The Trade-Up Game: how far will I get in one year?

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That should be a fun ride

 

I'm actually doing something similar except, I sell the item instead of trading it, then use all or part of the money to buy the next item. My "journey" started with a modern quarter found on the floor of a store.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this thread!

 

I'd love to join in but, being in Canada, the tariffs and postage would be bad.

 

Great idea.

 

It might be interesting to see if economic, political and geopolitical conditions different from 2005 affect peoples' attitudes. IE they may want two trinkets now for their one trinket as people tend to hoard in times of uncertainty. Or maybe they want make believe trinkets such as NFTs, that didn't exist in 2005, so as to appear "techie." Etc...

 

Many years ago at a Tulsa Gun Show an Octogenarian dealer told me that part of the fun was buying a mongrel runt of the litter dog and trading it up to eventually be a Pedigree dog @lordmarcovan. I bought a Stevens 32 rimfire rifle which no one wanted in the USA because you cannot buy ammunition easily and took it to the UK because you didn't need a license for the same reason as ammunition was not available. I paid $80 dollars for the rifle and committed never to sell in the chain. In between the Stevens and a few modern guns eventually I ended up three years later with a $6000 1790 Twigg flintlock pistol. Along the way I made many friends, everyone thought they had a great deal and was happy and no one felt cheated. Particularly me!!
This is a great post @lordmarcovan thank you.
My current challenge is a bit like what you did to get a gold escudos. I want to trade 90 slabbed Morgan dollars into a gold shipwreck coin possibly at FUN January 2026.
I will post the two guns tomorrow unless a moderator says no as it will encourage the further pursuit of historic artefacts.

 

I started in July of this year. I'm only 3 "trades" in.

This is my current item:

 

What a cool idea. Sounds like a lot of fun. Good luck on your adventure!

 

It will be fun to follow the journey! Best of luck!

 

I enjoyed reading the story, but from trade #6 on (skipping #7 and #8 perhaps), it seemed to have more to do with celebrity, publicity and/or notoriety than trades any normal person could do. I mean, how could any of us get into a trade involving a "radio personality", a recording contract, Alice Cooper or Corbin Bernsen? And then someone traded a house for a movie role?

It will be fun to see where yours goes!

 

Don't forget how much money that guy spend on travel to get the house. To Vancouver, to Seattle, to MA, to CA, to NY, to Quebec at least, presumably back home in between, later trades it's unclear how much traveling was involved. You'll probably only spend money on postage.

 

I have a trade. A whole Frank.

 

The red paper clip worked before so here's one for trade. Now don't forget, Mr. Data can probably "re-configure" it into a warp drive engine for a Star Ship. And that may interest Elon. You could become a billionaire over night. So I think you should send the whole package not just one. And don't forget to pack them in dry ice.

 

Would ya take a standing Liberty quarter with no date for it? I can get you a photo tonight. She’s really sweet… wink-wink.