Make me feel better about myself. Do you guys ever do this?

[ALBB]

Yup,
Me Too

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Guys, thanks for your remarks on the subject. I've gotten over the crisis outlook I had a couple of days ago when I started this thread. Your comments helped.

Jimmy, I'm trying to zero in on baseball for now, but I own a McDonald's card or two. I think that set is very cool and could be quite a rabbit hole! I started off just wanting some Chargers but saw quickly that there's a lot more there.

Nicolo, you gave voice to what I've been thinking. It's nice to have an alternate route to shift to in the event I'm feeling like trying something different. The football and the prewar baseball have been nice alternate routes lately. I'll probably continue to mix those in throughout this new year along with familiar postwar baseball.

Andrew, I guess I'm more ADD than I thought. I need to be a little less concerned with discipline and just keep going where my collecting takes me. I've always known that, it's just easy to forget.

Greg, I love your line about having having a mini-standard-catalog within your boxes. That's a good way to look at it.

I'm not one to sell much although I have at times, especially when I've bitten off more than I can chew, but I don't like parting with anything. I figure I'll eventually circle back to it, whatever it is.

I like experimenting with how I organize my cards as well. It helps keep things fresh. For example, I'm liking the products from Preza Cards. They make a really cool binder for graded cards. They really aren't binders in the classic sense, but I don't know what else to call them. They each hold 32 graded cards, and the pages are built in and are pretty clear. It zips up really nice, and the construction seems solid. PSA cards fit easier, but SGC works, too. Preza also makes a top loader binder. I have one that was just delivered, but I haven't gone to work on it yet. The only downside there for me is that I've used Card Saver 2s. I'm either going to have to trim off that 1/2" lip or switch over to top loaders.

Anyway, we have a great hobby. Let's all enjoy it in 2025!

[steve B]

Pretty much the way I collect all the things I collect. Since at least the late 1960's.

I've gone to shows for other hobbies and bought things unrelated to that hobby, especially if it's not a hobby I'm in but just checking out. Cards from a stamp show, stamps from a card show. Cards from a restaurant china show along with a Cubs coffee cup that probably wasn't a retail item.

It's just how I'm wired.

[wdwfan]

I stray. Quite a bit actually. I will go into a LCS and see some graded cards, none of which fit into my PCs. And I'll grab it. Then a few days later, I'll wonder why I did. And I'll list it for trade/for sale. As long as I get my money back, I'm not really worried about that process.

I have built 2 1958s, a 1957 and a 1962. I sold all of them. Just part of the fun to me. I love buying up lots, picking out what I want, selling the rest, putting sets together then selling them off and starting over.

[Chris-Counts]

I've been collecting since 1970, and I've heard many collectors mourn their inability to stay focused on certain goals or categories. I've always taken the opposite approach, with the idea that the most fun and interesting collection possible strays down every possible rabbit hole. My collection includes type cards from countless sets spanning more than a century, along with jerseys, caps, bats, gloves, helmets, pinbacks, autographs, publications, pennants, figurines, photos, games, glasses, popcorn megaphones, scrapbooks, postcards and clippings — all related to baseball. Fifty-five years later, my collection is as unfocused as ever, but I don't fret over it. I'm ready to expand it further into other sports. I just started in on hockey type cards.

[Republicaninmass]

I love 1952 topps, and went off course buying 2001 Topps heritage which of course mimics the 1952 set. Funny EVERY CARD/WAX is up 10x since 2020...the 2001 heritage didnt even budge a dollar. I even picked up an open case (with bbcx letter) LESS than the person paid for it in 2005!

[DHogan]

I like picking up something completely different other than working on the 20 + baseball and football sets I've been trying to complete for the past 35 years. I've picked up a few misprint prewar cards over the past few months.