When I was a kid I was a huge sports card collector. Mostly baseball, but I spent a lot of time and money buying cards in my youth. Unfortunately, cards from the 80's and 90's aren't worth a lot of money these days. But cards have come a long ways nowadays. Signed cards, special sets and graded cards have really remade the hobby. Plus, other cards such as Pokémon and other non sport cards are really popular now.
I will say I started watching Sports Card Investor on YouTube a lot lately. It's amazing on there what some cards are going for now and what people are willing to pay for them. It seems like normal looking folks are dropping $500-$1500 on cards. Now, I don't have that kind of money and I don't want to deal with cards going up and down in value. So instead I am just looking for certain things I like. For instance, I have over 60 Iowa State Players autographed cards (in Iowa State uniforms) because Iowa State is my favorite College. So I am always on the hunt for Iowa State autographs. For players that don't have cards I have purchased 8x10 signed photos too.
But just recently I started getting into purchasing PSA graded cards and getting into other things I love like the show Survivor, WWF from my youth, The Office and other shows I loved from my youth such as Firefly. I won't spend a ton of money. For instance I just bought the signed Boston Rob (from Survivor) PSA card for $18.00 on Ebay. And the classic Macho Man PSA card for $20. So I try not to spend more than $20 on a card. It's amazing you can find some decent values out there if you have patience. Or maybe people just don't like what I like!
So whether you are collecting to get some value or just collecting for fun like me, collecting cards is a fun hobby. And if you have a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA card that you don't want, I will gladly take.
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