T-Wolves PC: is the end nigh?

[wolvesjr34]

Man, never thought I would even have such thoughts as to wonder if it was time to part ways with the collection I have worked on for the last 15 years. Granted I would say it was only at 500 or so big before I joined this forum what 7 years ago and now it would be over 4k if not 5k (have not counted in a while and lost count ages ago ha ha).

Thing is Panini have made it a little hard on me with the fact they are releasing so many cards of Anthony Morrow, who lets face it is a scrub, and should not be getting as many cards as he is getting. I fell in love with him as a 2k character, and I love the deep ball so a three point specialist was bound to get my attention one day, and at the time, he didn't have heaps of cards, and most were easy cheapies... which would leave just a few challenging ones to pick up time to time, but nope Panini went and got him to sign 5 million stickers (potentially only a slight exaggeration) and combine that with all their stupid colour paralells... it spelt doom, especially since there is one guy who keeps bidding me up on Morrow rare cards making me pay more than he is even worth.

I know what you are thinking, then ditch the Morrow PC... but I can't, it's a silly infatuation but it has stuck. If I could have an Anthony Morrow Jersey to wear I would wear it, I am a fangirl now regardless, he is my new Isaiah Rider.

Speaking of Rider, Panini got him to sign a few stickers too, which in some ways yay adds to my wolf PC, and my Rider PC... but again he actually has a following and his rare new stuff puts pressure on me financially when I see it.

If I had a job or knew I would be able to find one soon this wouldn't be a problem, but I am in Tasmania, we have the highest unemployment in the country I think... its up over 7% and I am in a position where I am limited by my depression in the type of roles I can do... because bad work environment with bullies, or too much interaction with people face to face will cause me to have another breakdown. Leaving me worse than I am now, it's taken a long time of working on myself but I am finally in a position where I am actively trying to eat better and exercise a little more. So I have to be a little fussy with what I apply for.

I honestly wish I had the capital to try and run my own card selling business, I could do that from home and I would be happy.... alas I do not. However, I digress... the fact is I have aleady had to sell some of my better cards while Kevin Love's prices were low just to put food on the table at stages this year (and I am thankful to kiwi_in_melb for being more than fair with prices he offerred/accepted), never mind parting with my two Garnett Exquisites too... and then to miss out on the Luke Ridnour Totally Certified Black Patch and not being able to contact the guy who bought it... my T Wolf desire took a big hit.

So I find myself more and more wondering if maybe it was time to rid myself of the team collection and just focus on a few players. Then I think how much I love my Wolves and my wolf cards and I still end up adding the odd one through trade, since I literallly will only spend money on a wolf 1/1 at the moment. I took pride in having a collection that comepted with Nina who has a larger wolf collection than me, but I felt I had the better quality... having lost some of that quality I feel I have definitely dropped off the pace and that makes me a little sad.

Morrow on the other hand, I may quite well be putting together the best collection in the world, I have the Select Black Prizm 1/1 and Contenders 1/1 in hand, plus the 10/11 NT Platinum logoman tag 1/1 and two printing plates incoming, and I will win another plate and another 1/1 on ebay atm... have the gold prizm from select, the green one incoming too... what may be the best Morrow Patch in existence in #/5 season update patch card... I feel like I can make this my best player PC ever... cause he is still relatively affordable...

but it does mean selling off bits and pieces of my Wolves PC, which then only degrades it further....

I considered retiring the Wolves PC until I got a job, then add to it again, buy back some of the Loves I have had to sell etceterea... but I just don't know.

Then there is the fact that my identity is all wolves... my wolves collection is pretty well respected by those people around here familiar with me and whom I get along well with. I put a lot of effort into scanning a majority of the collection and there is no team I love like the Wolves. I respect and am thankful for all the assistance I have received from people on this forum as well, so many people that have traded in my favour, or given me wolf cards, or given me a loan so I could grab that vital card when I had no cash... I feel like to sell up would then be just so wrong and disrespectful to those people. I also feel I have done an amazing job to get the PC where it is today on the income I have had for the majority of the time I have been collecting (Funnily enough in the past when I was working I would buy up big for the first month then stop collecting until I lost my jobs).

But then, aside from Nina.... who would really appreciate this collection like I do?

