How Many of Us Vintage Collectors Buy New Cards

[BleedinBlue]

I buy some packs, open them with the kids and then give them to my son.

[drdduet]

I collect tons of new stuff every year. I especially like the rookie auto patch cards of LSU footballers and our beloved Saints.

[jb217676]

I'll buy a high grade RC or Autograph here or there, some I have pulled from packs, then I try and consolidate the rest into vintage cards. Click on my link and check out my Albert Pujols /10 card in my 1981-Current folder. Some dudes would pay a fortune for that card.

[chaddurbin]

i wouldn't mind buying a carlos santana auto'd rc card or a clayton kershaw gu jersey card...collecting 100 yr old cards of guys u have no connection to can get boring.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

i wouldn't mind buying a carlos santana auto'd rc card or a clayton kershaw gu jersey card...collecting 100 yr old cards of guys u have no connection to can get boring.

Quan,

This one???


Oh... The other Carlos Santana!

[RichR]

I pick up a few now and then. Really enjoyed some of the new cards based on older sets.

[deadballera]

how about another option


Only buy players or my favorite team individually...not in packs.

[marvjung]

I collect only 2 of the newer items, but certainly not the "high-end" $300-a pack-for-5-cards stuff. I only collect 2009 Goodwin Champions and 2009 Allen & Ginter; by far the prettiest cards, AND the most plain - simple and elegant. I found both to be reminiscent of the vintage stuff to a degree.

You know what's funny with the new stuff is that some of it, when trying to complete a set, is super tough - I mean, WAY more difficult than locating some 206's or 213's. For example, a Kristi Yamaguchi Auto card from 2009 Goodwin for $200??? With only 50 signed, it's considered a "short print." She lives like 5 blocks from where I do - I should just walk over there and ask her to sign the damn base card for me.....



My most recent "new-stuff" acquisitions: