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Your Quirkiest Collecting Habits?

GeoffEighingerGeoffEighinger Posts: 431 ✭✭
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Aside from going after certain sets or certain star players or error cards, are there any kind of weird things you collect when it comes to modern cards?

Such as cards of players who have done time?

Cards of players who never played in an MLB regular season game?

Cards of players sporting goatees on the front of their cards.

I only collect Rick Manning and Cleveland Indians and Browns cards so it's not that weird.

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  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah...although I don't think I plan it that way. A few examples that I can think of immediately are:

    1)Anthony Young cards in the 90s during the time that he had the record losing streak.
    2)The first cards of players I like with new teams
    3)The last card of players I like showing career stats

    I'm sure there are more. image

  • PowderedH2OPowderedH2O Posts: 2,443 ✭✭
    A Rick Manning collection would have to have a Dennis Eckersley collection to go along with it...
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  • artistlostartistlost Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭
    I collect over priced shiny modern junk that will surely tank in the near future, if that counts...oh and usually only copies that I can find that have had some one scribble on them.

    mathew
    baseball & hockey junkie

    drugs of choice
    NHL hall of fame rookies
  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭
    i collect Derek Jeter serial #'d cards w/ #18

    I only found 2 so far...




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  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>i collect Derek Jeter serial #'d cards w/ #18 >>



    Any particular reason for the #18???

  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    I collect DNA samples from all semi-stars of MLB past and present. I currently have a syringe used by Brady Anderson, a piece of chewing gum once chewed by Kevin Mitchell, a half eaten apple that belonged to Mike Greenwell, birthday cake fragments that Cecil Fielder had in his mouth for a few seconds, and spit collected from John Rocker when I challenged him to a duel. My plan is to collect these for the next few years and then I'm gonna combine them all and create the ultimate semi-star.
  • jivanjivan Posts: 1,009 ✭
    i only collect players from zaire and uzbekistan ... scans to follow
    always looking for 1969 graded basketball
  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mr 1340 also forgot to mention that because of his proximity to his home town, he has some "questionable" items that used to belong to the great Johnny Mize! image
  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭
    Does a used Pujols jockstrap count?
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  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Does a used Pujols jockstrap count? >>



    pm sent.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Mr 1340 also forgot to mention that because of his proximity to his home town, he has some "questionable" items that used to belong to the great Johnny Mize! image >>




    In all seriousness when I was a senior in high school I was the #1 golfer in the area and got to play with Johnny Mize in a golf tourney a few months before he died. He didn't get out of the cart to tee off except on the par 3's and only got out to putt if it was a long putt. He was a very ornery old guy to say the least, but it was still a worthwhile experience.
  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>i collect Derek Jeter serial #'d cards w/ #18 >>



    Any particular reason for the #18??? >>



    Its my lucky # image
  • 72skywalker72skywalker Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I collect DNA samples from all semi-stars of MLB past and present. I currently have a syringe used by Brady Anderson, a piece of chewing gum once chewed by Kevin Mitchell, a half eaten apple that belonged to Mike Greenwell, birthday cake fragments that Cecil Fielder had in his mouth for a few seconds, and spit collected from John Rocker when I challenged him to a duel. My plan is to collect these for the next few years and then I'm gonna combine them all and create the ultimate semi-star. >>



    Cecil Fielder willingly gave up some cake that was in his mouth? That I find hard to believe. IF you had to get near his mouth to get the cake do you still have all of your fingers?
    Collecting Yankees and vintage Star Wars
  • theczartheczar Posts: 1,590 ✭✭
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>i like to sort cards in the nude. >>



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    My cards on COMC
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