Why do you collect what you collect?

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by skil55voy

I have continued to collect Post Cereal and Jello cards through the years including hockey cards released in Canada.

I did not know those existed; can you post a few here?

[riggs336]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I did not know those existed; can you post a few here?

I'm a hockey ignoramus, so I did an eBay search for "post cereal hockey" and got 1,763 hits. Another Net54 learning experience.

[ullmandds]

As a Kid I had a HOF binder...where I had all of my HOF'ers grouped by player in chronological order...and I had a NY Yankees binder for only yankees. Sold my collection to replace a totalled car in high school.

When I got back into the hobby in the early 90's I focused on rare backed t206's and started type collecting. I basically wanted to do what Leon almost did...I was motivated by the Sport Americana Price guide that had color pics of types in the center from the halper collection.

After 10-15 years of this...completed an e94 set, an e90-2 set and a n43 set but set collecting really isnt my thing. For similar reasons I tired of type collecting...spending lots of money on common players because the set is super tough...and common players within sets wasn't satisfying.

I sold most of my rare types and I'm mainly collecting babe ruth and ty cobb in the vintage realm...and some other top tier HOF'ers. Also trying to add to my dots miller run...which satisfies the type collector in me.

And I restarted a yankees binder...and a HOF binder which comprises most of my buying these days.

[edjs]

I don’t know. Honestly, I don’t even watch much baseball.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by riggs336

I'm a hockey ignoramus

Don't worry, this is the case for most people south of the border
I'm only teasing, my American friends...

[skil55voy]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I did not know those existed; can you post a few here?

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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by skil55voy

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[Brian Van Horn]

"Why do you collect what you collect?"

I'm nuts.

[conor912]

With so many other aspects of life being out of my control, I enjoy mixing the curation process with the game I love.

[Bobbycee]

Because, with T206, it was love at first sight..

[skil55voy]

Originally Posted by skil55voy

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[Casey2296]

This thread is full of great collecting stories, thank you all for sharing.

[kmac32]

I got the bug as my great great Uncle Elmer Miller played for the Yankees in th teens and with the Yankes MLB team in 192 and 1922. He is literally the first Yankee to get a hit in a World Series and Ruth drove him in making him the first Yankee to scor a run in a World Series. I collect Elmer Miller cards and photos from the 1920’s and have his original signed contract from 1919 along with the signiatures of Ban Johnson and Jacob Rupert.

I also am a diehard Cubs fan so I have collected every card including errors in Topps from 1951 to currnt, a near complete front/ reverse set of T205 Cubs (148/151 cards), T207 Cubs front/ rverse set with all possible backs, S74 Cubs (if they ever com back from SGC, and starting a 1910 T210 Jacksonville Jays as I live near JAX.

Love collcting my teams