Beware, this is not a happy post. I really don't know how collecting will ever be the same for me. Earlier this week, I discovered rain water had gotten into the area I stored my Red Sox binders. I would estimate serious damage to about 10-15% of my collection. There are many cards that I will never be able to extract from the binders. Among those cards are some cards that I would consider virtually irreplaceable. I am absolutely devastated. I feel as if a part of my life has been taken away. I have spent 30+ years cultivating this collection and now a large chunk is horribly mangled. I seriously considered ending the collection then and there and thought about simply throwing the damaged binders away. Rationality won over though. I never intended to break up my Red Sox collection, now there are parts I simply can't. I may never completely get over this, but I guess it is no reason to stop and throw in the towel.
I'm sorry to hear about your collection loss, water is definitely no friend of a card collector.
ReplyDeleteWow, absolutely awful! That's a heartbreaking loss.
ReplyDeleteHate hearing this. So sorry that it happened. Hope you are still able to enjoy what was salvageable.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that MA. I wish you the absolute best with the salvage efforts.
ReplyDeleteThat sucks! I can't even imagine what that must feel like.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to read this. I hope there was some successes in the salvage attempt.
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