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Posted By: davidcycleback

Specializing in one player is fairly common, with the collections often of modern players like Cal Ripken and Walter Payton. Most of the specialists also collect memorabilia, so they will get stuff like ad signs, magazines, books, toys. I've met a few collectors who specialize is common players, often because the player was a local boy.

As there are many one player collectors, there is resale value in a diverse single player collection. The non specialist might find it neat to acquire a Christy Mathewson collection all at once, while the Willie Mays or Troy Aikman die-hard is always on the look out for obscure items to add to the collection. If one finds a neat 1-of-1 Cal Ripken item, you can bet there are Ripken specialists who will want it.