simple question? why do you collect;?

[atx840]

for the ladies

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by atx840

for the ladies

This^

You wouldn't believe the tail that this hobby has yielded....

[Browncow75]

Obviously I Need to find better shows, the ones I go to are sausage-fests lol.

[deadballfreaK]

Because I'm an idiot? Seriously I sold a few nice cards and raised some money for things my wife wanted. Bragged about it too much in order to impress her. I guess she was impressed. I'm getting questions now like "When you gonna sell some more?". "Why don't you sell all of them?".

"Well, Dear. I will eventually, but the card market is down like the economy. Better hold off a while."

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

Because I'm an idiot? Seriously I sold a few nice cards and raised some money for things my wife wanted. Bragged about it too much in order to impress her. I guess she was impressed. I'm getting questions now like "When you gonna sell some more?". "Why don't you sell all of them?".

"Well, Dear. I will eventually, but the card market is down like the economy. Better hold off a while."

Lol....and it starts.....I travel that same path as well.....you are not alone

[Pythonfactory]

Been a devout baseball fan all my life. In elementary school, I used to read several autobiographies a month and would pour over the stats in a baseball encyclopedia I got for my birthday one year (so I knew who the likes of Speaker, Crawford, and other "obscure" hall of famers were by age 7). I'd skip the ice cream man so I could spend any allowance / money earned from chores on baseball cards. And then there was playing the game itself... Since then, I've dedicated countless hours of my life going to games (Dodgers, Giants, and Mariners), managing fantasy teams, and playing in adult softball leagues. In addition to these activities, these "stupid little pieces of cardboard" strengthen my love for the game by connecting me to its history. Plus, they can be beautiful pieces of art. Lastly, as someone else mentioned, I now have the disposable income to do this =)

[deadballfreaK]

Originally Posted by Pythonfactory

Been a devout baseball fan all my life. In elementary school, I used to read several autobiographies a month and would pour over the stats in a baseball encyclopedia I got for my birthday one year (so I knew who the likes of Speaker, Crawford, and other "obscure" hall of famers were by age 7). I'd skip the ice cream man so I could spend any allowance / money earned from chores on baseball cards. And then there was playing the game itself... Since then, I've dedicated countless hours of my life going to games (Dodgers, Giants, and Mariners), managing fantasy teams, and playing in adult softball leagues. In addition to these activities, these "stupid little pieces of cardboard" strengthen my love for the game by connecting me to its history. Plus, they can be beautiful pieces of art. Lastly, as someone else mentioned, I now have the disposable income to do this =)

+100 Python expressed my views exactly.

[Cardboard Junkie]

In the summer, in Detroit, in the fifties, baseball was everything. Those were magical times for me.....sandlot baseball from dawn to dark......my Kaline model glove, a 6oz. Coke, and a pack of 58Topps or 59, or 57. That big thick chewy slab of pink heaven. The thrill of going to Briggs Stadium to watch our hero Tigers....to see The Mick swing the bat, (if the Yankees were in town) ...or Mr. Tiger make a game saving catch........Except for now...those were the best days of my life, but occasionally baseball cards can be a kind of time machine and transport me back to those magical times of the fifties, when baseball was everything.
My interest naturally expanded into prewar, (which I immensely enjoy) and up to date, but to be honest I don't even care for the modern game and don't follow it much except at World Series time.

[Leon]

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

Not for the chicks???

[deadballfreaK]

Serious answer. I LOVE baseball. I played it daylight to dark when I was a kid. If it rained we played the Cadaco game with the spinner on my buddies front porch. I grew up playing that game. We somehow had a bunch of old timers discs. Larry Doby, Al Rosen, Babe Ruth, Wally Berger, Freddie Lindstrom. I went to the library to check out the then pitiful version of the Baseball Encyclopedia many a time just to find out about those guys. When I discovered they had cards out there that you could collect pretty cheap... I went crazy!

[drc]

I've collected things since I was a little kid, and I can't tell you why. I think you have to have an interest in the items-- and many people don't have that. I was the only one in my family who collected anything.

I was interested in art and history and old cars and old movies as a kid, that might have something to do with it.

[maniac_73]

Now that I'm an adult I can buy the stuff I only dreamed about when I was a kid.

[EvilKing00]

Love of the game, love of history of the game, owing a piece of it I guess, and owining anything thats rare and interesting.

[g_vezina_c55]

I love sport history

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it...

+1. Great answers everyone!

Guy, you "cried when my beloved Expos moved to Washington in 2004," whereas I cried tears of joy because after more than 30 years without MLB, we finally had a team again! I grew up watching the Senators of old Griffith stadium, only to see 2 teams leave Washington for greener pastures in Minnesota and Texas. I'm truly sorry Montreal lost its team - I know very well how it feels!
Val

[T205 GB]

Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

+10