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Threeofsix (the newbie) responded to a thread on the Set Registry forum regarding the dearth of non-sport collectors and posters on these boards. I thought his post and story regarding collecting were worth a thread of their own. I feel there are quite a few other non-sport lurkers out there as well as sports guys who might be interested in starting a non-sports set. Maybe if they were encouraged to post more, we sports guys could glean some knowledge and attempt a set. Anyway here's is post. Welcome to the boards Threeofsix
Frank,
Thanks for the kind words welcoming us aboard. I'm happy to finally have a "small" voice in here among the giants! Non-sport collecting is a very small subset of the card collecting market. But I think it follows much of the same patterns as sport collecting, just on a much smaller scale.
I guess that explains why I've read for so many years before posting...I'll call it my getting up to speed period!!! All of the information shared on this message board is so valuable to those of us that still have a lot to learn or are just starting out. Kudos to all of you who have made such an effort for the sake of other collectors! My guess is that it has proved very valuable; maybe to people like myself who you never heard from!!!
As far as sharing some non-sport perspective, I will do a little bit of that going forward. I would be interested in your persective on some of the non-sport topics. Thanks for the formal invitation to do so.
And I couldn't help but notice that your passion is football. My re-entry into card collecting began in 1994 when a freind of mine invited me to go to a local card show. He was trying to finish some of the older basketball sets that he had started throughout the 80's.
I spent a couple of hours there and was instantly hooked. I decided to sart my first set...the 1994 Upper Deck Football Electric Gold set!! He joined me for the first year or so at all of the card shows in the Connecticut area trying to help me, but at about 160 of the 330 card set he told me to "GIVE IT UP"...cuz I would never finish it. And he had had it with me arguing with every dealer that had one card that I needed whether or not the player was a star, semi-star or common which (as I am sure you recall the multipliers....) made about a $30 difference for what I would have to pay to get it!!!!
Well I moved down to the Philly area in 1995 and continued my search! Obviously the Philly Sport Show was a great help, but a year or 2 out from the set year it was getting tougher and tougher as virtually no one I ever met was even remotely interested in this set!!! I had gotten up to about 300 of the 330.
My wife had had it with me by then, and absolutely forbid me to spend another $ on any other set until I FINISHED this one!!! (A rule which until this writing she thinks I kept!!!)
My big break came when I got a computer in 1998, and soon found EBAY, and lo and behold about the year 2000 I finally pecked my way to my final card...card #134 Jeff Hostetler. (If the guy I bought it from had only known I would have paid a king's ransom for that $2 card!!!)
I could not wait to email my friend and rub his nose in my big accomplishment!!! All 330 electric golds. Yeee-Haaa!!!! To this day, I haven't had any card collecting encounters as rewarding as my six-year endeavor. Along the way, I sure learned alot about what it means to collect. And the most important wisdom I learned was actually given to me by the friend that started it all...and has been reiterated a thousand times on these very message boards...collect what you LOVE!!!...and if you enjoy it, then the value of the set will always be what it means to you and you alone. What it's worth will always be secondary.
Having been on the "collecting path" since 1994, and with that wisdom, I started my 1966 Topps Lost in Space set. That was the set I played with as a kid. And like everyone else that figured out what the PSA registry was, I thought I would put together as good a set as I could. It is currently the #1 set on the Non-sport registry (with picture scans) but it has a few other non-sport collectors just waiting to snag that title. (Mike with his 8's and 9's for example!!!)
Anyway...I'm happy to be aboard.
Peter
PS My wife wants to know if anyone wants to buy 330 Electric Golds football cards...she'll let them go "cheap"...just what I paid....about $8,000 from her perspective!!!!
Frank,
Thanks for the kind words welcoming us aboard. I'm happy to finally have a "small" voice in here among the giants! Non-sport collecting is a very small subset of the card collecting market. But I think it follows much of the same patterns as sport collecting, just on a much smaller scale.
I guess that explains why I've read for so many years before posting...I'll call it my getting up to speed period!!! All of the information shared on this message board is so valuable to those of us that still have a lot to learn or are just starting out. Kudos to all of you who have made such an effort for the sake of other collectors! My guess is that it has proved very valuable; maybe to people like myself who you never heard from!!!
As far as sharing some non-sport perspective, I will do a little bit of that going forward. I would be interested in your persective on some of the non-sport topics. Thanks for the formal invitation to do so.
