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I used to collect cards, still have a bunch (mostly baseball). Good times. Started collecting mark McGuire’s rookie year and I guess I liked him pre homerun juicing because I had a bunch of his rookie cards. I sold them when he broke the record and they spiked- I got $20 apiece, the only time I feel I was the one doing the fleecing at the card shop. Walked out with a couple hundred bucks. Just like dynasty and the stock market, it’s all about the timing. I remember a customer in the store talking about how in 50 years when that record is still standing how much all those cards would be worth and how I’d be sorry.
Is there a particular site you visit to purchase cards or do you just choose an athlete and search for available options?
It’s so true about shop owners taking advantage of kids back then. There were about 6-7 card shops within 10 miles of me in the 80’s and 90’s and only two of them were kind enough to be fair and help me understand the business side of it. The other shops were all about taking advantage of us. I remember one occasion where I had been given some older cards from a neighbor. I had no clue what I had, but figured I could use them to get the guys I collected. I took them to my local shop were the owner proceeded to trade me one card of the player I wanted, Jerome Walton, for 2 Tony Perez rookies from 1965 AND a 1963 Willie Stargell rookie!!! What a deal for me!
Now, the bolded is something I can get behind. That's a pretty cool idea. I might even go back in time and assemble one of those for each of my previous championship teams.(won't take long or be expensive given my record).
After the 2015 football season, Panini was awarded an exclusive license by the NFL for producing football cards. The year 2016 was the first year Topps did not produce football cards since 1955. (per wiki)
Yup. NFL decided it was too much of a pain to deal with all of the card companies so they chose one.
Have you tried doing any breaks? There is no one answer on how to collect but if you are more of a team collector and like that excitement I think you can still get that feel for it by buying a team break of your favorite team without getting stuck with a bunch of other cards you don't care about. I have done a few breaks and like the anticipation as they break on line but you can end up paying quite a premium to have an on line breaker do a break where you have bought into just your team or player.
To be honest this is not going the way I expected. I thought I was just going to buy a few packs of Topps online and that’s it. This Panini is the only current option and they have a bunch of different lines of cards and such but they are also all sold out. The NFL.com store has a different type of Panini that Panini has on their site.
