Narrow-minded Collectors

[Vegas Cards]

Based a recent posting to b/s/t listing a decent Mantle here is like throwing red meat to the wolves. I'm sure that's true for any of the big names - there are more buyers than sellers right now for certain players.

I don't look at my collection just as an investment, but like a lot of us who collected new cards during the 1980s and 90s, it's incredibly frustrating to find that most of what you had bought over 10-20 years is basically worthless now.

Learning from that experience is what lead me to refocus on the vintage part of my collection. I may be narrow minded, but I won't touch any of the cards being put out now.

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by Vegas Cards

Based a recent posting to b/s/t listing a decent Mantle here is like throwing red meat to the wolves.

Next time drop a few clues before feeding time, that Mantle was gorgeous

[rats60]

If you are a baseball fan, you know who to collect. I collect Pirates so that means Clemente and Wagner, but I did basic sets of other Pirates HOFers.

When I started collecting, it was all about complete sets. Now it is about star players. I sold off most of my sets to do player runs. I did Cobb and Koufax. I am working on Ruth and Stan Musial. When I am done with Musial, I will move on to either Ted Williams or Jackie Robinson and finally Willie Mays last because there are so many cards. Collect the players that you like. As someone said above, cards have gotten so expensive you have to be picky about what you collect. This has caused a move away from commons and minor stars to superstar players.

[Vegas Cards]

Originally Posted by oldeboo

Next time drop a few clues before feeding time, that Mantle was gorgeous

Based on feedback I underpriced it. Casey2296 was more than gracious and let me off the hook with a bit of a bump.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Vegas Cards

I may be narrow minded, but I won't touch any of the cards being put out now.

I focus on vintage now, for myself. But I'm trying to get my son involved, and so I've begun to go modern again. I want him to purchase cards of players he is seeing every day on TV. I bought a Mike Trout RC, and in a few years I'll probably give it to him. He is interested in the Astros, and he likes my memorabilia I have in my case, so I bought him some Funko Pop Astros. Picked up a couple Astros RC from my LCS. And then I splurged on two Kyle Lewis RC, which I'll probably give to him in a couple years as well. I decided to buy him Topps complete sets rather than introduce him to packs because I can't afford packs now - like another contributor pointed out. I wanted to get him a couple jumbo packs of Topps for his Christmas Stocking and the hobby packs were $30! I couldn't believe it. I could buy a complete set for the same amount as two jumbo packs which would probably yield an auto or relic card of a minor star.

It was fun to watch him go through the first Topps complete set. He organized them by team and was learning team names. He is into building reptile habitats in his room from stuffed animals, and when he came across the Arizona Diamonbacks, they instantly became one of his top favorite teams. I wish I could find every game from the 2001 WS, so he could see one of the best WS of my lifetime.

[skelly423]

Originally Posted by todeen

He is interested in the Astros.

Hopefully he grows out of this phase

[Tasupi]

If you want to PM me an address I have some Astros cards I can send that I just don’t like looking at anymore being a Mariners fan

Also, the 2001 WS games are on YouTube in full under the MLB Vault user.

Originally Posted by todeen

I focus on vintage now, for myself. But I'm trying to get my son involved, and so I've begun to go modern again. I want him to purchase cards of players he is seeing every day on TV. I bought a Mike Trout RC, and in a few years I'll probably give it to him. He is interested in the Astros, and he likes my memorabilia I have in my case, so I bought him some Funko Pop Astros. Picked up a couple Astros RC from my LCS. And then I splurged on two Kyle Lewis RC, which I'll probably give to him in a couple years as well. I decided to buy him Topps complete sets rather than introduce him to packs because I can't afford packs now - like another contributor pointed out. I wanted to get him a couple jumbo packs of Topps for his Christmas Stocking and the hobby packs were $30! I couldn't believe it. I could buy a complete set for the same amount as two jumbo packs which would probably yield an auto or relic card of a minor star.

It was fun to watch him go through the first Topps complete set. He organized them by team and was learning team names. He is into building reptile habitats in his room from stuffed animals, and when he came across the Arizona Diamonbacks, they instantly became one of his top favorite teams. I wish I could find every game from the 2001 WS, so he could see one of the best WS of my lifetime.