Is anyone else alone in collecting cards?

[Leon]

Except for my hobby friends same for me (nadda). When I tell others that I collect and buy and sell baseball cards they kind of giggle and say "that's nice."

[Cardboard Junkie]

I know a few people....my older brother, we talk a lot by phone, 2 old farm boys near Flint mich (in their eighties, and they "have it all"). FKW of century old cards and a frequent poster on net54 lives on the big island but we have only met once. There is not even a place to buy supplies here. No toploaders or boxes. At least I can talk to my brother about cards for hours on end. Aloha, Dave. ps here on TBI I did find a whole set of davy crockett cards,1956, beat but for 5 bucks and a small group of parkhurst hockey cards 52, 53, 54. and outside of cards I found a "second state" Beatle lp butcher cover for 5 bucks....flipped it quick for 1k. oh yeah and a brass baseball glove ashtray from the old Russwood Park in Memphis home of the southern league,(sent that to a net54er who collects southern league stuff).

[carrigansghost]

I've shown my room maybe 3 times and got shrugs, so now it is not shown. No other collectors around here.

Rawn

So few understand... Actually might be annoyed if more did.

[toppcat]

Mostly alone-an old friend of mine and I collected modern stuff back in the 80's and eventually became weekend warriors but after we stopped that and split the inventory he really didn't collect anymore. I have another friend who is a casual modern collector but that's about it. And when I talk research on this stuff, fuhgeddaboutit!

[Buythatcard]

I'm all alone also.

The only people that I can talk about baseball cards with are at the shows. Most people that I try to talk to about cards will give me the same answer: "My Mom threw out my cards".

Thank God for Net54, otherwise I would think that I was the only one interested in cards.

There should be support groups set up for us where we can discuss our loneliness when it comes to collecting cards.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Buythatcard

I'm all alone also.

The only people that I can talk about baseball cards with are at the shows. Most people that I try to talk to about cards will give me the same answer: "My Mom threw out my cards".

Thank God for Net54, otherwise I would think that I was the only one interested in cards.

There should be support groups set up for us where we can discuss our loneliness when it comes to collecting cards.

Same here. Exactly

[Wymers Auction]

Originally Posted by Leon

Except for my hobby friends same for me (nadda). When I tell others that I collect and buy and sell baseball cards they kind of giggle and say "that's nice."

Thats funny!!!

[drc]

Say 'antique sports memorabilia.' It sounds less geeky than baseball cards.

I'm an art historian by trade, but there's always the question if something is or is not art (We'd have a two hour argument here if that Mark Rothko painting is art)-- so I often say I date and authenticate "artifacts" (a photo is an artifact, a lithograph is an artifact, even a T206 and a 1930 baseball pin is an artifact). A portion of the lay people then assume I work with 200 BC archeological items.

[ethicsprof]

if the folks think of the field as 200 BCE, then their wrong assumption is less culpable methnks.

all the best,
barry