Quantity or Quality

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Probably for majority here our collections are a mix of both but if you had to only choose one option to describe your collection or way of collecting which one would it be? For people with only few high end slabs or collectors with dozens of binders or massive non-tcg collections the choice might be easier but collections where there are hunderds or even thousands of psa 9-10 cards it might be more tricky. Personally i’m more drawn towards multiple binders, piles of non-tcg and well structured side collections of even just bulk i like than for example single high end slabs, but it would be interesting to hear how others think about it

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i live for $1 singles

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My collection stems from a time when you could have both.

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I heard that’s where it’s at. Get enough and people start to come directly to you for such a scarce good

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I know that the opposite would be better from an investment standpoint, but In the end I have much more gratification from a complete binder, with many many sparkly holos, instead of a collection with a bunch of graded “grails” or trophies.
I can use this mindset even for graded cards: a lot of psa7-8 > fewer 9s >> a couple 10s

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Recently i was into both. However my expectations have lowered and now im more than ok with less than perfect cards. Im selling off a lot of my psa 10s for lightly played binder copies and i haven’t been this excited to collect again in a while. Going to complete my prerelease collection hopefuly by the end of 2025. I would rather have binders full rather than a few nice graded cards.

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If your collection is like 8 cards, you have a pile not a collection :innocent:

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Fund the quality buys with the quantity buys :wink:

I voted quantity because that’s more where I’m at now, but down the road the quality pieces are most of what I’m going to hold onto.

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Split 50/50 so far!

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After years of accumulation, I’ve started admiring people with more focused interests. The volume is overwhelming and I’d like the peace of having a smaller amount of more meaningful stuff.

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This is tough because I want a full collection but I wouldn’t want heavily played cards for the sake of filling it out. So I said Quality.

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Quality all day

Otherwise i would have way too many junk cards lying around never even getting looked at

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I’ve recently came to the same conclusion
I don’t mind having a ton of singles as long as they have a focused purpose. Like a national dex FA binder

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Compared to most people here my answer is probably neither :joy:

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Quality, I can always stack quantity later

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Your idea of quantity is not representative of the average person

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I am a bottomless pit for Pokemon cards.

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No-brainer for me. I have too many sub-collections at the same time; I collect all languages; don’t care too much about condition of cards, since finding the cards to begin with is hard enough as is; and I have over 13k unique cards and at least 10k+ additional duplicated cards I’d like to get rid of one day. So obviously I’ve voted ‘Quality’. /s

Greetz,
Quuador

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Quality due to the chase.

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I would say Quality, defined as: Cards I really enjoy and appreciate in the best condition I can fit within my budget. I am still waiting for that bulk collector to chime in! Could be @Quuador or @Alec fit that description. :pikalaugh:

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