I need help...

CommemKing

I am getting back into baseball cards since I last stopped collecting in the early 1990's. I am not up to speed on my card lingo and definitions that weren't used much back then. Is there a thread here somewhere that defines different terms like SP, SSP, breaks, etc? I just need a little help getting back into the swing of things, so to speak. Any help on an informative thread or link to another website would be greatly appreciated.

LarkinCollector

Here's a good glossary of most of the abbreviations you'll see: https://www.tradingcarddb.com/Glossary.cfm/let/S?MODE=GET

There's a bunch of 'getting back into the hobby' type threads here covering a wide array of topics: https://forums.collectors.com/search?adv=1&search=getting+back+into+the+hobby&title=&author=&cat=11&tags=&discussion_d=1&discussion_question=1&discussion_poll=1&comment_c=1&comment_answer=1&within=1+day&date=

PopeyesSpinach

Welcome back!
Sub the "I" with "you" and this is a phase I hear all too often from my wife😊

ZTarg

@PopeyesSpinach said:
Welcome back!
Sub the "I" with "you" and this is a phase I hear all too often from my wife😊

Just answer her by saying......"Yeah, cause I don't get any from you."

craig44

welcome back!

PopeyesSpinach

@ZTarg said:

@PopeyesSpinach said:
Welcome back!
Sub the "I" with "you" and this is a phase I hear all too often from my wife😊

Just answer her by saying......"Yeah, cause I don't get any from you."

Haha ok but I'm telling her you told me to say it😁

KbKards

tithe
Dictionary result for tithe
/tīT͟H/

verb
verb: tithe; 3rd person present: tithes; past tense: tithed; past participle: tithed; gerund or present participle: tithing

1.
pay or give as a tithe.
"he tithes 10 percent of his income to BBCE"

CommemKing

See. I don't even know what BBCE means.

PopeyesSpinach

@CommemKing said:
See. I don't even know what BBCE means.

https://www.bbcexchange.com/

Stone193

Here's a nice start by David Rudd - it's a start.

LINK

I recommend you check out other places in his web - the information he provides is priceless. E.g. how to tell if a card from the turn of the century is real or not - i.e. - chromolithograph vs photoengraved.

And don't be afraid to come over and ask questions.

Also - this is one of my favorite sections of Rudd's web on "printing" - highly recommend when you have lots of time to digest.

LINK

PM me if you want to ever talk privately - I don't know everything but have been collecting for 30 yrs now. So....I know nothing!

Aspie_Rocco

@CommemKing said:
I am getting back into baseball cards since I last stopped collecting in the early 1990's. I am not up to speed on my card lingo and definitions that weren't used much back then. Is there a thread here somewhere that defines different terms like SP, SSP, breaks, etc? I just need a little help getting back into the swing of things, so to speak. Any help on an informative thread or link to another website would be greatly appreciated.

I recognize you!
I am in the same boat, 20 years out, dabbling back in now. Trying to learn all the lingo.