Brothers' Duo Episode 5: Focus Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- Real life brothers Brian (HighPopProfessor) and Iconic Al (Iconic Baseball) discuss collecting focus in the hobby. Our topics include "accumulation vs. curation" and "changing collection focus". Enjoy!
I tell ya, that Brothers' Duo opening never gets old!
We have no plans to change it ever, so everyone is stuck with it I guess! I’m glad it resonates with you! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi guys!
Dad and I had lunch with your video. It was fun listening to you
Two talk about your collections.
I’m so impressed with the way you are building your collections and the thought you’ve given to “the finish line.”
So proud of you, Love, Mom
You know we have to strategize and overthink everything! 😅😂😂 Even this crazy hobby of ours! Thanks for sharing in our joy!
This was absolutely fantastic. Definitely scratches the brain and makes you think. Thank you gentlemen
Glad you enjoyed it, Steve! It’s good to occasionally reflect and ensure that our collector’s compass is pointed due north! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Brian and Alan, thank you for giving me some fantastic hobby food for thought! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Oh, and as icing on the cake, plus the cake, plus the ice cream, I got to see, once again, the glorious and rare 1997 Finest Embossed Refractor of Greg Maddux! So happy for you, my collecting brother! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Thanks, Adam! I feel like that may be a card that gets shown quite a bit on my channel in the future - At least, once I get it in hand! Eye candy like that doesn’t come by too often! Or, we could call it “eye cake and icing with ice cream,” but that doesn’t have the same ring to it somehow! Thanks for watching and commenting, my collecting brother!
@@HighPopProfessor Brian, I love it when collectors show their prized cards over and over! But, however and whenever you decide to show it, I am stoke for you nonetheless! 😊👊
@@vintagesanctuary Haha, you know, I feel the same way when seeing incredible cards! I could see your gorgeous SGC 2.5 ‘52 Topps Mays every day and not get tired of it! 😂 It’s a work of art, and in phenomenal shape!
Thanks for another great hobby chat Brian!
These are always so fun to do! Thank YOU, Iconic Al!
‘Duo Sons’! Great job. Mom & I enjoyed your video but must admit we only watched about half of it. I’m glad you’re enjoying collecting baseball cards in your own way.
Love, Dad
Thanks for watching, Dad! But you might want to hear the rest at some point - we do mention you and your collection a few times in the last half of the video!
You have the best comments, Jeff. You may have watched half, but at least you support (both) the duo.
Great conversation! Great topic!
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I think boundaries are super important to maintaining focus in the hobby. There’s conceptual boundaries and limitations you put on your collecting style, which are super important. There are also physical limitations and boundaries you can impose on yourself. I have four shoe boxes, six binders. a nice curio cabinet and a pinhole board filled with my collection. Those are my physical boundaries. When my shoeboxes get filled, I thin them out. When my curio shelves get too thick with slabs, the herd gets thinned. Choosing your containers and not expanding past them is key to keeping focus for me
Well put! At some point, the collection can / will encroach on the physical space available. And because each person’s living situation is different, that physical boundary is definitely one that should be a kind of guard rail one has in place to control the size, scope, and depth of a collection. Great comment, Mookie!
Great thought provoking conversation! Always enjoy seeing the duo get together!
Thanks, Joe! Glad you enjoyed the conversation! I do wonder how many collectors really pause and stop to think more deeply about where their collection is headed in X years, or the “endgame”. Also, I’m curious how many collectors consider what % “complete” their current collection is. I’d be curious to hear responses from various collectors about their thoughts about these topics.
@@HighPopProfessor I may have to make a video discussing both further. Your video definitely got me thinking about both questions. I was going to explain my thought process here but in the process of typing this I think it will be pretty extensive and better suited for a video!!! To be continued….lol
@@4softcorners728 I look forward to seeing your “VR”! 😂😂😂
Nice video and food for thought. I think a collecting strategy is really important and having the discipline to stick with it is even more important.
Yes, whatever your PCs are, maintaining clear focus is key! Thanks for watching, Dave!
Man i really look forward to this show i could listen for hrs on end. For me I have no finish line, I have mini accomplishments in my collection and in my life along the way ,but my collection will never be complete. I love thinking about all this stuff though. Now like you guys I do give myself rules or it can get crazy 😂😂. Ok let me keep listening 😉🤙🤙
The general idea of a collection being “complete” is a satisfying one. I can imagine walking through a museum of cards (like some of the displays at the National) and appreciating a featured collection. But the notion that I personally would at some point stop obtaining cards, upgrading, etc. makes me sad. I can see myself slowing down, but I’m not sure about stopping entirely - I think of collecting as always a work in progress, so I like the sound of your “no finish line” approach. Maybe for a math teacher like me, it’s closer to an asymptote where I continually approach my goal but never actually get there. 😂 And NOW I’m sounding more like Adam from Vintage Sanctuary! 🤣🤣🤣
I’m glad you like our Brothers’ Duo videos, Dylan!
You guys always make me think! 👊👊
Awesome! We’re quite the cerebral collectors over here! 🤣 Glad you enjoyed it, Adam! We love making these Brothers’ Duo episodes!
Enjoyed the latest episode of Brothers' Duo!
Lots of Banzai tree talk though, you Zen Gardeners you 🤪
I'm 61.76% complete in my collection: 14,974/24,245.
That second number slightly changes though over time.
Not too bad to be 33 and 61.76% of the way done!
Too early to tell where it will go next, but I hope between my two sons, and my two nephews- someone will inherit a HECK of a start to their collection!
That’s amazing that you have your completion percentage to the nearest hundredth of a percent! 😂😂😂 FANTASTIC! With those numbers, I like the outlook for the completion of your collection, Jake! Yeah, I forget sometimes that this isn’t a gardening channel - maybe I should ease up on the Bonzai metaphor. It just works so well though, so maybe not! 🤣
Thanks for watching!
Midlife recommended this video. I did some quick math. My collection is about 96% done volume wise. Theres about 2400 cards left on my wish list. Money wise its less than 10% complete. It may be unattainable, but a 35 Bronco Nagurski is on my wishlist.
I’ll have to thank Graig for the increase in traffic to this video and our channels! While your % numbers may seem a bit lopsided at first, I don’t think they’re all that unreasonable or even atypical. I look at my own venture back into collecting in September 2021, and I was beginning very small with acquiring cheap lots and sticking with pretty much exclusively
Graig sent me 👋
I think the greatest barometer of what Shohei Ohtani is doing is he remains 100% peerless. It has been 7 years since he came into the league that has always seen teams copying breakout success. There is no one TRYING to do what Shohei is doing, let alone with the wild success he has had. 30 owners have every incentive in the world to find another unicorn… and they’re drafting players that might come along one day, but in SEVEN YEARS since Shohei landed there are ZERO MLB players who even try to do what he does. Peerless achievement that transcends the sport. Ok I’m done.
A FANTASTIC point! He is indeed a unicorn! 🦄 🦄 🦄