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<p>[QUOTE="kazuma78, post: 8320596, member: 17304"]I have not listened to that episode of the podcast yet, but I fall somewhere in between the 2 categories. For me, I buy what is attractive to me and for the focuses of my collection but I always bid or buy with the idea that if I had to sell for some unforseen reason or if I find an upgrade, I want to be able to at least break even or ideally make something. I've done this my entire collecting life and it's worked very well for me. I can probably count on 1 hand the number of times I've lost money (without factoring in inflation). It's not infallible, but this mindset has helped me significantly through building and paring my collection back over time.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I have bought a few coins I know darn well I will not get all of my money back from if I sell, but they are more unusual pieces so I was ok with that and plan to have those very long term anyways.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kazuma78, post: 8320596, member: 17304"]I have not listened to that episode of the podcast yet, but I fall somewhere in between the 2 categories. For me, I buy what is attractive to me and for the focuses of my collection but I always bid or buy with the idea that if I had to sell for some unforseen reason or if I find an upgrade, I want to be able to at least break even or ideally make something. I've done this my entire collecting life and it's worked very well for me. I can probably count on 1 hand the number of times I've lost money (without factoring in inflation). It's not infallible, but this mindset has helped me significantly through building and paring my collection back over time. That being said, I have bought a few coins I know darn well I will not get all of my money back from if I sell, but they are more unusual pieces so I was ok with that and plan to have those very long term anyways.[/QUOTE]
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