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10-14-2011, 12:08 PM
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To pick up chicks...
Kidding, haha, I usually collect because I love history and baseball. Those two subjects tie together with this hobby.
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10-14-2011, 12:16 PM
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It's fun and is a much healthier escape from reality than hookers and blow, seriously......
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10-14-2011, 09:11 PM
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Yep
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10-14-2011, 09:20 PM
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Tell em Sammy...
..."Beisbol (cards) has been very very good to me."
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10-14-2011, 09:30 PM
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I don't
collect cards, I collect baseball ephemera of winning pitchers in the world series and perfect no-no hurlers.
Last edited by pitchernut; 10-14-2011 at 09:31 PM.
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10-14-2011, 10:00 PM
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One player,many reasons
I collect Dots Miller stuff because...
1- I collect old cards 2- I collect Pirates stuff 3- I collect players born in the same town as I was 4- I collect players who have six relatives in commons with me That last part narrows it down to just John Barney "Dots" Miller 
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Please check out my books on baseball history. They include the bio of star second baseman Dots Miller. A book featuring 20 Moonlight Graham players who got into just one game. Another with 13 players who were with the Pittsburgh Pirates during the regular season, but never played a game. There's also one about 27 baseball families, as well as a day-by-day look at the worst team in Pittsburgh Pirates history. All five can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/John-D...hor/B0DH87Q2DS
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10-15-2011, 04:11 PM
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Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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I'm always looking for t206's with purple numbers stamped on the back like the one in my avatar. The Great T206 Back Stamp Project: Click Here My Online Trading Site: Click Here Member of OBC (Old Baseball Cards), the longest running on-line collecting club www.oldbaseball.com My Humble (Outdated) Blog: Click Here
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10-15-2011, 05:04 PM
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I've noticed someone trying to sell a 1971 Topps set that they claim was once owned by Sheen. Now the asking price of this particular set is about 5 times what a similar set might typically go for. I have never bothered to email the seller and ask why the fact that Charlie Sheen owning the set makes it 5X more valuable than a set not owned by him. It keeps showing up week after week...
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10-15-2011, 10:22 PM
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I think Pete summed it up nicely... for the chicks! Yeah, as JD and a few others have mentioned it's hard to beat a pick up line like "ya wanna see my Polar Bear Johnson?"
Who the heck can resist collecting old pictures of dead guys? If you truly love the history of the game then collecting this stuff is for you.
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fr3d c0wl3s - always looking for OJs and other 19th century stuff. PM or email me if you have something cool you're looking to find a new home for.
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10-15-2011, 11:02 PM
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Its fun.
I feel like a bit of a historian. It caters to my slow, methodical, researching side. It connects me, a bit, to my youth. It connects me, a bit, to my grandfather who was a ballplayer. It connects me, a bit, as a fan because my "list" follows how I follow the game.
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10-16-2011, 01:16 PM
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I collect because I like baseball and history.I stopped collecting when I was 16,in the early '80's.My dad was into cars,and I followed his footsteps.From then on my hobby was cars.I built street rods,customs,drag cars, restored antiques.I built a small shop at my house.I would work on cars as my full time job,then come home and work on freinds cars and my own projects.After 25 years of that I became very burned out.About 5 years ago a guy I work with and I started talking about collecting when we were younger.We went to a local mall show,and I've been hooked ever since.My full time job is still working on cars,but baseball collecting is my hobby.It relaxes me and I enjoy it.
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10-16-2011, 10:19 PM
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It's iN me DNA
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10-14-2011, 12:23 PM
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10-14-2011, 12:46 PM
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Tied my two passions together
baseball and marketing. Have only collected t206s, but would love to have been in the room when the marketing guy said "we could get the kids hooked on tobacco by putting pictures of their favorite players in the packs. We'll make a fortune!"
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10-14-2011, 12:56 PM
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Good question. For the most part, I'd say the 'feeling like a kid again' aspect is the strongest (for me). I love sorting through cards, trading, scanning, displaying, attending shows and talking about them (Net54). The fact that they have financial value is nice, but doesn't drive me. I bought some cards 20 years ago 'as an investment'. I did flip them years later for a gain, but didn't enjoy it. Those cards were never 'mine'.
When my kids see me with my cards, they see the enjoyment. I love it when they say I should grow up...
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10-14-2011, 01:02 PM
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For me why I love collecting so much it takes me away from the hectic rat race of work,etc. It is my private time to enjoy and relax collecting the immortals of our past. I actually envision me going back in time to the roaring 20s or 30s and seeing these ballplayers and all close up and see a time in life when things were I guess better off perhaps??? Overall enjoyable hobby and quite relaxing to me!!
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10-14-2011, 01:18 PM
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My wife would say it's because "I like old things". Same reason I write with a fountain pen.
 I open 80's packs to feel like a kid again. I collect vintage for the nostalgia/history of the game. I open modern to make money to buy more vintage.
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10-14-2011, 01:40 PM
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collecting
Steven, great thread by the way.
I've collected cards ever since I was eight years old and I'm 32 now, so its been something I've done for most of my life. I've always loved sports and in the past five years or so, my passion for the hobby has exploded. I don't really buy cards for their monetary value, but do love to find the great deal. I do occasionally flip cards to make a little money to help in other areas of my collection. All I can really say is that I've loved collecting since I was young, going to trade night at Jim's Dugout being able to see other's collections and money never being a factor at all, just liking certain players. One huge thing for me was being able to buy certain cards like Walter Payton and Wayne Gretzky's rookie because when I was young, that was only a pipedream and not reality, owning them that is. Every once in a while I go through my cards and admire them and pick up the Payton or other like cards and still marvel at them like they are a million bucks...gotta love it. Overall, it's a hobby that I love and enjoy and there is so much to learn about it and has a great following as well. I can't say how happy I am to have found Net54 as are many others are as well...such a great site to learn and purchase cards otherwise I could not have. Mike
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10-14-2011, 01:59 PM
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Collecting post-war cards is a hobby. Collecting pre-war cards is a disease that doesn't appear to have a cure. My wife has nearly the same reaction when I open one of my packages. Except she channels all her positive energy into raising one eyebrow, grinding her teeth and asking "now how much did that one cost?" I guess collecting cardboard pictures of dead sports figures doesn't capture everyone's imagination.
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10-14-2011, 02:02 PM
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97man: I dont think any of us are on track...its amazing that old cardboard can help w/ a loss as well. Last edited by rainier2004; 10-14-2011 at 02:03 PM.
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10-14-2011, 01:18 PM
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10-14-2011, 01:53 PM
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I started collecting cards as way to spend more time with father. He was a die had dodger fan so as way to needle him I started collecting any and everything new york yankee. We were able to share a lot of laughs and alot of great memories. After 15 years I had to liquidate my entire collection to cover his funeral expenses.
I just started thinking about collecting cards again after 11 years away from it. Reading this board has actually helped me find that kid inside again. I think thats the main reason I do it. Its just some pictures on cardboard but they all carry a story. (sorry if I got off track there)
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