Sports Card Collecting
What has 3,000,000 active participants and $5,000,000,000 annually spent on it? I bet you guessed, it’s Sports card collecting. The interesting thisng about collecting sports cards is that 20 years ago it was a hobby and past time persued by school kids but now it has a huge following in the adult population. This is partly because swapping sports cards is no longer confined to the school yard. With the popularity of the internet the school yard has moved online.
The biggest school yard in the online world is without doubt eBay. Just looking at ebay today I found a Mint condition Topps Mickey Mantle Rookie card selling for $45,000 and at the other end of the spectrum is a Ken griffey Jr Bowman card selling for 3 cents. Now where did I put that Barry Bonds rookie card?
Many people associate sports card collecting with baseball but as you probably know it’s much bigger than that. There are sports cards for almost every sport with the most popular being baseball, football, basketball, golf and nascar and the very popular Boxing cards. Even within those niches you’ll find subniches. For example you can collect MLB baseball cards, Minor League baseball cards, old negro league baseball cards and rookie cards. It is best to stick to one type of card and become an expert on that niche.
Collecting sports cards can often become more than a hobby for some people. There are a select group of hard core collectors who collect cards as a living. visiting shows, yard slaes, garage sales and auctions . You’ll often find them buying large lots of cards just in the hope of finding that 1 special card.
Within the site you’ll find cards for many different sites that are for sales today , have a browse and see if you can find that special card or indeed start your collection today by buying a completle collection.
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