Why do you collect what you collect?

[todeen]

My grandma told me my maternal grandfather was related to Tris Speaker, distantly. That got me interested in pre-war, Ken Burns, hall of fame biographies, etc. I bought the 1921 Exhibit when I was 17 or 18 at my LCS. I added an auto from a Lelands auction in 2013. The other cards have been added more recently. A couple others I can't get in the small display. Speaker and Cobb were friendly, and so I branched out and picked up the exhibit and T206 red Cobb to pair with a photo my wife got me for Xmas of the two together.

I am an eclectic collector, so I pick up whatever else I want, like the Walter Johnson photo from fellow member Hankphenom.

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[abothebear]

12 years ago it would never have crossed my mind to collect pre-war cards. In fact, I thought card collecting in general had long passed me by. Then I happened to see a card store near my house and went in to check it out. I started a $5 budget to see what stuff I could get from my days as a kid. Then I found eBay, and I found I could get pre-war cards, even star players, and still stay within my $5 a week budget. I could only get a card every month or three, but It was amazing to me that it was even possible. At the same time I found this site which introduced me to a whole new world.

So for pre-war I collect stars that I can afford - because of the relative unpopularity of a set, because the player isn’t named on the card (Churchman Ruth, National Game runner sliding Cobb, etc.) or because of condition.

Post-war I collect nostalgically.


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[mouschi]

I wanted to assemble my own little museum of pre war super key cards in low to mid grade with super eye appeal. Something that isn't "complete" by any means, but something that tells the story of our beloved hobby with "wow" factor.

[MuncieNolePAZ]

I collected modern baseball and basketball cards as a kid in the late 80s and early 90s. I stopped in mid 90s. I started back up again probably 15 years ago focusing on collecting one card of MLB HOF's during their playing days because of my love of history. While writing a capstone paper for my history degree, and spent a decent amount of time with my capstone advisor/mentor. He was a big Tigers fan and had multiple books on Ty Cobb. I really enjoyed reading A Terrible Beauty. Cobb became my favorite player from the pre-war era. Walter Johnson and I share the same birthday and he was an amazing pitcher, natural connection. Two years ago I stopped collecting one card for each MLB HOFs and decided to focus just on Cobb and WaJo. I traded almost all of my cards of the HOF collection besides just a few for Cobbs and WaJos.

Chad