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Originally Posted by frankbmd
But I have the gene, i need eleven more cards to reach the K2 summit of 500. I can smell it. Every day I comb the Web looking for my guys in a condition and at a price I can live with. They can run, but they can't hide......Chesbro, Jimmy Collins, Cranston, Doyle (NY), Hickman, Johnson, Paige, Shaughnessy, Carlos and Sid Smith and Thornton are in the crosshairs and they know it. I will ultimately succeed, hopefully this year. I am a set collector and proud of it. Make me an offer I can't refuse and your check is in the mail (or a Paypal gift if you prefer)
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I have the set collector's gene as well. I love your mountain climbing analogy as it is so true! For me, it's an exhilarating experience to complete a set. Acquiring that last card is a rush regardless of whether it is of a superstar or a common.
The other reason I don't mind searching out commons is that I look at each cards as a window into a players life at a particular point in time. While I love the fronts of my cards, the backs that contain player information are even better. How was this player doing in 1935? His stats. His health. How did his team do? Was it early in a career that resulted in induction in the HOF? Or was he a one season wonder that wasn't able to realize his promise? Or did he never really have much success? Did he go to college? Play other sports as well?
Houston Antwine of the old Boston Patriots died the other day. He was not a HOFer but a very good player that I didn't know a lot about so I pulled all of his cards and spent some time looking at them and reading up on his career. Kinda my own personal tribute to his life. You all probably saw that his wife passed the next day as well.
I'm not trying to romanticize our hobby too much but I personally enjoy the "people" aspects of my cards regardless of whether the person on the card was a superstar or a common.
jeff
P.S. sorry for the football reference in a baseball thread but it was timely