What makes a collector a "Super Collector"?

[clarkfan]

Yep, that's definitely what my girlfriend calls it. I told her what I paid for the 1990 Score Promo. She laughed first, then called me crazy, and still doesn't understand. Maybe that's it:

If your girlfriend/wife doesn't understand or calls you insane = Super Collector

:lol:

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

The term 'Super Collector' shouldn't apply exclusively to player collectors, although I think most people think that way...maybe just because most collectors are player collectors?

IMO its good to have this title, it emphasizes the collecting activity. Isn't collecting the core of any hobby?? Sellers in the hobby could always compare how much net $ they've made to come up with a 'Super Seller' title

It would be necessary to have a common, although somewhat subjective definition or else everyone would be a super collector and the title wouldn't mean very much.

I'd like to consider myself a Super Collector. I think if someone collects one player and tries to acquire as many cards of that player as possible (especially the high end), that should qualify them as Super Collector. I'd also say that you should have at least 500 unique cards of that player.

 

[schillingfan]

Sorry for forgetting about the other Super Collectors. There are definitely plenty of those too.

The term 'Super Collector' shouldn't apply exclusively to player collectors, although I think most people think that way...maybe just because most collectors are player collectors?

IMO its good to have this title, it emphasizes the collecting activity. Isn't collecting the core of any hobby?? Sellers in the hobby could always compare how much net $ they've made to come up with a 'Super Seller' title

It would be necessary to have a common, although somewhat subjective definition or else everyone would be a super collector and the title wouldn't mean very much.

I'd like to consider myself a Super Collector. I think if someone collects one player and tries to acquire as many cards of that player as possible (especially the high end), that should qualify them as Super Collector. I'd also say that you should have at least 500 unique cards of that player.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Thanks, but I know what you meant, wasn't trying to bust on anyone, its just natural for folks to focus in on what they do most.

Sorry for forgetting about the other Super Collectors. There are definitely plenty of those too.

 

[Gwynn545]

Let Gilmore decide...He can put a little icon by the "Supercollectors" by FCB standards.
Next, I say that everyone should post a lot less, and when they do post, make sure it is meaningless and without thought.
Wait a minute...I think another Sportcard Forum already took all those ideas!
Never mind...

 

[RANGERS25]

well, i dont know about everyone else but it all started for me when i got the first julio borbon auto card in a trade and it was the first rangers auto card that i had collected through trade or buy. so i started because he was fairly cheap but i liked what the kid brought to the table when it came to the baseball sense and i understood that maybe the rangers would need someone that has borbon's qualities. but i started thinking about being borbon's super collector because i wanted to go after his big stuff and i actually got to show julio borbon my collection last year when i met him. he was very impressed and he told me that i pretty much covered every card needed to be a top player collector. now, i check ebay every day for borbon stuff and i buy when i can although my wife does believe that spend too much on his collection of stuff. i would like to be known around here as the borbon collector and be given the title so when someone says:

"hey, you know who has borbon stuff, or who would be interested in buying BORBON stuff" i would like members to say, "oh yeah, RANGERS25 collects BORBON and RANGERS for that matter."

 

[ThoseBackPages]

I think that title is one that is earn from one's peers.

Meaning...calling yourself a "super collector" really isnt all that credible or cool.
having fellow FCBers THINK of you when they hear a particular players name, or
team name, or set name, THAT makes you a "Super Collector" in my mind

See a Griffey card? Think "Magicpapa"
See a '96 Mirror Gold? Think GeorgeCalas"
See a Mariano, Think Jastermeel (sp)
See a box of Pacific (NON hockey) Think TonsOfCommons
See a Pirate? Think Tramers
See a Jay Bruce? Think SKYWALKER

These are just a few of who i consider "Super Collectors"

 

[nevermore]

On the forums it is often also used as a verb where "supercollect" means to collect everything of a given player or team versus picking up select cards.

As said above there are no set criteria, but when someone is a supercollector it is obvious. I don't call myself a super collector, there are far greater O'Neill collections than mine.

Some sites have badges, those are helpful because it reflects dedication of the collector (more so than quality of collection) and I feel other collectors are more likely to contact you with offers.

 

[TomMurry]

I think being a SuperCollector is something that a community designates based on a collection that you own. Typically a supercollector has items outside the realm of trading cards and has a high % of cards made of that player. Granted you may be an avid collector of a player, but you dont call yourself a supercollector just because you would like to be someday. You have to have the goods already before getting that title.

 

[subpop77]

HHhhhhmmm... Something that your peers delegate to you. For having a great collection. Whether it be a player, team, set, ect....Having a large portion of the item you collect.

 

[RANGERS25]

well, can we start voting on who members think has a super collection, like making a board that would vote on whether someone qualifies as a super collector. a board of 5-10 members that will have all the say on whether someone has a super collection or not. or are people just implying that some people while trading with that collector will start to notice that the member collects someone in specific and spread the word around and then have it be known that someone in particular is a super collector.

 

[Bane50]

1% Dedication
99% Obsession

 

[Mozzie22]

I think the term "Supercollector" is something that only the individual collector can give themselves. Stats and percentages factor into it but it is, and should be, more than that. I've got thousands of Ozzie items but even if I didn't I would still consider myself a supercollector because I have avidly, and actively, been collecting him for over 25 years. I think time spent should contribute as well. That is not to say that some of the collections of current players aren't fantastic, but you don't truly understand the passion of a player collector until you can cross off a card you've been hunting for over 10-20 years. I would much rather see a Will Clark collector pick up a Score promo or Donruss Aqueous than all the modern day GU in the world.

One other thing I've learned about player collectors. When you think you've got one of the best collections out there you meet someone with more cards/magazines/ whatever than you do and it really humbles you. I bought a large number of cards years ago from a man that broke up an Ozzie collection so vast that I could not adequately describe it here if I typed for the next hour (his typed checklist was 150 pages long). He in turn introduced me to a guy who had a larger collection than him! Those of us that collected pre-internet really had our eyes opened to what was out there once the internet took off.

I've been a team collector, set collector, sport collector, etc… but there is nothing like being a player collector.

 

[magicpapa]

 

[gvsu96]

A cape.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

I think the term "Super Collector" is someone who wants to obtain EVERY card of a player. I know this is impossible... because I own 1/1s that I won't part with and I will get more that I won't even consider moving. I think it loosely gets thrown around.

A "player collector" is someone that just simply collects a player.

I throw around the term "quantity collector" because I won't stop at one card (ex. my Perk thread, I had 18-20 of some cards).

 

[magicpapa]

 

[AmishDave]

My JJ collection was too high end to be a SCF Super Collector.

Seriously, I don't care what people think. I'm seriously obsessed with getting his cards. Any, all, multiples. When I have 19 of a card and it's stated print run is 35, I'm stupid nuts.

 

[carrsallstars]

Supercollectivity is possessing a purchasing resistance of exactly zero when one encounters a cardboard image that one does not currently possess. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, supercollectivity is a quantum mechanical phenomenon.

 

[ffgameman]

Supercollectivity is possessing a purchasing resistance of exactly zero when one encounters a cardboard image that one does not currently possess. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, supercollectivity is a quantum mechanical phenomenon.

Win.