui Museum in Japan.