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<blockquote data-quote="Indiana Jones" data-source="post: 897907" data-attributes="member: 8425">[Another Site; Nov 9 2008, 11:10 AM]If you are collecting because of 'potential', then that is the price to pay should something happen. Most high prices for young players come from the hype of potential and those prices are what they should be only when that player has achieved something, not before. Something tells me you are thinking time and money invested does not equal the return you are hoping for.Maybe it's time to move onto a 'proven' player or an HOFer. You can always collect on a theme or your own rules. Just cherry-pick the items that interest you the most.Need an example? I started REALLY LATE in collecting Ichiro. There are HUNDREDS of Ichiro collectors out there. Most of the 1/1s have been scarfed up. This guy has now many 200+ hit seasons? However, instead of spending money on just cards, I'd get autographs on ONE individually different item - one ball, one bat, one card, one pair of batting gloves. Still looking for the batting gloves.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite185" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Really tiny collection, but the quality is there. See how different it can be? It's not just cards. Use your imagination.The rookies today still have much to accomplish. It really is FUN watching them play and that is the way to collect them - it should be FUN.<img src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/f62/IJ19/Images/Collection/Baseball/Ichiro/.highres/Collection-Ichiro.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Tiny article about my Ichiro collection on page 20 in the 2007 April issue Beckett.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Indiana Jones, post: 897907, member: 8425"] [Another Site; Nov 9 2008, 11:10 AM] If you are collecting because of 'potential', then that is the price to pay should something happen. Most high prices for young players come from the hype of potential and those prices are what they should be only when that player has achieved something, not before. Something tells me you are thinking time and money invested does not equal the return you are hoping for. Maybe it's time to move onto a 'proven' player or an HOFer. You can always collect on a theme or your own rules. Just cherry-pick the items that interest you the most. Need an example? I started REALLY LATE in collecting Ichiro. There are HUNDREDS of Ichiro collectors out there. Most of the 1/1s have been scarfed up. This guy has now many 200+ hit seasons? However, instead of spending money on just cards, I'd get autographs on ONE individually different item - one ball, one bat, one card, one pair of batting gloves. Still looking for the batting gloves. :) Really tiny collection, but the quality is there. See how different it can be? It's not just cards. Use your imagination. The rookies today still have much to accomplish. It really is FUN watching them play and that is the way to collect them - it should be FUN. [IMG]https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/f62/IJ19/Images/Collection/Baseball/Ichiro/.highres/Collection-Ichiro.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=1]Tiny article about my Ichiro collection on page 20 in the 2007 April issue Beckett.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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