What Would 8 Year Old You Think About Your Collection Today?

[refz]

My 8 year old self would be proud and happy of what I have today and the stories that went along with them!

Realistically my 8 year old self was blown away by my father’s Mickey Mantle collection and vintage hof. He taught me the ropes of vintage and educated me on values. I rarely collected modern. Thanks dad!

[Snapolit1]

My 8 year old self couldn’t care less what vintage cards I have collected as an adult.

[Yoda]

My 8 year old self would be happy I was still collecting, buying, selling and trading baseball 50's and 60's HOF'ers. He would be surprised at my pre-war and 19th century stuff and be curious about the players, their teams and histories. And he would probably ask me, "Christ, how old are you now?

I suspect Kevin Struss was collecting E cards when he was 8.

[runbrett]

The younger me would wonder -
1. Why did you keep 22 1978 Mike Lum cards?
2. Why do you have so many doubles when you could trade them for something else?
3. How come you never got enough money to order the Kellogg's sets that were available via a mail-in offer?
4. When a neighbor gave you 1000 1971s why didn't you ask him to include some players who you actually heard of?

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by runbrett

The younger me would wonder -
1. Why did you keep 22 1978 Mike Lum cards?
2. Why do you have so many doubles when you could trade them for something else?
3. How come you never got enough money to order the Kellogg's sets that were available via a mail-in offer?
4. When a neighbor gave you 1000 1971s why didn't you ask him to include some players who you actually heard of?

That's funny.

[vansaad]

Why did you stop collecting Mark McGwire? Why don’t you have an Honus Wagner yet?




If anyone wants to make my 8 year old dreams come true, I have a nice Jackie Robinson collection that I’d consider trading for a 1985 Tiffany PSA 10 McGwire and a PSA 1 T206 Wags.

[Arazi4442]

“Where are all the Pete Rose cards?”

[CobbSpikedMe]

My 8 year old self would be so excited to see that I had tobacco and candy cards these days. When I was 8 I always wanted a tobacco card but never thought I would have one. I didn't know that they were even at the shows I was going to as a kid. I was just looking for the modern stuff at the time, the Mattingly rookies and Griffey's and stuff. If I had spent time looking around better I would've seen T206s and other prewar cards. I also would have seen that they could have been bought for less than a box of junk wax at the time. So I would've been so happy and in awe of what I have today. Even though I don't have anything crazy valuable, I have plenty of cards that would've excited the 8 year old me. That's for sure.

I'd probably be thinking, however, why I don't have a Ty Cobb yet. Ha!

I'd also be impressed with my post war vintage collection and my Mantles and other cards in that era.

Great topic.



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[maniac_73]

My 8 year old me would ask if I sold my Upper Deck Kevin Maas Rookie Card to pay for the vintage collection.

[ValKehl]

As a youngster, I would have been absolutely amazed to learn that baseball cards were produced and issued prior to WWII.