Re: Any sport card collectors here?

After reading your post earlier, pulled a stack of about 70 Topps cards from the back of a drawer that had forgotten about. Had bought a few packs at random occasionally. Found a 2002 Alex Rodriguez, '64 Aaron reprint, 1999 Mark McGuire, 1999 Barry Bonds All Topps NL team, 1999 Tony Guinn Magic Moments and a 1997 Kris Benson. Between the early 80s and mid 90s, bought Topps sets which I still have and went to a few card shows which seemed to be scheduled every couple of weeks. Have rarely seen one advertised in the last 10 or so years. As a youngster, collected in the late 50s and early 60s along with a number of early 50s cards an older cousin gave me. Unfortunately, when I went overseas, mother thought they would entertain a group of 4 and 5 year olds along with a large box of late 50s early 60s Superman, Batman and other heros comics. The thought of that almost brings on depression.

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I collected cards when I was a kid.

Mar 16, 2021, 11:40 PM

It was a great hobby then, at the height of its popularity. Card shops and card shows were plentiful. Then the internet became a place to buy and sell, and local card shops and most card shows went the way of the dinosaur.

The hobby also changed a lot too. A move toward much more expensive cards/packs/boxes and rare/one of a kind cards made it less appealing to me. That, plus growing up and having more interests meant I basically stopped collecting.

I have revisited it some since then, mostly to see if what I saved is worth anything (most of it isn’t, thanks to cards during that era being overproduced). I still look on eBay every now and then to see if I like any cards of my favorite player, but most of the stuff there is more than I want to spend. I wish it were easier to complete a “set” of a player’s cards throughout the years but it’s impossible with all of the autographed cards, jersey cards, 1/1 cards, etc. I feel like an outsider now trying to learn all of the new manufacturers and insert cards.

Thanks for starting this thread, it brought up some great memories of collecting as a kid. I get the perception that it’s not nearly as popular (or accessible) today as it was then.

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Any sport card collectors here?