Collecting Sports Cards

[TMagic]

Does anybody do it?

It doesn't seem to be a thing people do anymore.

I was thinking about starting to collect some. Mostly so that I can pass them off to a son. That way he can have a nice collection of some of the current and future stars of the league. And they will be worth more in the future. I already missed out on LeBron and Durant rookie cards. But I don't want to be missing out on John Wall. Lol.

I just didn't know if there's really any point in doing it nowadays. It seems as if it's a lost hobby.

What do you guys think?

[Husker_OS]

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I used to be into it hardcore. I started my collection back in the mid-90's and stopped once I got into high school around 2001 or 2002. I remember back when Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf were rookies, I searched the entire city for Fleer Utlra packs so I could get those two cards. Together they were worth about $150 since the Fleer Ultra '98 packs weren't technically released yet and the rookie cards were rare. I got my hands on a box of them since one of my parents' good friend ran a post office in another county. He had a shipment of 2 boxes heading to a store and gave me the heads up so I went and bought a box for about $49. Had both cards in the box. Sold them for $175 to a local card shop the next day. It was awesome.

Another time I was buying Fleer basketball cards at a shop and got a hot pack. All insert cards. Every one of them was a Rookie Phenom card, all of them were worth atleast $20 even Shawn Respert, which made it even more rare. It was badass. The owner of the shop was speechless. Notice the Hot Pack stamp in the lower left hand corner.








I've sold a few of them when they were at their peak(I got $150 for a Vince Carter rookie card back in the day). When I was collecting I was mainly after rookie cards, autographed cards, Alabama alumni, and Warrick Dunn cards. Hopefully my kid appreciates the collection he'll recieve one day.

[auburntigersfan]

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I used to like to collect some.

I collect a little now, but pretty much just autographed Auburn rookie cards.

I have Jason Campbell, Carlos Rogers, Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown, Kenny Irons, and David Irons signed rookie cards.

[mgoblue]

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I quit around 94ish...

The inserts just got out of hand, along with the "real piece of jersey" type insert cards.

It became more about collecting the inserts than the actual cards, and that becomes a very expensive hobby.

[cubsfan203]

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Used to. Now I have way too many cards that I can't get rid of.

It's a fun hobby though, and you can certainly make some money in it if you know what you're doing. Last thing I did in terms of cards was sell a Geovany Soto rookie autograph on eBay for like $95 (I bought it for like $4.50), which was a good move by me since I could probably buy that card back for $5 again.

There are plenty of good sites for trading cards as well. I always went there and traded cards that I got in packs or whatever that I didn't want for cards that I did want.

[Seether4113]

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Used to. Now I have way too many cards that I can't get rid of.

It's a fun hobby though, and you can certainly make some money in it if you know what you're doing. Last thing I did in terms of cards was sell a Geovany Soto rookie autograph on eBay for like $95 (I bought it for like $4.50), which was a good move by me since I could probably buy that card back for $5 again.

There are plenty of good sites for trading cards as well. I always went there and traded cards that I got in packs or whatever that I didn't want for cards that I did want.

same. I used to collect cards in the late 90's. Now, I'm stuck with about 50 900-ct. boxes full of cards taking up most of my closet that are barely worth the cardstock they are printed on. I've had them up on Cragislist for about 2 months, and have only managed to sell 4 boxes. lol

[Gibbz]

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I collected them when I was younger. I don't know the value of cards at all, but if I had to guess I'd say this was the best that I owned:





Nothing great, but that was always my favorite card as a kid.

[KSUowls]

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I used to collect baseball cards but stopped right around the 98 season. I've got a decent collection, but probably not worth nearly as much money as I spent on them all.

[Whitesox]

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Ive got a bit of a collection. Some notable ones:

Mark Buehrle signed rookie card

Alfonso Soriano jersey card from his yankees days. It even has a pinstipe in it.

Ivan Rodriguez bat card

Paul Konerko jersey card

Those are just the inserts I remember off the top of my head, I will have to dig them up and post them.

[Herky]

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The card industry killed itself when so many were produced and the prices per pack were raised.

I have tons of football, baseball, and basketball cards from 1985-2000 none of them are worth nearly what they were back in the day. Even the good ones.

I remember when my 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr card was $150. Now I think it's $40 at the most.

[Mo]

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I collected cards(still have them), but I never did with intent to sell them, just to acquire cards for my favorite player/team.

I have move on to die cast cars.

[bsb13]

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I collected baseball cards all the way up until about middle school. I remember me and my friends used to trade cards during class sometimes. Collecting cards just seems like something kids dont do anymore.

[Blzer]

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I used to be into it too. Then I was once accused of stealing (I wasn't) and the guy didn't want me in the store anymore. That was the day of the Fenway Park All Star Game which I think was 1999, so I haven't collected in ten years (since I was eleven years old, wow).

I have a crap load of cards, even at that age.

[mkharsh33]

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i collected basketball cards back in the mid-80's all the way into the mid-90's (have a handful of complete sets and some that are close). it just got too expensive and saturated. i went to flea markets and cards shows and loved it. i have a ton of cards in a big bin - some are worth good money (don nelson rookie card...two 1954 Bowman basketball cards - original cards)...many more. it was a hobby for me, not about the money.

i mostly collected larry bird cards and i have a bunch of those...but it's funny how much value they've lost over the years (according to Beckett magazine). but i don't do it anymore...even on ebay this stuff is just too expensive.

[Chef Matt]

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I'm in the "used too" boat. I still pick up a few packs here and there but with the mid 90's boom of companies and inserts I couldn't keep up anymore. Plus I had my own place and had to pay the rent LOL. It's an expensive hobby for sure now with three kids a wife and a house I'm lucky if I pick up a pack during my weekly target/walmart run...

I do have a large collection though about 50,000 cards total ranging from all the major sports. A few notables,

Marino rookie card exclnt condition.
Joe Montana rookie card exclent condition
I display these two in my game room with their starting line up counterparts.
Barry Bonds rookie mint condition
Ken Griffey JR Rookie mint condition
2 Shaq rookie inserts.

And my prize collection; I have every card made for my favorite player of all time-
Al Toon.
I even have the Mcdonalds one.