Vintage ?s

[icollectDCsports]

My strong recommendation for a collector who is starting out is to learn what is available and then collect what makes you happiest. That may mean that you have a particular focus -- on a player, a team, an era, a manufacturer, a certain set. Or it may mean that you have no specific focus and simply collect what appeals to you at the moment. I'd guess that most collectors are a mix -- with some areas of focus and also just picking up other cool stuff as it becomes available. We all have our favorites, but what's important is what you like and what you develop a liking for over time.

Of course, if your primary goal is to obtain cards (or other memorabilia) in order to sell them for a profit, then knowing what others want and having a sense for what will maintain value and perhaps increase in value over time becomes important. Learning all of that will likely come easier to you if you at least initially approach the hobby as a collector at first and then get into selling cards once you have a better sense of the cards themselves and the market for them. But, by no means should you feel like you need to buy cards with future value and sales potential in mind. It's entirely up to you as to what you collect and why.