Oh, PS, I'm curious what you were referring to in the first sentence of your comment. I'm guessing you find it interesting because it's an odd investment for someone related to a major hedge fund?
Yeah, exactly--although I am aware of the "25 year rule" where adults at their peak earning power tend to become nostalgic for things roughly 25 years past their childhood. And I suppose if you're a hedge fund manager, you can afford to buy all sorts of things from your childhood. I guess it surprises me that a big wig Wall Street person would go for Garbage Pail Kids cards, but hey--no judgement on my part, because they were something I collected as a kid as well. If I would have predicted what a hedge funder would seek out, the first thing I'd think of would be baseball cards or comic books. Can't say I have the mind of one of those people, however, and I'm fairly sure my childhood was different from theirs (though obviously the GPK cards we have in common).
I know Bill Gross(?) has an enormous stamp collection, and I'm sure other financiers collect all sorts of eclectic things. I think it's great that a lot of GPK cards were preserved so well. I know mine ended up in the trash, and nobody I knew kept them in good condition.
Dude, for that price I could buy 4 or 5 of the ORIGINAL paintings (by John Pound) that were created for the 1st series of GPK.
Hey man, to each his own. If everyone was the same, it would be a dull, colorless, boring world.