I don't even know why i am writing this, perhaps it is just so people out there with similar thoughts know they are not alone, or to see what other people think of my conundrum... I really do not know. I just don't know whether I should keep the PC, or sell it.... but then I would want to sell it as a whole cause I always wanted this collection to go to someone who would appreciate it.

Yeah, so cards are not always fun ha ha thanks to anyone who managed to read it all!

 

[ljandkg]

AJ - that was a good read. For me I'd give it a week or two and then consider it again. It'll allow u to take a step back and then re-evaluate whether u really want to do this. As you've said - you've done it for years, we all know u as the TWolves collector without parallel, even if there's another one out there! If in two weeks you're gonna morph into the Anthony Morrow collector then so be it - I'd ask myself how many years is he gonna be in the league? I'd go nuts collecting panini sticker auto cards.

I'm at 192 #21 cards and I know I'm stopping at 200. It could take me a year yet I dunno but it's so rare to find one now that I'm getting far less enjoyment from collecting than I used to. I already know what I'm gonna do when I get to 200. It's gonna be far more low key.
I know what u mean about getting help for your collection. Like u, I've had amazing help, 29 different #21 cards gifted to me. That's pretty incredible. My collection's going nowhere for a while. It continues to go up in value. A card I bought for $75 sold for $1000 last month - and I have the #21/ version! That's pretty mind blowing!!
In my eyes though you need to forget the help you have had to some degree if you need to move on and collect Morrow. If it means selling up more the Twolves cards to finance the Morrow collection I say do it but as I said I'd wait a week or two and think again....

Just my 2 cents....

 

[GarnettFan4Life]

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[90sRulz]

Thanks for sharing AJ - all I can offer is the advice that you need to look after yourself first and foremost.

If the collection is getting in the way of this - then it is probably time to stop as they are just bits of cardboard. If the hobby is a love that adds to your wellbeing then it is much more than cardboard so stay with it. If it alternates, take a break when you need to.

I really wish you all the best.

 

[wolvesjr34]

I think I have decided to stick with it, just put it into retirement other than trades, and when I need cash sell some of it, most of it is replaceable and if I have to sell a 1/1 or two to fund the greatest Morrow collection in the world, then so be it... I am pretty sure I know at least two people that would be keen to get their hands on some of my nice wolves stuff heh heh

 

[KB.]

I say putting it on hold is the best bet. I'm struggling with 3 PC's at the moment with soooo many releases this year and my guys being in all of them. I was toying with the idea of moving on from the Drummond PC because I originally started it as my Kemp and Aminu PC's has stalled, but again with the flooding of new stuff, I'm constantly finding new low numbered stuff to drop coin on!

 

[drobfan8]

Well said AJ.

It would be an extremely tough thing to sell all those cards you have poured your heart in to.

What a collection.

Firstly, nobody would mind you selling cards that you maybe had gotten a good deal on, or been given, so I wouldn't stress that.

You should definitely keep some.

This is a tough time for Australia as a nation (well for a 1st world country anyway), times are tough and cost of living is high.

Sorry to hear about the issues you are dealing with.

I'd also HATE to see you sell up and not get what that collection is worth.

I totally agree with the Panini stuff.

I'm also impressed with your Morrow gems you have.

Best of luck with whatever you choose.

Benny

 

[mat2323]

hello mate, know what your going thru being a tassie bloke myself, being casual in my job means not knowing what i'l be earning from one week to the next, and the last month has been dead work wise, i have my family to feed every week, power bill just came $1100, along with my rego, so i have $1700 in bills and not much work at all, so my hobbys taken a very big back seat because its a struggle to even live atm, it gets me down at times but i have a loving partner who stands by me and we know that in the end we will always get thru, but damm, their are many times i just look up and say come on god give me abit of luck, i work hard, don't smoke, or drink, so collecting cards is my only real hobby, i love movies but hey thats cheaper to buy now than cards, i used to love how we had fleer, skybox, upperdeck, it gave everyone a chance and their was somthing for everyone, now panni are flooding the card market with box's that most people can't afford to buy as much as we want, so that takes alot of the enjoyment out of this hobby, and living in the south of tasmania means i can't find not even one place that sells nba cards, so their go's the option of even buying just some pack's now and again when moneys tight, i love alot of the panini cards, but i do think alot of them are very average, i mean when you had fleer 1994/95, you had your all stars cards that feel like a ball, and the total d cards, and all of the inserts were pretty awsome, panini don't do any of that, well thats my rant for the night over, i guess my final thought is this, i love collecting, love it, but the last couple of years panini is ruining this great hobby of ours, but what do we do??? i love it to much to quit, but its a pain in the ass lol

