I use to collect to collect. I would buy pretty much anything of Juan Gonzalez. Later, I added Alex Rodriguez to my collection. I now find myself collecting to invest. There is so much stuff out there now, I will pretty much pass on many arod items, unless they are rare and I see the potential value when selling down the line.

Example: I pretty much pass up on many arod signed baseballs (unless the signature is full and really clean). There are thousands of Arod signed baseballs. The one attached, arod signed in 1994. Picture is the original picture taken of him signing the ball. To me, this is rare because the signature is early, on a Bobby Brown ball, and the #3 is added. With the picture, rare.

What about you?