What else besides the gum, the bicycle spokes, trading, and flipping them with friends at school ?
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What is so nostalgic about these cards we collect ?
A Sports Illustrated has more sports information in it than a bubble gum card, but we have no
allegiance to an old SI issue. But we have so much love for our cards.
What is it ?
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Whenever I get a good Joe Louis card, it's like I'm in his corner during one of his fights. It's being a part of his life, his glory, his accomplishments. It's freakin great.
My answer to the question is that 99% of the Montreal Canadiens cards that i own the players names are familiar to me,also i have submitted a little over 1,000 Montreal Canadiens items from 1952 to 1993 not all came back with flying colours but it laid the groundwork for my collection.
rocket 52
For the love of the game.
I enjoy vintage: I research the player, analyze his stats, try to imagine the era he played in, and admire the uniqueness of the cardboard artwork of said player. Typically his RC or 1st card
Plenty of people collect magazines as well as cards. I don't limit myself to just cards, so I guess I don't see it the same way as you do.
My first set as a kid was 1976 topps baseball. My father showed me how to put the cards together in numerical order. I would eagerly rip packs looking for the cards I needed. It didn't matter who the player was, I was more excited to scratch the card number of my list. I had stacks of triplicates towards the completion of the set but just the thrill of a wide-eye seven year old looking for those last elusive cards was priceless. This also explains my OCD diagnosis as an adult.
Yes on cards.
But, I'm not a card collector.
I collect baseball board games and have a great affection for vending machines of different types.
Ok, then. I collect white boxes and booklets. They just happen to have cards and coins in them.
Cards are art. In high grade they are fine art.
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Sports cards have a long history and are widely collected. (Hence why my aftershave bottle collection is worthless). They're an investment (intentional or not) that gives us a connection to that card/player. We chose to keep this card vs. cash. Risk is involved. We have something others may want. That want translates to either money and we ALL want/need money or bragging rights, so to speak.
A SI does not display as well as a card. A SI is also not widely collected. Mass produced, not limited, no chase. SI has 50+ players in it each issue. Too random. Every issue will have Big Star Player X and in 20 years you could rip out a page with that player from any of the 12 issues that year. Too common. With cards, that RC that was in a pack that you specifically held onto makes it more "special".
Exactly. A connection to our favorite athletes.
twofold for me.
1. I love baseball and the cards have always given me a type of connection to the game/players. I have my own little museum of sorts that I can visit whenever I choose.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
I inadvertently left out nostalgia. Very important. Keepsakes that help remind us of memories of that time. Or the thrill of the hunt/or expensive stressful time consuming journey we had for that item.
Couldn't agree more! I am OCD too and I always loved collecting, organizing and re-ordering cards. I would also add that I was not particularly social as a kid and so many of my fondest childhood memories revolved around things rather than friends, with cards and comic books highest on the list. Unfortunate, but we are what we are.
Collecting also kept me out of trouble a lot. A lot of my friends that I grew up with got into drugs, and other things. My drug of choice was always cards. The feeling I get when I land a whopper, is like no other. 🤗
Magazines used to be much nicer and more "collectible" too. Art in their own way. The modern magazine is an eyesore now.
Magazines need popup blockers now.
Kris
My 1971 Topps adventure - Davis Men in Black