Official OS Sports Card Collecting Thread

[mb625]

It's been a while since I have collected personally, but my younger brothers still do quite a bit. I've got a ton of older cards from the 80s (grew up in the 90s... so I don't understand how that happened.), 90s and the early 2000s. Unfortunately, when I was younger I didn't take that great of care of them. I remember I've got a Joe Mauer RC that's in poor shape simply because I didn't take care of it... Oh well. My middle brother does a better job of that, though. He has been getting into strange older cards (for instance, he's got this old R.C Stevens card from the late 50s [comc isn't loading for me right now, otherwise I'd link the page.], not sure how that happens) and they collect the newer packs as well. Good to see that I rubbed off on them.

EDIT: This is the Stevens card I was talking about. http://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/1...tevens/1808637

[ubernoob]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilliesFan13

Modern cards these days are so mass produced now that they have pretty much no value to them. It's a shame. The cards that will bring you the most money are cards pre 1950's. I have a 1993 Derek Jeter rookie card that I would be lucky to get $20 for. I would never sell it, but just saying as an example. These days it's more for the collecting and fun of it rather than selling for the average person.

I think Topps took steps to rectifying that issue starting with the 2001 Heritage set.

[Taur3asi3]

I haven't collected in about 3 or 4 years but here are some of my all-time favorite pieces that I'll most likely keep forever.

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This is most likely my all-time favorite card, Felix Potvin is my all-time favorite hockey player. It was ridiculously expensive seeing as I was 14 or 15, it was a special gift from my Mom and Dad. I don't need to describe this too much as I feel that the image speaks for itself.

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Here's some other Felix Potvin cards. The Journey Jersey was a throw in with the Journey Emblem seen above since they screwed up and sent that one first instead, the dual jersey with CuJo and SPX Winning Materials were deals I brokered and got a great deal on from being friends with the guy who ran my local Field of Dreams and the UD MVP Super Script was an eBay steal.

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This was another eBay steal and was my first Logoman card. Not a true 1 of 1 Logoman since they didn't do those when this was made but it's special to me. It being Kareem makes it even better.

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This is probably one of the last super high-end cards I bought, it's an Elgin Baylor Letterman card autograph. I loved this set so much but for not being game worn the prices they commanded at the time were ridiculous.

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These are 3 Charlie Scott Letterman cards from the same set as the Elgin above. I was trying to put together his entire name but the NBA license ended up going strictly to Panini and I lost interest in collecting before I could finish it.

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These were mostly card show pick-ups, except for Walton and Cowens (eBay). They had a huge show at Sawgrass Mall and I got a great deal on some of the rookies of my favorite players in NBA history.

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I hate Duke but love Christian Laettner. Isn't that weird? Anyways the Greats of The Game Player of The Year auto took me forever to find. At the time the 2 GOTG autos were Laettner's only signature cards, now I think he has a ton through Panini and I think UD did a college series or something. The bottom is a printing plate I miraculously pulled from a box of Topps Total.

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I also love Patrick Ewing. When I was collecting most of his memorabilia cards were crazy expensive. Probably my 2nd favorite card I own is the Star team set baggy with Patrick's rookie card, it was a gift from my Mom and that set means the world to me.

I trolled eBay for a better picture

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I used to collect the crap out of Chris Webber, I ended up with a lot of great cards but this is probably my 2nd favorite of the bunch. Flair Final Edition game worn jersey patch with a piece of the jock tag from his jersey.

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My absolute favorite Chris Webber card. Chris Webber logoman card. This was probably the most expensive card I ever bought I think it was like $400 or something, I bought it using money I made selling wrestling dvds.

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This is in the tier with the Potvin Journey Emblem and the Patrick Ewing Star set. This was a gift from my Dad when I was 13 or 14 and is really special to me. This card had been sitting at Field of Dreams forever, being South Florida this wasn't going to fly off the shelves too fast since it was a high priced hockey card. My dad got the owner down to about $100 or $125 from $200 because I was the only person who ever went in that store and yearned for it. I remember this day perfectly. It was great.

A lot of my cards have sentimental value to me. Either I remember the story of how I got them or they were a gift from my Mom or my Dad. Some cards I have that aren't pictured are every bit as important to me as those that are, like a basic Be A Player Signature Series Felix Potvin auto my Dad surprised me with when I was 14. For some inexplicable reason the Panthers/Kings game was sold out and I wouldn't get to see Potvin play so he picked it up from Field of Dreams to surprise me. Going through my shoe boxes of cards bring back such great memories to me, it's one of the few perks of having a great memory, you tend to remember the circumstances and stories behind stuff like little pieces of cardboard.

Screw it here's a picture of the Felix Potvin BAP Signature Series auto, it's too important to me to leave it off

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Image from checkoutmycards.com, I'll have to get an actual image of mine at some point.

I'll have to dig through my shoe boxes at some point and share with you guys a longer post with more stuff.

[BurghFan]

This is my best card. 1968 Topps Bob Clemente valued at $45.99 according tohttp://freebaseballcardspriceguide.com/baseball-card-values.php?set=48

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[ubernoob]

Nice collection Taur. I'm not into sports cards other than baseball, but those are nice.

The stories behind them make it even more so.

Also dig the Clemente. I like older cards because most of them don't feel so... Busy.

Also, Mo - what did you end up picking up from comc? Just a variety of players?

Edit: oh, and for those with baseball cards... I have the single sports subscription for Beckett so I can look stuff up for you if need be.

[Mo]

Variety,
Picked up most of the Top Cubs prospects, all the big ones but Almora.(Most are bowman chrome)
Alshon Jeffreys RC
Paddy Kane and Duncan Keith RCs

And then I ****ed around and picked up Peter Warrick and Charlie Ward fb cards cause they are my fav FSU guys.

Gonna go back and pick up some Deron Williams RCs and some more BlackHawks

Also probably gonna hit up my card shop and see what they have tomorrow.

[ubernoob]

Nice. Are the Chromes still warped? I have some 2009, and all the cards have a bend to them.

I remember being pumped about Warrick coming to the NFL. I thought he was destined to be a prettay good NFL WR.

I got this from the box of heritage I opened yesterday.

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I'm jealous of that Markakis, being an Oriole fan. You guys are killing me, I have no money right now but want to go buy some packs so bad now.