Length of original card collecting run

[egri]

Mine was 4/5 years. Then I took about four years off, before coming back.

[Tyruscobb]

I haven’t bought a pack since 1993, and probably never will again. I’m 100% into pre-1970 vintage. My pack buying days spanned from 1987 - 1993.

[rats60]

1965-2015. I bought random packs in 1965-66 and 1982-83. Every other year I bought boxes.

[fkm_bky]

My run was from 1981 to 1991 - ages 8 to 18. Went to all the card shows in the Twin Cities and collected every set from pack openings. Then went college and started my career. Picked it back up again around 2000, then found pre-war in 2003. Beyond grabbing a few packs here and there have moved completely away from packs.

Bill

[G1911]

28 years and counting. My first packs were Skybox Batman cards in 1994, started with sports with NASCAR in 1995 (I liked the card that came in the pack with the die cast cards more than the Hot Wheel style car toy), Football in 1997 and Baseball in 1998. Collected every year until college, still bought a few packs every year in university, and never really stopped; I buy a few boxes every year (mostly Heritage, and a Star Wars box or two) still though I would not consider myself much of a modern collector or particularly knowledgeable.

[obcbobd]

1967 (Topps Test Stickers Red Sox) to 1974. After that I bought complete sets for a few years.

[ullmandds]

1976-1981

[abothebear]

From 84-87 my dad would bring home packs of baseball and football for me and my brother. In 88 I started spending all my own money (which wasn’t much) on cards. It shifted from mostly baseball to mostly basketball during the Larry Johnson and Shaquille RC years, to mostly hockey in 94 and 95. Then I didn’t buy packs until 2008 or 2009 when I would buy a few for my son to see if he’d get into it. I didn’t buy cards for myself again until I found a great local card store in 2010 and started getting vintage cards here and there as a way to cope with adjusting to a new job, no packs for me though. I learned my lesson from the 84-95 packs-collecting run.

[ccre]

I cllected from 1979 - 1984 and then again from 1989 - 1994.

[DHogan]

I started building Topps baseball sets around 1993. I needed something to do in my limited spare time. I asked my wife if I could start collecting baseball cards. We had some extra income then. She said yes. But then said you don't even follow sports.