How to explain your passion for card collecting to family / friends

detroitfan2

My oldest son has been reading a series of novels called "The Baseball Card Adventures".

For those of you who haven't heard of them, here is the wikipedia link.

The main character in the books is a boy named Joe Stoshack. Here is what Joe has to say about baseball cards:

"With a baseball card in my hand, I am the most powerful person in the world. With a card in my hand, I can do something the president of the United States can't do, the most intelligent genius on the planet can't do, the best athlete in the universe can't do. I can travel through time."

I don't know about the rest of you, but that about sums it up for me, especially if you place any Topps card from any sport between 1975 and 1980 in my hand.

akuracy503

I'm all for the hobby but that Joe needs to get outside more often

Could be a sign of depression and social anxiety.

Carry on..

itzagoner

i spend so much time with my baseball cards, my imaginary friends stopped speaking to me.

ThoseBackPages

interesting!

MULLINS5

<< <i>I'm all for the hobby but that Joe needs to get outside more often

Could be a sign of depression and social anxiety.

Carry on.. >>

Stone193

It's pretty hard to truly share our passion with "outsiders" - when it comes to the game collecting part of my focus - perhaps this may give one of those outsiders a little insight:



What is a vintage game? Its a reflection of a child’s play from a bygone era – it’s not changed by time – it’s immutable – a portal to the past – and that collectible brings it to life – it’s a tangible and real way to hold something in ones hand and relive that moment in time.

The games I collect reflect our history – our childhood and some instances also adulthood. Reading about our past from an historical perspective is quite rewarding and enlightening – but taking one of the games and playing it – is a real and concrete way to relive that time – long gone but not forgotten – as long as we continue to be the custodians.

Last – when I look at a certain game – I can’t help but think what it was like back then – to even think what it was like in the 50s when I was a kid. One is tempted to imagine – perhaps - that was a better time – a simpler and more enjoyable period in our development. In fact – every era – as I view the evolution of the games is not better but just different - and, in a larger sense – the same – the enjoyment and laughter of children doesn’t know time – it’s just that – pure and simple happiness. As collectors - that’s what we all strive for – happiness. And, we are the custodians. It’s our privilege to share that history with others – and – for many of us – a disappointment if there were no one to do it with.

Happy Holidays guys!

zep33

no explanation necessary

Bigjohn69

you mean the guys on yours cards dont talk back to you,, hmmm, ok,, well thats not my explaination then,, bj

Hallco

The only thing I have to explain to my wife is how and where to sell my cards when I'm dead! She looks at the hobby as a supplement to my life insurance policy!

eyebone

when I look at a certain game – I can’t help but think what it was like back then – to even think what it was like in the 50s when I was a kid. One is tempted to imagine – perhaps - that was a better time – a simpler and more enjoyable period in our development. In fact – every era – as I view the evolution of the games is not better but just different - and, in a larger sense – the same – the enjoyment and laughter of children doesn’t know time – it’s just that – pure and simple happiness.



yep. that is it, i think.

eyebone

Dboneesq

I don't think it's possible to explain this hobby to non-collecting friends and family ... THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE!!!!!! NOBODY UNDERSTANDS US!

scashaggy

Explain it this way: "I have problems."

SidePocket

Doug, you said it all.

HeritageAddict

I just tell them that my wife does not approve of me spending my money on hookers and drugs so I'm forced to buy baseball cards.

Mickey71

Doug said it perfectly. You can't explain it to non collectors.

Reljac

<< <i>I just tell them that my wife does not approve of me spending my money on hookers and drugs so I'm forced to buy baseball cards. >>



amen!

MCMLVTopps

"With a baseball card in my hand, I am the most powerful person in the world. With a card in my hand, I can do something the president of the United States can't do, the most intelligent genius on the planet can't do, the best athlete in the universe can't do. I can travel through time."

I think that statement is waaaaaaay too radical. I will admit though that when I glance at my 1955 Topps set that I have displayed in a case I built, many memories of actually seeing many of those players play in Fenway Park do come back and remind me of GREAT times with my dad...Summer nights in Fenway, life was magical then.

vladguerrero

If women read Harry Potter there's no reason why men can't read a kids book about baseball cards.