Collector Roll Call

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lets have a little bit of a roll call.



age - 35

age you got your 1st card - 8

what you collect - odd ball items whatever catches my eye

avg amount you spend per year - under $600

 

[gt2590]

Sure I'll play.

39

6

Mostly, PC items of favorite players, teams

Sometimes I Buy large lots to split into smaller, Thoughts of opening own store (used to manage one) or setting up at shows.

Probably about $800.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Age: 17
First Card: 6 or 7
What Do I Collect: Gophers, Stingers, Glen Perkins, Kingery, Kiecker, 1958 Topps, general memorabilia
How Much I spend a year: ~$700

Geez... I spend too much. That number will go down once my truck and college rolls around.

 

[ASTROBURN]

Age: 33
First card: 9
What do I collect: Jeff Bagwell Cards/items
How much do I spend in a year: As little as possible, but on average maybe 150 - 200...

 

[RZimm11]

age - 35

age you got your 1st card - 10

what you collect - Ryan Zimmerman, and recently various BGS 9 Rookies

avg amount you spend per year - ~$1000

 

[ryanscardz]

age - 32 in 2 1/2 weeks

age you got your 1st card - 5

what you collect - In Person Autographs, Twins Items, Local Celebrities, Oddball items, Master Set Collector

avg amount you spend per year - $ 30,000 ( no joke at all; look at my taxes )

 

[zbdub808]

age - 20

age you got your 1st card - 8

what you collect - Higher End Matt Cain

avg amount you spend per year - Roughly $500

 

[djrulz]

Age - 31
First card(s) 4-5 maybe. I was real young.
I collect players, sets, & Yankees.
Spend about $1000-$1500 a year on average.

 

[tramers]

age 59
first card 6
collect ; Pirates and former Crawdads
spend; 1000's
have 300,000 plus all sports by team in alphabethal order

 

[AmishDave]

Age: 31
First card: 6 ('86 rack packs of Topps Football !)
What I collect: What I'm known for is Josh Johnson and Dennis Northcutt (and Josh McCown, Mike Walker, AJ Vanegas amongst others)
What I spend a year: I don't even wanna think about it. More than I should, though

 

[ThoseBackPages]

age - 40

age you got your 1st card - 6

what you collect - at the moment..... PSA HOF Rookie Cards; PSA George Brett & Mike Schmidt

avg amount you spend per year - i dont keep track

 

[Ryan The Orange]

Age: 16
Age of First Card: 6, I believe it was 2000 Topps.
What I Collect: St. Louis Cardinals and Hall of Famers, mainly; I prefer IP and TTM graphing over buying singles
What I Spend: Including supplies, postage, and purchases, probably around $200 a year maximum. Low-budget collecting sure makes you look for the right deals and opportunities.

 

[TwinsWin]

age - 22

age you got your 1st card - 5

what you collect - Danny Valencia, Twins Bobbleheads, Vintage Jeresy and Gloves, Topps Complete Sets, Twins Team Sets

avg amount you spend per year - $1000ish

 

[ripken2131_8]

age - 24

age you got your 1st card - I don't remember ever NOT having cards!

what you collect - Ripken PC

avg amount you spend per year - easily $800+

 

[prospectorgems]

age - 33

age you got your 1st card - 12

what you collect - Nothing at the moment

avg amount you spend per year - before my gf probably at least 10 grand

 

[henderson939]

Age: 38

First cards: 6-7


Collect: Rickey Henderson- anything and everything

$$$year-A Grand to 2 Grand or more

 

[bassprokvd]

age: 29

first cards: 6

collect: 1990's baseball, football, basketball -

Annual spent: around 2500

 

[WoundedDuck]

age - 31

age you got your 1st card - 8

what you collect - Justin Upton - 1 of everything I can afford
- star auto from late 80s to present
- Ohio State alumni autos - 1 per player
- vintage baseball - mostly prewar so far but eventually postwar also

avg amount you spend per year - $500 - $1000

 

[PujolsCollector]

Age: 16
First Card: 7. Jeff Bagwell Game Faces card.
What Do I Collect: Daniel Descalso
How Much I spend a year: By the end of this year (first serious year of collecting) probably around $650. I have probably 300 in Descalso cards and the rest is packs and supplies.

 

[olerud363]

age - 37

age you got your 1st card - I was a late bloomer: 14 (1989 OPC Blue jays team set)

what you collect - Only John Olerud for now. I hope to eventually resurrect my Topps run (every baseball base set during my life 1974 to present; got put on hold in 2006 when I bought a house) and also my Blue Jays team set collection.

avg amount you spend per year - Since January $25/month. Funny how things like a mortgage, car payments, 2 kids (and #3 on the way), etc get can suck up one's hobby time and money!