Hello all,
I would like to get a fresh perspective on our attachment to our collection. I've been collecting world gold for a few years now and have quite a large collection. I started as a stacker, but after taking an interest in LMU's, it morphed into a something that border lined an obsession. I also had the idea that this was part of my pension and the plan is (was) to keep the collection until my retirement years.
I'm getting a new business of buying and selling men's large chunky gold jewelry and have learned quickly that there's really good profit to be made. So, I've been toying with the idea of letting my collection go in order to fund a large inventory of gold stuff to resell. I have an interested buyer in my collection. As I was sorting and photographing it today, I noticed how "attached" I feel to the collection, and now I'm getting cold feet. It represents a lot of hours finding these coins, and there is a joy in the "possessing" of it. Now I'm questioning the wisdom of buying stuff that is difficult to part with...after all, we can't take it with us. It kind of defeats the purpose of holding it until retirement if I won't let it go at that time. A friend of mine runs an auction house, and I see what happens to possessions that we can't take with us that one's family doesn't want to deal with.
So the question is, how do you separate feelings and possessiveness over your collection?
Thanks!