NEW MEMBER building HOF auto collection (NOW 206/300)

[Mr. Zipper]

Welcome! It looks like you are off to a heck of a start. Love the displays! Make sure you include enough in the house fund to buy a home that has a extra room for your stuff.

[yanks12025]

Very nice

[HRBAKER]

Looks like you may have been to IKEA as well.
Great display.

Welcome to the board!

[isaac2004]

Welcome and great collection, just curious, how did you obtain most of your collection? Did you go the eBay route or auction house, or a little of both.

[jgmp123]

Beautiful collection.

[whyconform]

My first 20 Autos (including stars/future HOF) were from buying boxes of 05 Donruss Throwback Threads.

Then, probably 75% eBay and 25% shows to get the nearly the rest. About 10 came from Jim Stinson's emails and/or eBay auctions.

I was like 2 or 3 from having every Game Used HOF card, but decided to sell and just stick w/ autos..much more intimate...

I was close to bidding on a few from major auction houses but never got around....

Unfortunately, a lot of the guys I have left really only pop up in major auction houses, so I'm going to have to use them eventually. Figure I can use this site to know which auction houses are coming up and when, along with any PC partouts that occur....


Yes, and Detolfs from Ikea are awesome!

[whyconform]

Mighty.....

That is one hell of a collection.... Want me to post a link of your collection on my site in like a links page? Are you at 229 or 239? You said your looking for 240 but your bucket has 229?

I also enjoy going through each person's auto collection. Very very nice autos in your collection. Far more than me....anyone left for less than $1k? McGraw? who you looking for now. lol

Assuming it's 229, 29 difference doesn't seem like a lot, but scarcity, availability, and MONEY is a big diff. True HOF collectors would agree. How many years have you been at this? I'd like to think it's possible for me to get to like 210 within a year or so, but after that, forget about it....lol....

Any other HOF auto collectors out there (this site or not)?

[jgmp123]

I recently started a HOF collection and am sitting at 105...I just added Walter O'Malley, Honus Wagner, and Cobb this week. Loved looking at your collection. It's about time Mighty had some competition!

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by whyconform

Mighty.....

That is one hell of a collection.... Want me to post a link of your collection on my site in like a links page? Are you at 229 or 239? You said your looking for 240 but your bucket has 229?

I also enjoy going through each person's auto collection. Very very nice autos in your collection. Far more than me....anyone left for less than $1k? McGraw? who you looking for now. lol

Assuming it's 229, 29 difference doesn't seem like a lot, but scarcity, availability, and MONEY is a big diff. True HOF collectors would agree. How many years have you been at this? I'd like to think it's possible for me to get to like 210 within a year or so, but after that, forget about it....lol....

Any other HOF auto collectors out there (this site or not)?

Yes, I got ahead of myself there. I'm looking for number 230. McGraw is indeed who I'm targeting next, but if the right piece pops up of someone I need and funds are available, I go after it. This is what happened with my last purchase, Mordecai Brown.

You are right about auction houses. To keep growing your collection, you will have to start using them. Plenty of toughies in the Heritage auction ending this week...

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by whyconform

Any other HOF auto collectors out there (this site or not)?

Welcome to the community! Great to see another hof auto collector join here. I collect HOF Autographed 'Rookie' cards, and Joe Mauer.

Here is my site: hofautorookies.com

- Brent