Does anyone only collect one player?

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I guess I was not looking hard enough...just found an unopened pack on ebay

Hi Curt:

Yeah, I have it. He also is surprisingly on the a 1973 Topps tub with the players on the lid. 11 Years AFTER Ashburn retired.

They use an image of his 60 Topps Tattoo on the tub along with Drysdale!

[deweyinthehall]

As a life-long Boston fan, I have individual player collections of Dwight Evans and Jim Rice, along with a guy who in many ways has become my favorite Sox of all time - Tim Wakefield.

I also collect one other guy - George Will wrote a column in the Washington Post (my local paper at the time) about 30 years ago about a player he suggested epitomized professionalism and dedication to craft in baseball, and who referred to himself simply as a 'professional catcher' - Jamie Quirk. I was so impressed I followed Oakland box scores during the last couple years of his career to see how he was doing. Never met the guy, don't know all that much about him - but the fact he hung on and kept contributing long after many others would have hung it up impressed me greatly. So, I also have a Jamie Quirk collection.

[philo98]

Collect Clemente and Ryne Sandberg. Clemente as the company I work for is based in Pittsburgh and thought I would collect some "local" things, and Sandberg as he was my favorite player as a kid and I named my son after him. Due to unfortunate events, my son lives on the opposite side of the world and Ryno has helped bridge that gap by sending some personalized items for my son and helping increase his interest in baseball in a country that does not have baseball.

[mybestbretts]

I collect George Brett - Have other cards but only serious collection is Brett and also Brett type 1 photos .

[Harford20]

Like Marc above, Ted Williams is my player collection. I have been collecting Ted items for nearly 40 years. I tend to collect either "playing era" cards/items or very rare cards/items of Ted from the 60's and 70's.
I certainly have other interests, mainly tobacco and candy era cards, but no other specific player interests.

My father is strictly a Hank Aaron card-only collector, with a collection from rookie card to current 2020 "shiny" inserts. He has nearly 3000 different Aaron cards.

David

[gustomania]

Love hearing everyone's story and how they collect. I honestly didn't think this thread would have as much interest as it does.

There definitely is a carve out for many who focus on 1 player and maybe a few other things for some.

Very interesting stuff guys, thank you for sharing.

[carlsonjok]

I consider myself mainly a set collector, but I also collect Paul Blair and Johnny Antonelli. The Blair collection was my re-entry to the hobby 10 years ago and I chose him for the rather mundane reason that I had a Paul Blair model glove as a wee lad. I chose Antonelli later because I grew up in Rochester and, at the time, he ran the local Firestone franchises.

I mainly limit my collection to trading and post cards that actually feature a picture of the subject (no Tristar cut-autos for me) but I have to thank Net54 member, Alan Strout, for my favorite item in my Paul Blair collection.