 

[ozballer23]

Good to hear you are not going to move that awesome pc of yours! I've actually felt the same of late and considered selling my whole JR pc. There are easy too many cards off his to pickup. And can't afford them all even if i could find them all! The hobby is getting ridiculous with the amount of releases. Every time I look at my pc, I manage to want to keep it for another week lol. You gotta look after yourself first, cardboard always comes second to that. I have to admit that this hobby had kept me busy through some pretty hard times, and i can't see myself without it!

 

[wolvesjr34]

Good to hear you are not going to move that awesome pc of yours! I've actually felt the same of late and considered selling my whole JR pc. There are easy too many cards off his to pickup. And can't afford them all even if i could find them all! The hobby is getting ridiculous with the amount of releases. Every time I look at my pc, I manage to want to keep it for another week lol. You gotta look after yourself first, cardboard always comes second to that. I have to admit that this hobby had kept me busy through some pretty hard times, and i can't see myself without it!

Very true, this hobby is sometimes the only thing I have to look forward to some days. I have evolved greatly with my thoughts on my Timberwolves PC, once upon a time, the only way you would have gotten a Wolves card from me was for an Isaiah Rider 1/1 or a way better Wolves card... now I have accepted that I may need to let some go from time to time, but it spurs me on knowing that I will repay this Wolves PC with some wicked acquisitions when I am financially able to.

Just added the 11/12 Gold Standard Black 1/1 of Morrow to my PC, so that PC continues to grow. Between him and my Melbourne trip coming up I know I am going to have to let go of a few PC cards, have given up my Beasley PC already, will have to list some Warriors too, and then more of my good Wolves... but I will still have the majority of my Wolves PC and I will rebuild it to greatness one day.

 

[ozballer23]

Very true, this hobby is sometimes the only thing I have to look forward to some days. I have evolved greatly with my thoughts on my Timberwolves PC, once upon a time, the only way you would have gotten a Wolves card from me was for an Isaiah Rider 1/1 or a way better Wolves card... now I have accepted that I may need to let some go from time to time, but it spurs me on knowing that I will repay this Wolves PC with some wicked acquisitions when I am financially able to.

Just added the 11/12 Gold Standard Black 1/1 of Morrow to my PC, so that PC continues to grow. Between him and my Melbourne trip coming up I know I am going to have to let go of a few PC cards, have given up my Beasley PC already, will have to list some Warriors too, and then more of my good Wolves... but I will still have the majority of my Wolves PC and I will rebuild it to greatness one day.

Sometimes you need to move pc to make it better. My JR pc gets added to buy the high-end pc always changes. O can't always afford to buy high-end cards. So i sell mine to buy better ones. Keeps more interested in the hobby and involved in the site. I didn't close to 8 months in hospital, if it wasn't for the hobby of would've gone crazy!

 

[skip20]

I'll get my card store up and running then you can relocate to SA and be the store manager or something, sound good?

I know what you mean about trying to PC several different players or set chases. I've come to accept none of my PCs will be 'best of the bunch' there are Bird, Stockon, Kidd, Big O and even Mashburn collectors who outbid me on most of the stuff I try to bid or trade for but every now and again you come away with a lucky win and it keeps that passion burning. It will never be world's best but it keeps me interested and I continue to enjoy it - maildays always put a smile on my face especially when you know someone has gone out of their way to do you a good deal or send you an unexpected freebie, plenty of good members on here and it's those peopel which keep me in the hobby as much as anything else.

I do know what you mean about your Morrow PC. I started collecting Pondexter when most people didn't know who he was - just another scrub rookie - but now that Q-Pon PC is pretty darn good and it's a good feeling to be able to match high end cards with some of the big boys in the hobby. He may never be HOFer but it's probably the PC I'm most proud of to date for much the same reason as your Anthony Morrow one.

...and yes, you will always be known as 'Wolvey' with or without the cards. No matter what happens that many T-Wolf cards over such a long period of time is darn fine achievement in anyone's books! Wolvey, we salute you!