Why we collect what we collect

[Laxcat]

Maris- started strong with the collection from my dad. I have always seen Roger Maris as, my personal, Steve McQueen of baseball.

Clemente- cause damn. Awesome human. Great ball player. Loved his fans and played for one team.

T206's- we all have to chase a ghost or two right?

[pawpawdiv9]

so i can have a man cave!!!
I started early with some of those 88 donruss & early 90's topps....but too busy with school back then. Afterward school, started doing Nascar stuff. Those dang die-cast cars take up to much room. I need to sell that stuff to make room. Sometime after Dale Sr death, i stopped collecting for like 8-10 yrs and concentrated just on work. A few years ago, i come back into the hobby after a long snap. Decided to go the Mickey Mantle route and collect all the years 50-60's and several oddballs. Won several lots in a AH and got a new buddy (Bestdj777) who shared my interest in Micks. After acquiring the 'white whale' 52 Mick, i basically was done.
So i changed my focus to just HoF'ers RC's and just recently sold off most of the Micks to be able to do more projects, like the Ty Cobb T206 cards, which i got the red & green.
Of course theres several more cards i love to grab, but i got where i dont just settle, i try to get a nice centered one.
BTW, i also have had a few football RCs i had to grab while on the chase. WHAT A THRILL RIDE it had been so far!!

[JoeDfan]

Joe D., because when I was a little kid, my dad had a baseball room. He loved Mick, and had all his cards. They were the front and center showpiece. But I always loved to look at his little Joe shrine in the back corner.
Dad is gone, but that shrine lives on.

[Econteachert205]

I try to collect the things I dreamt about having as a kid.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

I try to collect the things I dreamt about having as a kid.

Same here. Lately I've been picking up the cards I always wanted growing up. I still have quite a few to go. Just picked up a Mantle rookie and working on getting his regular issue from every year. Have about half so far.

[RTK]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

I try to collect the things I dreamt about having as a kid.

So true, the memories of riding our bikes to the local store, buying two or three wax packs, and opening them up on the front porch. I was born in 1960, my first cards were from 1965, a time before cards were something akin to blue chip stocks on the NYSE. We wanted our home team guys, especially the Cubs since we lived in suburban Chicago maybe Mantle, Aaron & Mays as well. I suppose that's why I'm not caught up in graded cards, slabbed, locked down pieces of card board. I like the idea of what kid owned the cards, where they were bought, who touched them and how they were treasured.

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by RTK

So true, the memories of riding our bikes to the local store, buying two or three wax packs, and opening them up on the front porch. I suppose that's why I'm not caught up in graded cards, slabbed, locked down pieces of card board. I like the idea of what kid owned the cards, where they were bought, who touched them and how they were treasured.

Couldn't agree more!



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[MCoxon]

Style: player collecting because I feel its a bit more manageable. You can start with a basic set, and once mastered, move on to the master set if you still are into it.

Players and Teams:

1) Cleveland Indians, and especially Rocky Colavito because he was my mom and uncles' favorite. Also Feller because he was a great man

2) Sandy Koufax because he was a left-handed pitcher, and growing up I wore #32 as a left-handed pitcher because of him.

3) Roberto Clemente because of his passion for the game and for helping others; one of his was also the first "vintage" baseball card I ever got (1972 Topps in-action)

4) Pete Rose, because he's got an intriguing/notorious character; he was big when I grew up; and I sense he's got a lot of upside potential if his image is fully rehabilitated

5) Hank Aaron, because I can't think of another player in any sport who could hold so many all-time records and yet be under-rated at the same time. He was so consistently great for so long and faced tremendous pressures chasing Ruth.

Sets: I bounce around sets based on what appeals to me aesthetically. I started big into '56 and '57 Topps. But lately I have gotten more into '71 Topps and the '70 Kellogg set not because they're very important sets or hobby standards, but because they look so great

[WillBBC]

Clemente--when I was 14 I went to the Hall of Fame with my late father. They had a huge Clemente exhibit running that just opened my eyes to his era. I couldn't get enough.

Yankees--grew up in north Jersey going to a dozen or so games every season, perfect timing.

T206 Brooklyn players--I could listen to my grandparents talk about living in Brooklyn in the early 20th century for hours, and I did. It never, ever got old. My grandfather absolutely ate up baseball in New York for decades. So I figured why not, let's start nabbing some of these beautiful cards.

Great idea for a thread, brings back many, many great memories.

[rjackson44]

ed stop buying my stuff

[71buc]

I am a child of the 70’s and a product of a biracial marriage. At an early age I was very much aware that what was occurring in my house was different from the homes of my friends. My home sounded and smelled different. Spanish was my mother’s preferred way of speaking to me. It embarrassed me when she did so in front of my friends. I always answered in English.
Then I found baseball and the 1971 Pirates. They too were distinctly different. Many of their best players spoke Spanish and they carried themselves with a cocky swagger. In short to the eight year old version of me they were F**king cool. They were Carlos Santana, Celia Cruz, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rolling Stones all rolled into one bad ass band. Suddenly being different from my peers was also cool. Because of this the 1971 Pirates have always been my favorite team I loved them all, Clemente’s intensity, Stargell’s bat twirl, Blass’ enthusiasm, Sanguillen’s gap tooth grin, Dave Cash’s fro, and the militant attitude of Doc Ellis. I still do. Although my baseball collecting interests venture into other avenues I always return to the team that brought me to the dance.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by 71buc

I am a child of the 70’s and a product of a biracial marriage. At an early age I was very much aware that what was occurring in my house was different from the homes of my friends. My home sounded and smelled different. Spanish was my mother’s preferred way of speaking to me. It embarrassed me when she did so in front of my friends. I always answered in English.
Then I found baseball and the 1971 Pirates. They too were distinctly different. Many of their best players spoke Spanish and they carried themselves with a cocky swagger. In short to the eight year old version of me they were F**king cool. They were Carlos Santana, Celia Cruz, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rolling Stones all rolled into one bad ass band. Suddenly being different from my peers was also cool. Because of this the 1971 Pirates have always been my favorite team I loved them all, Clemente’s intensity, Stargell’s bat twirl, Blass’ enthusiasm, Sanguillen’s gap tooth grin, Dave Cash’s fro, and the militant attitude of Doc Ellis. I still do. Although my baseball collecting interests venture into other avenues I always return to the team that brought me to the dance.

Very cool!!

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by rjackson44

ed stop buying my stuff

That's funny. Hank and Reggie are not a collecting combo you see very often.


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