Sports Cards

[vittopio]

Unfortunately, I was born and raised in the USSR and I did not have the opportunity to collect such cards, but once I collected stamps!

 

[ScooperNova]

Thanks for all the replies here folks. I just bought some packs to open today. I think I'll open a few packs of 2021 Absolute football while I play in this ACR freeroll tonight.

 

[ScooperNova]

currently buying the Tim Hortons canada 2021-22 upperdeck cards, I have 2 full sets and working on 3 and and fourth just need a few more hockey heroes and red die cut too finish them, also opened a Nathan Mackinnon jersey card I have yet to redeem dunno If I want to keep it or sell it on ebay yet..

but as kid I use to love them...and they still hold a lot of value in my heart...memories...

I still have most of them just stored away in containers, almost all in very good condition.

Most are from the late 60's, 70's and 80's... I would estimate over 100,000 cards in total... rarely have I looked at them unless something special comes up like a new friend of mine one time mentioning that he was Marv Hubbard's nephew (Oakland Raider FB '69-75)... and I said oh yeah, I have some of his cards...lol. I had a pretty good idea of where the cards from that timeframe were and a week later, I displayed them for him. Kind of funny how I can still picture these cards from the late 60's and early 70's in my mind. I remember spending my paper route money on these cards and reading each card in its entirety... kind of crazy... oh well those were the days...

I grew up a Cincinnati Reds fan, so yes I have a lot of those cards...Big Red Machine days... Johnny Bench rookie card (1968) and Pete Rose cards.. and all the rest of the team..lol. Those were prized cards when I opened my $.10 pack of 10 cards...

On a non-card related note, as a kid I use to get to skip school every opening day to go to the Cincinnati Reds home opener... and I was at Riverfront stadium in the green seats and got to see a birds-eye view of Hammer'n Hank hit 714 and pull even with Babe Ruth...the ball cleared the wall just below our seats...I can still picture it...

But back to reality, yes, some of these cards are worth some money, but the vast majority are not worth much of anything... so no delusion of them being worth a lot of money... more just worth the memories... I have never sold a card...maybe when I retire and have some time on my hands I will sort through them and find a way to make a few bucks off them and pass them on to those that appreciate them...time will tell... I guess my worst fear would be that they would be sold at an estate sale for $100... yikes.. I hope that does not happen...lol

Thank You for Allowing Me to Walk Down Memory Lane!

And Thank You for the post ScooperNova and OMG, I see my Ribby Friend Normino has also posted in this thread!

Teddy

Teddy KGB! I was looking at some older stuff and I saw your reply in this thread. I did reply back back then, but I didn't know you then like I do now. I read your post again and it's amazing. I LOVE the Reds. The Big Red Machine was a little before my time but I love hearing about them from my Dad. It was cool looking back and seeing you mention your ribby friend Normino. I didn't even know what that meant back when we were posting in this thread lol. See ya soon!

Same to you Normino! It was cool seeing you guys had posted here in my thread before I had hung out with you in the stream. See ya there!

 

[davem86]

I used to collect cards when I was much younger, mainly baseball cards.

I have a good mix though still in a box in my attic which I've managed to save over the years.

I should go through them and see if there are any worth putting online. Trade cards for poker money

 

[ScooperNova]

I used to collect cards when I was much younger, mainly baseball cards.

I have a good mix though still in a box in my attic which I've managed to save over the years.

I should go through them and see if there are any worth putting online. Trade cards for poker money

The market is pretty good right now!

 

[davem86]

I know I don't have any cards worth getting too excited over but I'm sure i have a few bucks sitting in that tote. I should dig em out

 

[Normino]

got a good pull today I know its WWE but the new season of hockey cards arent out yet and I dont know too much about baketball or football too know which panini cards are good (also the chance of pulling 1 of the 50 young gun rookies hockey is 1 - 120 packs)

 

[john_entony]

Anyone enjoy the hobby? It sure is booming right now. What sport do you collect? I collect baseball, basketball, and football but baseball is the only economical choice right now. Basketball card was prices are ridiculous! I've been trading and wheeling and dealing a tad also, but nothing major. I collect Cincinnati Reds, Eric Davis, Ken Griffey Jr, Cal Ripken Jr, Nolan Ryan, Michael Jordan and former Kentucky basketball players in the pros. I collect a lot of other stuff too but those are the big ones I can think of right now.

As a kid, I used to collect stickers from the 2002 European Football Championship. I bought stickers and pasted them into a special album, where each page of the album had a soccer team on it. It was in 2002 that I fell in love with soccer. Now I only collect naked girls.