simple question? why do you collect;?

[steve B]

When I started it was just a typical thing for someone my age. We all collected at least a bit, and traded, and played games with the cards.

I collect a number of things, I guess I'm just the collecting sort.

After the collecting as a kid, I went through a few phases, Wanting to complete every set, wanting at least one from every set, Collecting variations, Small time dealing/ investing. Took a few partial vacations from really going after cards to chase other stuff. Not quitting exactly, but backing off to maybe one or two older cards a year, and a few packs.

Now I see them as part of the overall collection that covers a lot of history both sports and other, with a lean towards the history of various technologies. Looking at cards from any era says a lot about that time. And now I can lay out 125 years of cards and see sort of a panorama of US history.

Steve B