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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: david Poses
I've been doing my best to only buy cards of Yankees/Highlanders from pretty much any pre-war set that interests me (there are many). About a year ago it started bothering me that I had a collection that was all over the place (to each his own). I wanted to narrow my focus so that I had somewhat of a cohesive collection, relatively manageable goals, etc. I'd like to assemble raw subsets of T205, T206 and T207 Yankees, and have at least one example from the other criteria (pretty much any pre-war set that interests me). |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: JohnnyH
I am more of a set and player collector but my friend only collects St. Louis Cardinals. He has about 90% of all Cardinals from 1909-present. His dad always talked about gathering around the radio and listening to the games. He was a huge comic book collector and I gave him some vintage Cardinals years ago and he got hooked, probably hasn't bought a comic in almost 10 years. I love looking at the progression from prewar to modern day. Good luck with your Yankess and Pirates !! |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Jason L
For me, it's the Cubs. Grew up there, tradition, etc. Instilled the love of the underdog in me. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: J Levine
I love this question and being able to tell this tale.... |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: leon
Great story. Thanks for sharing. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Mike
Good question, David. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Tim
I collect Boston National cards. I found that any other cards had a short shelf life in my collection. So I focused my collecting primarily on them. My main focus has been a T206 Super Set, but as the availability of those cards have slowed down I have started a T205, T207, and N300 Boston set. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Jeremy
I collect the Nashville team. Whether it be the Nashville Sounds(78-Current) or the Old Nashville Vols(1901-1964), collecting the city I have grown up in and lived my entire life is pretty rewarding. I starting collecting Nashville Sounds Team sets as a boy... They started strong out of the gate in 1978, and with in just a few short years Willie McGee and Donnie Baseball came through among several other's that made being a Sounds fan a blast. I remember Jordan Mania when he was in AA ball with B'Ham and the games would be sold out when he came to town to face off against our AA team (Nashville had 2 teams for a couple of years fielding Double A and a Triple A Team) I remember sneaking in my Hitachi 8mm video camera and taping MJ's every move in RF, including his AB's as well. I had tix on the front row in RF and burned a few hours of the NBA Legend in spikes. As a collector, I have been all over the board, and about 4 years years ago I started selling off my HOF collection. (I think I was down to about 14 HOF players or so) I was wanting to pursue my Nashville theme a little more so I started buying T210's, then into T211's, and so on. Fast Forward 4 years later and I still am as passionate about the Nashville Southern League stuff as ever. (Just dog gone hard to find, but the wait is worth it...) This has been my most rewarding collecting venture and I don't see any end in sight as I still am trying to complete every known card of a Nashville player. Seems like a lofty goal, but there really are not that many types out there, but of the types, they are certainly rare. I think the T210's set the passion on fire and followed up with the Red Sun's and the T213 Coupon's, I became totally hooked. I also have enjoyed the Caramel side of Nashville with Colgans Chips. I have recently been putting together Hindu's. I certainly lack some from every Type, and I have also been acquiring Bats,Balls,Photo's, and have recently acquired a very rare 1908 Team PC from a board member that depicts the Championship team of the Southern league from that year. (Probably my pinnacle piece). I collect mostly on the pre-war side, and I am still in search of a 19th century cabinet, cdv, photo of a Nashville team or player... Also I still lack 4 team sets from the Sounds so my collecting of Music City will keep me busy for some time, but also keep my budget in check as so far for 2009, I have only acquired one piece. A E270 Red Border... My ultimate goal with these cards is to eventually display them via a website. Simply to share with other Town/City collector's. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Larry Ordet
Josh - great story re: Lefty. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Marty Ogelvie
Great Story Josh.. would you be willing to share that list of yours? |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Larry Ordet
Forgot to ask - Josh (or anyone), are there any Lajoie cards on the Phils' list? |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: J Levine
I honestly do not share the original for the simple fact that over the years I have added and subtracted to it. The original list is on a disk in my safety deposit box. If you want to see the current list of needs it can be found here: |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Rich Klein
Or did you live there in the mid 1990's -- I could have sworn I met you as you were very advanced at the time with computer skills and using them to get Phillies you needed |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Marc S.
I was four years old when the Phillies won their first World Series. Like Larry, I have a fairly extensive Mike Schmidt collection. Given that there is only a limited amount of budget to collect pre-war interests, I've found it particularly enthralling to get involved in, study and collect pre-war Phillies. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Ken McMillan
David, |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Anthony S.
I collect Dodger cards. Then I draw small manacles on the players' wrists and conduct show trials. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: J Levine
Rich, |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Scott
I grew up in the west-side suburbs of Chicago and have been a White Sox fan ever since. Got into vintage card collecting about 5 years ago and have tried to collect as many differenct types of cards that feature Sox players. After obtaining what I call the more common vintage types (T200, T201, T202, T205, T206, T207, T3, caramels, Cracker Jacks, Goudeys, Exhibits, etc) I became a bit frustrated as there are several sets that don't feature Sox players. I attribute this, in part, to the fact that the Sox have been a mediocre at best franchise and have not been blessed to have many of the game's greats play for them. I spend most of my time now looking for harder-to-find card types (eg. E107 Breisch Williams, E90-3, rare backs) as well as players who played for the Sox but are shown when playing for other teams--this allows me to focus on sets with no Sox players and/or minor leaguers and/or foreign cards. |
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Collect by team: what team and why?
Posted By: Jim Rivera
I collect the Baltimore team, mostly because I live in Maryland and I grew up within walking distance from Memorial Stadium. I went to my first O's game in the late 60s and was in full force in the 80s going to every 3-buck night. During the late 70s & 80s, the Orioles had 3-buck night and if you went to every 3-buck night, you would see every American league team. I have been hooked on the Baltimore team since I was a kid and started collecting the Topps cards around 71 or so when I was six. |
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