Top 4 most significant contributors to your collection

[4realsthough]

List the top 4 most significant things/steps/sites that have contributed to the success of attaining cards in your collection.

Many of us will probably list the same things but perhaps some of us will list things that others were unaware existed and open new veins for collectors in the sportscard goldmine. :grouphug:

Mine would be:

1) eBay
2) Beckett Marketplace
3) craigslist (I keep a wanted ad posted)
4) PSA/Collector's Universe message board

 

[ThoseBackPages]

eBay
eBay
Card Shows
eBay

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Pretty much eBay and FCB.

 

[Superfractor]

1. eBay
2. FCB
3. SCF
4. LCS

 

[MansGame]

1. eBay
2. Beckett/Burbank
3. COMC
4. FCB or similar boards

 

[Hendersonfan]

1) eBay
2) Card shows/shops
3) Fellow collectors
3) Beckett Marketplace

 

[4realsthough]

1. eBay
2. FCB
3. SCF
4. LCS

What is SCF and LCS?

 

[ChasHawk]

1. eBay
2. FCB
3. SCF
4. LCS

What is SCF and LCS?

sportscardforum and local card shop

 

[ChasHawk]

And for me it would be

1. ebay
1a. fellow Dawson collector who sold out
3. comc
4. sportlots

 

[Sean_C]

eBay
auction houses
hobby message board private sales
LCS

 

[PadresFan86]

1. Ebay
2. Beckett Marketplace
3. CheckOutMyCards
4. The Bench Forum

 

[gmarutiak]

1. My parents (I'm 38 years old, and still get boxes of cards for Christmas and my birthday!!!)
2. ebay (my biggest vice/addiction)
3. Card Shows (although they are getting harder to find)
4. MY WIFE!!! (in my best Borat voice)

 

[vwnut13]

1. eBay
2. COMC
3. FCB
4. Target (two PC autos!)

 

[muskiesfan]

1. eBay
2. The Morning Thread
3. magicpapa
4. FCB

 

[James52411]

Me, Myself, and I.

 

[MaineMule]

I suspect many of us gained a love for baseball and collecting from our fathers. That would be #1 for me. My dad and I use to collect together in the early 1980's. He was instrumental in the foundation of my Williams collection and vintage set collections. Thanks dad......

 

[Musial Collector]

1) eBay (majority of Cuddy cards)
2) MLB/Twins (Mothers Day bats/Jerseys/Game Day bats)
3) FanHQ (game 163 glove/batting gloves/cleats)
4) Flightposite (3 jerseys/many 1/1s and Cuddy Roookie Gold /5, would never own it with out Bo)

 

[Keyser Soze]

In order of contribution:

1) eBay
2) FCB
3) BGS - they've made some of my nice cards a lot nicer with 9.5's
4) FCBer Buynhisellnlow - he's only provided me with one card, but it's my best/favorite one

 

[Brewer Andy]

1) Burbank
2) ebay
3) Generous FCB members
4) COMC

 

[MansGame]

1) Burbank
2) ebay
3) Generous FCB members
4) COMC

I put beckett but I guess it should of just been Burbank lol