Is anyone else alone in collecting cards?

[zljones]

Originally Posted by Rickyy

Hahaha...nice Japanese version by Erik Carumen...

My best friend and his girlfriend are big antique advertising collectors and I also have other friends who collect stuff (one has a top notch James Bond collection) so I can at least talk "shop" with them and they understand...but I don't know anyone else personally who collects cards. My exgf didn't understand it...but supported my hobby since I enjoy it.

Ricky Y

You know what, seriously, it is getting to the point where I just wish I knew someone that collected "something," everyone I know does not collect a damn thing at all. At least if I found another collector then I could gab a little, everyone around me just wants to watch TV, or be out drinking (I can join them for that on weekends), or buying clothes, or playing on their cellphones or Ipads.

[HercDriver]

What might be cool sometime is to make an online map of N54 members so you can see who's around you in case you want to get together for a beer, ball game, or show-and-tell session with your cards. Or for those of us that travel a lot, you could drop a message to somebody when you're coming to town, instead of eating dinner by yourself...

Take Care,
Geno

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by HercDriver

What might be cool sometime is to make an online map of N54 members so you can see who's around you in case you want to get together for a beer, ball game, or show-and-tell session with your cards. Or for those of us that travel a lot, you could drop a message to somebody when you're coming to town, instead of eating dinner by yourself...

Take Care,
Geno

This is a good idea and would be fairly easy to do. It wouldn't have to be specific to home address for those concerned about privacy. All of us lonely geeks could look each other up when traveling.

[zljones]

Originally Posted by HercDriver

What might be cool sometime is to make an online map of N54 members so you can see who's around you in case you want to get together for a beer, ball game, or show-and-tell session with your cards. Or for those of us that travel a lot, you could drop a message to somebody when you're coming to town, instead of eating dinner by yourself...

Take Care,
Geno

+1

[thecatspajamas]

I feel your pain. With the exception of 3-4 years in elementary/middle school, the only people I had to talk "collectibles" of any sort with were the owners of the various card and comic shops I would frequent. Rare were the times when someone would mention having a collection of anything made earlier than the 1980's, let alone something that I was interested in.

Even now, when people ask what I do for a living and I tell them, "I buy and sell collectibles on the internet," I mostly get amazed stares and the inevitable, "you can actually make a living doing that?" I tell them I'm not getting rich, but do manage to make ends meet, and then the conversation turns to something else (except the rare occasion where they ask me about some "rare" recently-made collectible that they have and I have to break the bad news to them).

I will admit that I am blessed to have made a couple of friends locally in the last few years (that I also do business with) that I can have an actual conversation about "the stuff" with, and there is something refreshing about talking about such things without having to type the conversation.

[rainier2004]

Geno - Nice idea...

Im lucky enough the have my Father. He collected as a kid and started up again when I was a kid. We had muliple talks about cards playing golf yesterday...we both picked up a n28 for our seperate collections, REA, @sshole sellers, etc....it was a nice afternoon. I thought this was far more common, but now Im guessing not. I dragged him into vintage as his only original interest was cobb. My wife tolerates it and some other friends will ask questions, but no one ever wants to see a card...

[Danny Smith]

Ive got two coworkers who collect both vintage and modern cards. We have some good discussions about pick ups, auctions, etc. i also have a buddy out of work who is a big collector. I guess im in the minority that has friends outside of the show circuit who are big collectors.

Danny

[71buc]

There are a couple of people I know in my area who collect. One collects new football cards and the other collects autographs. Although our tastes are very different at least they both can relate to my enthusiasm and passion. However, there really aren't any collectors of baseball in my immediate social circle. My own children could care less and my wife indulges me. We have been together for 32 years. I knew she was a keeper when she bought me an autographed Pete Rose 8x10 for my 16th birthday. I turned 49 last month and my kids bought me a Duke Snider Hartland and my wife gave me the Ted Williams hartland. My friends all gave me eBay gift cards so I could "Buy more toys". Although I am essentially alone in my collecting my friends and family regularly contribute to my insanity.

[Buythatcard]

Well, it looks like most of us are alone when it comes to collecting cards.

It makes us an unique group that stands out by itself. We should be proud.

The next Net54 shirt should have the slogan. "I love Baseball Cards and I am Proud of It"

How about bumper stickers that say "My Dad collects Baseball cards, and I am Proud of him"

Happy Mothers Day To All!