Does anyone here collect baseball cards?
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This isn't to be a smart a**, but I honestly didn't know they even made them still. I still have a complete 1990 topps collection in plastic sleeves - over the years it just became harder to find them so I stopped.
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@Aussie392 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I am looking to get into collecting and like idk what to collect
If you want to start out with some decent cards, go with Bowman Chrome. Personally, I love buying the Bowman Draft boxes and hope I have a future Mike Trout in them. Elite Extra boxes have a lot of autos and #/d cards for the price.
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You should see my small Trevor Story collection
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@HollaMV7 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
The card hobby is booming now. Been collecting heavily since college so about 15 years now. Go to shows monthly (before COVID) and do a lot of business on eBay. Frequent Blowout forums a lot also.
Do you get your cards PSA graded?
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I collected when I was a kid but I haven't for a really long time. In my closet i have four huge binders of cards, ranging from the early 80s to the mid 90s. I don't think any of them are worth much, but maybe they will be someday when I'm old and grey lol.
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I love it as a kid. A couple years back, I got back into it...and spent a ton of money...LOL!
I love Bowman for the prospects. I also grab a few Topps here and there (same company).
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@RonnieGant1992 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
@HollaMV7 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
The card hobby is booming now. Been collecting heavily since college so about 15 years now. Go to shows monthly (before COVID) and do a lot of business on eBay. Frequent Blowout forums a lot also.
Do you get your cards PSA graded?
Some BGS some PSA. Prefer PSA personally.
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@whitejw98 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I collected when I was a kid but I haven't for a really long time. In my closet i have four huge binders of cards, ranging from the early 80s to the mid 90s. I don't think any of them are worth much, but maybe they will be someday when I'm old and grey lol.
Sadly those cards in that timeframe aren't worth hardly anything regardless of the player.
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I collected cards since i was a kid and when it came time to sell my over 100 thousand cards i got $300. problem is there are to many cards in circulation. If i was to get back into it i would collect only rookies, cards from the early 1900's up to the 60's and i would make sure to get them graded.
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@Walton02351 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I collected cards since i was a kid and when it came time to sell my over 100 thousand cards i got $300. problem is there are to many cards in circulation. If i was to get back into it i would collect only rookies, cards from the early 1900's up to the 60's and i would make sure to get them graded.
Yeah graded vintage is $$$.
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@HollaMV7 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
@Walton02351 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I collected cards since i was a kid and when it came time to sell my over 100 thousand cards i got $300. problem is there are to many cards in circulation. If i was to get back into it i would collect only rookies, cards from the early 1900's up to the 60's and i would make sure to get them graded.
Yeah graded vintage is $$$.
My best card was a 1911 T205 Eddie Collins, bad grade so was only about $200
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@HollaMV7 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
Sadly those cards in that timeframe aren't worth hardly anything regardless of the player.
Oh well, I mostly keep them for nostalgia. Back then I was too young to know or care about the need to keep cards in mint condition, so half my collection would probably be worthless anyway.
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@whitejw98 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I collected when I was a kid but I haven't for a really long time. In my closet i have four huge binders of cards, ranging from the early 80s to the mid 90s. I don't think any of them are worth much, but maybe they will be someday when I'm old and grey lol.
I have alot of 80's and 90's I stopped. Need to pick it up again. Cards got expensive
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I recently started collecting again over the past year or so. It's still as enjoyable as I remember! There are a ton of releases now---I typically stick to retail stores like Wal-Mart or Target, but there are tons of more pricey releases online or at hobby shops.
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@rizzledizzle14 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I recently started collecting again over the past year or so. It's still as enjoyable as I remember! There are a ton of releases now---I typically stick to retail stores like Wal-Mart or Target, but there are tons of more pricey releases online or at hobby shops.
You can find retail exclusive products that are actually quite good.
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I have been collecting complete sets since the late 80s. Most of these are unopened. I have probably another 5K opened and stashed away.
I have no idea who I have. Best way I could look is to see what rookies came out in the years I have.
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@rizzledizzle14 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I recently started collecting again over the past year or so. It's still as enjoyable as I remember! There are a ton of releases now---I typically stick to retail stores like Wal-Mart or Target, but there are tons of more pricey releases online or at hobby shops.
I mostly buy retail too, rarely pull autographs, but it's the cheapest way to get the base cards of the years rookies. But This year, out of a retail pack, I pulled a Mike Trout autograph out of /5. Still can't believe it.
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I collect mostly pre WW2 cards. Mostly Tigers too.
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@eatyum said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
@rizzledizzle14 said in Does anyone here collect baseball cards?:
I recently started collecting again over the past year or so. It's still as enjoyable as I remember! There are a ton of releases now---I typically stick to retail stores like Wal-Mart or Target, but there are tons of more pricey releases online or at hobby shops.
I mostly buy retail too, rarely pull autographs, but it's the cheapest way to get the base cards of the years rookies. But This year, out of a retail pack, I pulled a Mike Trout autograph out of /5. Still can't believe it.
Wow really? From what set?
