Are there any Player Collectors who...

fandango

collect ACTIVE PLAYERS?

most of the Player collectors on this board collect retired players....

does anyone collect Ichiro? Vlad? Smoltz? Pujols?

these are the active players that are future HOF's and they seem undercollected.....just an observation....

ROCKDJRW

I'm sure there are people who collect their cards but in my opinion there are to many cards, inserts, 1/1's etc. to make current player collecting fun. It is fun trying to hunt down every card of a player but I would imagine that it is impossible to do now. I collect current players but I pick and choose what card (s) I want.

CrimsonTider

Vlad and Smoltz are good guys.

I would stay away from Pujols cards, they will take a huge hit when he finally comes clean on his steroid usage.

mikeschmidt

I have a handful of Phillies rookie / prospect cards, including some Ryan Howard rookies.

But the proliferation of parallels, inserts, etc. has turned me off from any broad-based player collecting anymore.

M

cwazzy

I collect Adam Wainwright.

Reljac

Poor Smoltzie won't be active for long!


I collect some active players, but it is a bit depressing since I may collect the base Topps cards of players and those don't hold a lot of value in the modern market. I say depressing in the sense that everytime I search for modern graded topps cards of players I find everything but.... Case in point is that I collect University of Georgia professionals in as high a grade as I can find. So far though I've been unable to find many recent players in PSA 10 and Topps. I got no hits on Champ Bailey, Terrell Davis, Robert Edwards, Kendrell Bell, Odell Thurman, John Kasay, David Pollack, etc, etc. I'm thinking of just doing a modern football run pack rip to try and pull some of these guys til I can find a 10.

Sad thing is that I have an easier time finding high graded versions of Georgia stars from the 40s and 50s.

cwazzy

<< <i>Poor Smoltzie won't be active for long! >>



If he continues to pitche like he did yesterday he'll be active for a bit longer.

zep33

Purchased my 200th different Dice-K card over the weekend

larryallen73

For me I don't collect active players because my enjoyment of cards stems mostly from my childhood. Thus I like buying the players of my youth, the 70's and 80's. I never got into the modern cards with 25 "rookie" cards and such. Plus, if there was an "investment" standpoint to my collection (which there can't be much of one based on the crap I buy) I wouldn't want to buy modern players due to the risks (career ending injury, roids, etc...).

AkbarClone

I collect 100's of players--including quite a few actives.

epatmythes

My two main collections are active players, albeit one of them will actually become inactive one of these days... Albert Pujols & Brett Favre

My other two main collections are retired athletes... Hank Aaron & Steve Yzerman

bigwilli

Yes , I collect Chipper Jones cards.

GDM67

Chipper and Smoltz. I submitted the Smoltz set request. My Maddux and Glavine collections started when each was still active.

fandango

good players to collect....lots of HOF there

im still trying to find the person who submitted the "Josh Fogg Rookie Set"

QUITCRAB

I collect an inactive player-Brooks Robinson-I only collect his playing years 1957 to 1978......There are more cards after he retired then his playing years.
I am glad I didnt get into the "new" stuff of Brooks- a guy I know how collects Brooks too, started collecting the "new" stuff-he finally gave up...to much junk out there.
Scott