And I couldn't help but notice that your passion is football. My re-entry into card collecting began in 1994 when a freind of mine invited me to go to a local card show. He was trying to finish some of the older basketball sets that he had started throughout the 80's.
I spent a couple of hours there and was instantly hooked. I decided to sart my first set...the 1994 Upper Deck Football Electric Gold set!! He joined me for the first year or so at all of the card shows in the Connecticut area trying to help me, but at about 160 of the 330 card set he told me to "GIVE IT UP"...cuz I would never finish it. And he had had it with me arguing with every dealer that had one card that I needed whether or not the player was a star, semi-star or common which (as I am sure you recall the multipliers....) made about a $30 difference for what I would have to pay to get it!!!!
Well I moved down to the Philly area in 1995 and continued my search! Obviously the Philly Sport Show was a great help, but a year or 2 out from the set year it was getting tougher and tougher as virtually no one I ever met was even remotely interested in this set!!! I had gotten up to about 300 of the 330.
My wife had had it with me by then, and absolutely forbid me to spend another $ on any other set until I FINISHED this one!!! (A rule which until this writing she thinks I kept!!!)
My big break came when I got a computer in 1998, and soon found EBAY, and lo and behold about the year 2000 I finally pecked my way to my final card...card #134 Jeff Hostetler. (If the guy I bought it from had only known I would have paid a king's ransom for that $2 card!!!)
I could not wait to email my friend and rub his nose in my big accomplishment!!! All 330 electric golds. Yeee-Haaa!!!! To this day, I haven't had any card collecting encounters as rewarding as my six-year endeavor. Along the way, I sure learned alot about what it means to collect. And the most important wisdom I learned was actually given to me by the friend that started it all...and has been reiterated a thousand times on these very message boards...collect what you LOVE!!!...and if you enjoy it, then the value of the set will always be what it means to you and you alone. What it's worth will always be secondary.
Having been on the "collecting path" since 1994, and with that wisdom, I started my 1966 Topps Lost in Space set. That was the set I played with as a kid. And like everyone else that figured out what the PSA registry was, I thought I would put together as good a set as I could. It is currently the #1 set on the Non-sport registry (with picture scans) but it has a few other non-sport collectors just waiting to snag that title. (Mike with his 8's and 9's for example!!!)
Anyway...I'm happy to be aboard.
Peter
PS My wife wants to know if anyone wants to buy 330 Electric Golds football cards...she'll let them go "cheap"...just what I paid....about $8,000 from her perspective!!!!
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Steve
In addition to my sports collecting (mainly T-card HOFers, '34 Goudey HOFers, Nolan Ryan, Ted Williams and San Diego players), I'm also putting together a registry set of 1933-34 National Chicle Skybirds. I just sent 95 Sky Bird cards in to PSA last week under their recent nonsports grading special. I also am upgrading my 1944 Gum Inc American Beauties, and have a 1951 Bowman Jets, Rockets, Spacemen (raw) set that I might send in on PSA's next nonsport special.
On the nonsports side, I mainly collect space, aviation and science fiction related sets. I'm also looking for any of the Kinney Brothers "Leaders" cards that I believe were issued in the 1890s or so (they resemble the N28/N29 Allen and Ginter sets).
Steve
Frank,
Thanks for the heads up and the post.Threeofsix seems to fit the standard"nice guy with positive things to say" on the board that I have grown to respect.I enjoyed his post and agree with you that he deserved a post of his own.
Threeofsix,
Welcome to the boards!!! It is always good to have new input from positive people that seem to truly have a love for collecting(or is it a sickness)
Vic
Tipem- That's how I felt too. We need more threads that promote card collecting in all its forms.
I know I'll be trolling Ebay today checking out some non-sports cards.
(Great! Add another layer to my card collecting psychosis
Frank,
I Quote" I know I'll be trolling Ebay today checking out some non-sports cards.
(Great! Add another layer to my card collecting psychosis"
You are truly a
A sure sign that you belong here!!!!
Vic
This thread is what I've been needing for years.I have a variety of non-port cards I'd like to offer to any and all interested.
2 1989 topps Masters of the universe sealed paks...45 cards/ea
many sealed spiderman,wolverine,Archies and safe kids cards
variety of GI joe,batman(I'm Batman,dammit),star wars,monster in my pocket,star trek next generation,and a few other odds and ends
Most are in excellant plus condition and most of varities of the batman series to be in a little less than the conditions I would prefer.Take one ,take all.Make me an offer you can't refuse.Thanks,
Jeff
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