Most "collectables" are of value only to the book-seller, case-seller, folder-seller, and all the merchants that caiter to the collector.

A dear friend had collected baseball cards since the age of six. At the age of twenty-six he became engaged. He went to a card-dealer to sell his beloved-treasures and purchase a treasure for his beloved.

The book-price to purchase-price was 10% of the value listed. (With U.S. stamps, at least one-cent is still one-cent...sort of...((its a good way to gage inflation))) The card-dealer told him, "The price-guide may say, 1,750.00 but I can't even give you 200.00....I recommend that you put them away in a safe, forgotten place, and let your grand-children marvel over them."

Sincerely,
Gargoyle