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What do you Like Most about Collecting?

gemintgemint Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I don't think anyone has posted this question before. If so, sorry for the repetition. For me, I enjoy the challenge of building complete vintage sets in high grade and sharing war stories of the challenge with other collectors doing the same.
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  • KING KELLOGGKING KELLOGG Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭
    gemint.....


    By far....The commoradrie between all the collectors. (Gee...It's like a big "sleep over".........ha)






    Larry
    I LOVE FANCY CURRENCY, pretty girls, Disney Dollars, pretty girls, MPC's, ..did I mention pretty girls???

    email....emards4457@msn.com


    CHEERS!!
  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭
    the thrill of the hunt
  • achteyachtey Posts: 304 ✭✭✭
    I like being able to share with other collectors and have them share with me. I never get sick of hearing about someone coming up with a great vintage find. I also love the thrill of being able to add another card to the set(s) I'm working on. Personally, there is nothing that can take this feeling away. I tried to stop collecting a few years ago because I thought this was a kids hobby. I even went as far as to give away or sell most of my cards, but then I got the bug again and I can't get rid of it this time.

    Josh
    The world meets no one half way. If you want it you have to go get it.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Nostalgia.

    Fellow collectors.
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • ABBAdadABBAdad Posts: 118
    1)Nostalgia- reliving my childhood. When I see high grade cards that I collected as a kid, I become a kid again.

    2)It's fun

    3)It's a healthy hobby (unless I go bankrupt!) image

    4)Comraderie
    1972 Topps Baseball PSA 8+
    1974 Topps Baseball PSA 8+

    Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens
  • AlanAllenAlanAllen Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭
    Adding that last card I need.
    No such details will spoil my plans...
  • tbubtbub Posts: 104
    The HUNT- Its the journey not the destinationimage
    "All my life I've been searching for something"
  • FBFB Posts: 1,684 ✭✭
    The Hunt of finding raw submittable cards on my own

    That invoice popping on the web showing 8, 8, 8, 9, 8, 9, 9, etc.

    The Knuckleheads that post here on a regular basis.

    Running into some of the Knuckleheads at shows



    Frank Bakka
    Sets - 1970, 1971 and 1972
    Always looking for 1972 O-PEE-CHEE Baseball in PSA 9 or 10!

    lynnfrank@earthlink.net
    outerbankyank on eBay!
  • 7orbetter7orbetter Posts: 38
    Very much like women, the thrill of the chase, and then unfortuniately, trying to rid yourself of them . . . so you can get something else.image
  • LJB17LJB17 Posts: 252 ✭✭
    Nostalgia is why I collect cards and memorobilia. I vividly remember going to shows and card shops 20+ years ago and opening those packs and getting that 1972 Rose for Xmas in 1983. Each time I get anothe card the memory stays with me that much longer.

    "The thrill of the hunt" is why I partake in the set registry. 77 cloth is my main collection and I have 30+ copies of each one, but I need more!!!!!!!! There are still 10s out there and I know of at least one set that is a higher grade than my top set currently. I must have the best!image
    Looking for 77 cloth 9s and 10s.
    54 Red Hearts
    and now 64 Stand ups
  • 1420sports1420sports Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭
    The thrill of the hunt, looking at the kill for a few months, then getting bored with it and moving on to the next one.

    And these message boards and the people who live inside of them ...
    collecting various PSA and SGC cards
  • BasiloneBasilone Posts: 2,492 ✭✭

    Getting to know other collectors and learning about the hobby from the world's best!

    John
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Great topic!
    I like reading about other peoples collections who are very passionate about collecting. Also, the thrill of finally purchasing a card that you thought you would never own.
  • GoSoxBoSoxGoSoxBoSox Posts: 1,103
    For me there are two main reasons.

    1. It keeps my childhood alive. I've been doing this as long as I can remember and truthfully could not see myself every letting it go.

    2. It's a tremendous escape for me from the daily grind. I like my work, but I love sports and sports cards. Especially the vintage stuff.
    There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"
  • GoSoxBoSoxGoSoxBoSox Posts: 1,103


    << <i> Also, the thrill of finally purchasing a card that you thought you would never own. >>




    aro13,

    Every card I have or buy these days is a card I've dreamt about as a kid and young adult. Buying nice cards of Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, Jim Thorpe, babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the like is something I never thought possible back in the day.

    Thank got I have sons. They've given me an excuse to buy three of every card I want!!!
    There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"
  • boggs301012boggs301012 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭
    What I like most is I can call my stuff a collection. And not have it labled as JUNK.image


    James
    x
  • roastedcatroastedcat Posts: 892
    I collect Autograph cards, check out my Hall of fame Autograph set:

    Just think a Hall of famer once either held this card and now I own it. I don't collect for value, I collect because it's cool, fun, and exciting. Plus I like the art work and I love the history of the game.

