I rarely sell cards from my actual collection anymore but when I do I feel most of the time I have a hard time actually letting them go even though sometimes I need to for whatever reason. In my head most of the time my plan is to always reacquire the card at some point in the future.
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Do I regret selling certain cards? Yes, of course, mostly because some Iāve sold for āspare changeā are worth ten of thousands of USD nowadays.
Do I miss any cards that Iāve sold? Nope, not really.
I barely sell to begin with, and if I sell, itās in 95% of the cases a duplicate. The only few non-duplicated cards Iāve sold were either to:
- Help a fellow collector (usually species collectors, but sometimes an illustrator collector)
- Buy a house
And neither of those Iād ever miss enough when I see what I got back for it. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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I tend not to miss cards that I have sold. Just as previously mentioned, mentally parting it out is part of the process. What most people have a hard time distinguishing is the value from the card. Yes I āmissā my coro coro mew but mainly for the loss of profit lol. Sold at 3.8K 6 months ago. Now worth like 12K lol
It was a bad 10 anyway, that is why I didnāt think twice selling it.
Cards I like a lot, I describe to people that you have to ārip it out of my handsā such as the Rayquaza EU copy PSA 9. That card is hard to sell even at the valuation today due to myself only having 1 copy and will mostly likely not buy it again even if it dropped to 20K.
If sold today, I would 100% miss and regret it by next weekā¦
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I sold a bunch of my cards to use it towards life goals. I miss all of them, but knowing what purpose it was sold for makes me feel good about the decision.
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I miss, but donāt regret selling, my PSA 9 Skyridge Gengar and maybe my PSA 10 Ooyamaās Pikachu. All things considered only missing two of the many cards Iāve sold is pretty good. Neither are irreplaceable anyways.
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The difficult part is choosing to sell or trade something, but once Iāve mentally marked a card out of my collection, I usually donāt miss it. There have been a couple outlier cases where Iāve traded/sold a card, then missed it so I bought another copy later on. This is maybe 1 card for every 50 I trade or sell.
In general I find the exercise of trading/selling cards very useful, it helps me ensure Iām only collecting things that are important to me.
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I still regret selling my Dragonite V PSA 10, the rest not
Long story short, I had an opportunity early last year I needed funds for so I sold a good portion of my collection to fund it. Including every single card with a shiny Pokemon which is the part I miss the most. Soon after, I had the rug pulled out from under me on the opportunity and it all fell through. I miss them because while it was my decision to sell, it was based on the actions of others I did and theyāre the same actions that screwed me into not having either thing. Iād still have my shiny bois otherwise. Live and Learn.
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Sorry to hear that!
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Iāve only ever missed one card that I sold: My single copy of crystal Lugia. I sold it around 2018 forā¦ ready?
75$ USD
It was in terrible shape, and I had bought it years earlier for NOthinā. But I still wish Iād kept it. Clean foil. SOlid binder copy. Everything else I sell, I bless, thank for the joy itās brought me, and bid farewellā¦
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Anyone else have the dream of tracking down their once graded and sold cards?
I do feel a certain attachment to cards that Iāve owned from years ago, or graded, then soldā¦ like raising animals to release or send off to other homes. 
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I miss my childhood collection that I had to sell a few years ago. Lots of sentimental value there and the actual value has also increased a lot
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Usually I miss the card before itās even sold, I start to miss it when the decision in my mind to sell or trade it happens
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