Sibling or close Collectors?

[todeen]

I didn't have a collecting buddy. No friend, or family member. However, my mom collects milk glass, goes antiquing, quilts, etc. She understands the search and the purchase. She told me "when you see an item that you haven't seen before, buy it because you might not see it again." My father doesn't really collect, but he collects memories. He gets these through family trips and nostalgia / pictures. I picked up a love of family history from him.

My parents endulged me. They never bought me anything extravagant. Maybe if I was collecting vintage at age 10 they would have bought me lower priced cards, but I wanted Griffey cards then. They bought hobby boxes for xmas presents, took me to local auto signings (used to have 1 per year, now its nada), and even took me to the 2001 All Star Fanfest in Seattle (closest thing to a National I've ever been too).

Now that I have my own job, and I'm older, the relationship isn't the same because they aren't involved. They aren't as excited because I can essentially get whatever I want on Ebay. My wife doesn't find any enjoyment in it.

But! My son has shown interest... in hockey cards! Lol. So I'm interested in starting a single player collection with him. I'm going to push him toward Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, but I'm sure he will want Crosby or Ovechkin. Go Kraken!

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[AndrewJerome]

Hi Brian,

Great idea for a thread. Matt Sears and I are cousins, but really we’re more like brothers. As you know, we both set up together at the WSSCA shows. We’ve collected together since cracking 100s of 1987 Topps packs. Crazy to think it’s now been 34 years. Lots of changes over those 34 years, but we still talk about cards all the time. Hopefully our passion for cards rubs off on our kids. My son is very into soccer, so we’ve picked up some Ronaldo, Messi, and Mbappe cards. He also loves GPKs, which has been a lot of fun. Hopefully that is a gateway toward pre-war when he’s older. He likes looking at old cards (especially Obaks and T206) and pretty much tells me to keep everything!

Andrew