What's your collecting "guilty pleasure"?

Goodsport40 · January 22, 2009 2:00PM

My current one is 1986 Fleer Baseball!

Sick, ain't it?

Robert

storm888 · January 22, 2009 2:05PM

VASTLY overpriced postage stamps and postal covers.

stevek · January 22, 2009 2:11PM

Insert cards, stickers, stamps and coins from the 60's & 70's - luv 'em, and many are very affordable even in high grade.

Nugen · January 22, 2009 2:19PM

I hate to say it but 90's insert sets. Obscure MSA disc sets are a close second. Despite the fact that they are worthless I still enjoy putting the sets together.

bbcemporium · January 22, 2009 2:33PM

1989 Fleer Basketball Reggie Millers, I own 1300 of them ;-)

skilow · January 22, 2009 3:38PM

Nugen, do you have any extra Van Slyke MSA, variations?

elsnorto · January 22, 2009 3:51PM

I guess I would have to say XFL related memorabilia. But in my defense, it is a subset of my defunct football league memorabilia collection.

Still looking for the last two game balls from 2001 Topps XFL to finish off my master set. Not many people opened this stuff back in 2001 and they sure the heck aren't doing so now. I think they believe there is no market for this stuff to bother listing it and for the most part they are right.

Snorto~

fur72 · January 22, 2009 8:13PM

Its almost embarassing to say but those combo boxes you see at major retailors. "8 Packs for $11.99" I see one pack in the box that I like and sure enough I buy it.

lsutigers1973 · January 22, 2009 10:41PM

Please see my sigline.

thehallmark · January 22, 2009 11:08PM

Massively overproduced 1988-1990 football cards.

I just purchased a 1990 Score Mark Carrier PSA 10 and I nearly pissed myself out of sheer bliss.

Mark Carrier the safety.

from the Bears.

swartz1 · January 22, 2009 11:27PM

1970 photostamps...I cant find them!

BunchOBull · January 22, 2009 11:29PM

I've been on a '90s insert kick for awhile now.

It's mostly a cheap habit though, so no complaints. I tend to purchase obscure Frank Thomas lots on eBay and hope for the best. Surprisingly, I've gotten some tough pulls that way. I got a Frank last week from a .99 lot that in the '90s was 1 in every 288 packs. I missed an awesome lot yesterday with a rare starquest card in it. It sold for a whopping $3.

I'm still looking for my ultimate '90s inserts...the Donruss Crusade series (in all versions).

fattymacs · January 22, 2009 11:42PM

1964 Topps Giants

BunchOBull · January 22, 2009 11:50PM

<< <i>1964 Topps Giants >>

I buy those in raw form when I can. They're so cheap but have pretty pictures and smell old.

Almost the same thrill as finding mainstream cards of that age.

MBMiller25 · January 22, 2009 11:54PM

Paul Oneill GU and Auto cards, I have enough stupid swatchs to probably sew myself a Paul O"Neill Jersey!

edit: spelling

Zeeck · January 22, 2009 11:55PM

Kurt Kittner

Barfvader · January 23, 2009 12:17AM

Does this count.

MBMiller25 · January 23, 2009 12:18AM

+1 for Hustler

BunchOBull · January 23, 2009 12:21AM

There is a big blurry spot on your image, you may want to fix that.

larryallen73 · January 23, 2009 12:21AM

'81 Donruss. Actually all '81's. It was the peak of my collecting years so am still fond of them.

Barfvader · January 23, 2009 12:26AM

<< <i>There is a big blurry spot on your image, you may want to fix that. >>

If I did I might get banned as there are some slight naughty bits showing. Hopefully no one is offended by the images.

It's the first year missing one issue and the first best of issue. Traded some open reel tapes for these issues and others back in my younger days.

fattymacs · January 23, 2009 12:44AM

BunchOBull - I got my first 64 Giant in trade here and kinda thought they were neat, all but the huge names can be had cheap and in great shape.

BunchOBull · January 23, 2009 12:55AM

I picked up a great looking Clemente the other day for next to nothing. It has 4 soft corners, but is decently centered, has an extremely clean front, and under the loupe appears creaseless...overall, it just looks nice. It's not like I don't already have it in a higher grade, but I have a hard time passing up a Clemente for a buck.

justmichael · January 23, 2009 1:02AM

I love the 1964 Giants set.Raw Mantles in NM can be had for $15-$20.Great set.
Mike

Barfvader · January 23, 2009 1:11AM

Bought this one along with a few others for next to nothing (Around $10) back in 2006.

bobsbbcards · January 23, 2009 1:25AM

Those 44-card Fleer boxed sets sold at drug stores and five-and-dime stores (for you old timers) in the mid- to late-80s (Ben Franklin, McCrory's, Walgren, Cumberland Farm, Revco, ad infinitum). I remember eagerly searching for them whenever I went to a new city that had a different chain of drug stores.