    Jery
    Jery's T206 set: Looking for PSA 6's & 7's!
  • MantlefanMantlefan Posts: 1,079 ✭✭
    I find it nostalgic and enjoy the chase. I also like just sitting down on a weekend and looking at my cards. Reading the backs and going throught the sets is very relaxing.
    Frank

    Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
  • StumpStump Posts: 927 ✭
    Childhood memories. I collected the 68 and 69 sets s a kid thats why I have them as my base sets.

    Dave
    Visit my site @ www.djjscards.com
  • mrc32mrc32 Posts: 604 ✭
    The education.

    Every card I add to my set, I also add a little factoid or statistical history in the comments section on the registry. It makes it the registry more fun for me.
    I like my #1 Current Finest 1911 T-205 Gold Borders Set! image
  • RobbyRobby Posts: 673 ✭✭✭
    Collecting cards for me is a great way to remember when times were much simpler ! Growing up in the late 50,s and early 60,s no one ever locked there doors at nite , you played baseball with your friends from morning to evening , taking time out to eat and check in with Mom - listening to Harry Carey and Jack Buck on the radio , all the while flipping my 1964 Topps Cardinal cards in a make believe game that my team always won - shooting my BB GUN at the Mick ( growing up in the Midwest , you hated the Yankees , because they always won ) - putting your least favorite cards in your bikecycle spokes to make it sound like a racecar ! So I guess it brings back the good old days ! I like the thrill of the hunt , finding that one card that makes your set better and nicer ! Robby
    Collect 1964 Topps Baseball
    1963 Fleer
    Lou Brock Master Set
  • DaveReadDaveRead Posts: 101
    I love it all: the hunt, the auctions and bidding, the grading (both exciting and disappointing), the sense of fulfillment in completing a set, and even the occasional selling of some cards. It's a great hobby with a lot of great people in it.
    Dave
    _________________
    1956 Topps PSA 8's+(active)
    1969 Topps PSA 8's+(retired)
    1972 Topps PSA 9's+(active)
    1973 Topps PSA 9's+(retired)
    1986 Topps PSA Perfect(active)
    1997 Flair Legacy's(active)
  • mcastaldimcastaldi Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭
    The chase and pursuit is fun and thrilling, but what I like best. . .

    Early last year I was over 90% on my first go-round with the 1972 set and was convinced to start the 1975 set. I started bidding on some PSA9s and kept getting outbid by this one guy. I was getting mad. Who was this guy who seemed to go out of his way to outbid me. After a week or so, Frank Smith e-mailed me and suggested we talk about which PSA9s each of us really wanted to avoid stepping on each other. In the last year and a half, Frank has proved himself to be a tremendous help as I was building the 75 set - but more importantly he's become a great friend.

    At the 2002 SportsFest, I was sitting at Kyle Boetel's table looking through 72s and noticed this guy just poring over Kyle's 1978s. Scrutinizing every little detail and just crushed when an otherwise perfect card had a small flaw that disqualified it from meeting his standards. At the same time, he'd show the elation of a child on Christmas morning when he found a card that managed to meet his nearly-impossible standard. After a while we started talking and from that day, I found myself placing a lot more importance on the overall eye appeal of each card I obtained. Phil has also proved to be a great collecting comrade, but a better friend.

    Why do I obtain cards? Because of the chase, the memories they bring back, etc
    Why do I collect? Because of the friendships I make along the path of obtaining cards.

    Mike
    So full of action, my name should be a verb.
  • toppsguntoppsgun Posts: 787 ✭


    putting your least favorite cards in your bikecycle spokes to make it sound like a racecar !

    I wonder what it would sound like if I put a SLABBED CARD in my bicycle spokes? Demolition Derby or Nascar?
  • PSAtanPSAtan Posts: 164
    I like the hot babes that Naxcom hires to sign you up at the card shows!

    Satan
  • TipemTipem Posts: 881 ✭



    Allright Guys,


    FESS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    How many of you are really a part of the Kings sleepover ???????????????? imageimageimageimage And how long has this been going on?? image



    Most of the answers already given sum up my reasons,although the people on these boards are quickly becoming the #1 reason for my collecting.It would be hard to not read these boards daily and I certainly would miss some quality people as well as entertainment.Nostalgia is certainly high on the list as well as the thrill of the chase.
    Vic
    Please be kind to me. Even though I'm now a former postal employee, I'm still capable of snapping at any time.
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