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Austin
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I recently read an old thread, I think from Ozzie Smith collector, Moxie, in which he says he decided to only collect his player's cards that were released during his career because there are too many cards released now.
I was a big Rickey Henderson collector from 1986 to about 2005, but I quit (postponed) collecting his cards because I was overwhelmed by the number and expense of all of the new modern cars, game used and autographs.
Last weekend I was going through my Rickey cards and decided to limit this even further than collecting his playing day cards, since he played into the 2000s, when massive amounts of expensive variations and inserts were released.
So I'm just going to collect Rickey Henderson cards from his 1977 minor league card up until 1993, when he left the A's. Not only was his time on the A's and Yankees the best and most exciting part of his career, but it was also during my childhood and up until I graduated college and didn't collect as much, so I have fond memories of collecting and pouring over box scores every morning, especially in the '80s.
I have about 80% of his cards from that era, so it will be fun finding all of the obscure food and regional issues. A lot of my Rickey cards are parts of sets too (My main focus is set collecting) so I have to rebuy those so I don't have to take his cards out of my set binders. And I may never get the 1977 Chong minor league card since it's rare and expensive, but the rest should be no problem. I'll do it slowly so it's a fun experience instead of just going online and buying dozens of cards at once.
Do any of you retired player collectors limit your collections to just those released during your player's career?
I was a big Rickey Henderson collector from 1986 to about 2005, but I quit (postponed) collecting his cards because I was overwhelmed by the number and expense of all of the new modern cars, game used and autographs.
Last weekend I was going through my Rickey cards and decided to limit this even further than collecting his playing day cards, since he played into the 2000s, when massive amounts of expensive variations and inserts were released.
So I'm just going to collect Rickey Henderson cards from his 1977 minor league card up until 1993, when he left the A's. Not only was his time on the A's and Yankees the best and most exciting part of his career, but it was also during my childhood and up until I graduated college and didn't collect as much, so I have fond memories of collecting and pouring over box scores every morning, especially in the '80s.
I have about 80% of his cards from that era, so it will be fun finding all of the obscure food and regional issues. A lot of my Rickey cards are parts of sets too (My main focus is set collecting) so I have to rebuy those so I don't have to take his cards out of my set binders. And I may never get the 1977 Chong minor league card since it's rare and expensive, but the rest should be no problem. I'll do it slowly so it's a fun experience instead of just going online and buying dozens of cards at once.
Do any of you retired player collectors limit your collections to just those released during your player's career?