Calgary Great sadness....

It is with sadness (if you are a collector you'll understand what I mean) that I have decided to get out of vintage collecting.

A large tax bill helped me make this decision, and it was getting expensive.....and knowing me, it was gonna get more expensive. Sansweet took out a 2nd mortgage....I wasn't going to do that but I had my eye on stuff that would have been uncomfortable to justify.

Anyway, I have sold all my vintage carded , including 21 back Boba!!!! All my Kenner vehicles, and my die-casts.

Not just Star wars...all my carded Indiana Jones and some Ghostbusters stuff.

Out of interest I can list all the sale prices on them so you have an idea of values. If that will help anyone let me know and I'll do it.

I didn't offer anything for sale to you friends, as I needed to get as much as I could, which of course meant eBay.

So, in thew last month I have sold off toys totalling about $7000. What I am left with is modern stuff and of course the movies.
I have become calm about the whole thing, and have discovered that the ownership of the items was not bringing me any greater Star wars pleasure, in fact I was becoming stressed about what to get next.... justifying the cost.... and protecting what I already had.
It has been an interesting journey. 11 years of collecting. Now.....back to the movies!! I'd forgotten about them....

 

Always a tough call but all collectors come to this cross-roads at some point. But like you said you have the movies and really that's what matters in the end.

 

That is a tough decision to make, Vinny. I know exactly how you feel. I'm in the process of whittling down my collection a bit (it's somewhat eclectic as I bought pretty much whatever I fancied!). But like Dooks' said - every collector goes thru this. Sometimes several times! Your fandom shouldn't be quantified by what you own though - but by your love of the saga

The items I collected weren't all that valuable - and I'm donating much of it to the Children's Hospital and for raffles (to raise money for our Light the Night Walk event).

 

Thanks for your kind words.

I have kept a few nice loosies that display well, as well as other bits and bobs.

I now feel strangely calm about it all......very Buddhist!!!!
thanks
Vinny

 

Well, at least congrats that you got rid of so much so easily! Bet that was a load of stress taken off you!

 

Thats one of the main reasons I don't collect a lot of things. Just mainly my dvd's and such.