YOUR COLLECTION

It's interesting to know how and what our community collects. I actually find it facinating hearing all the stories and seeing the great examples displayed here. It makes me drool! So let's hear about your collections, your favorites, and how you got there.

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards?

What got you into the hobby?

What is your favorite Tobacco card type?

What is your favorite E card type?

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic.

How many cards are in your collection?

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both?

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards?

Which card in your collection is the most valuable?

What card do you regret getting rid of the most?



Thank you for the great idea Dave F.

And I'll start:

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? 1 year this month

What got you into the hobby? The intrigue of the Monster. I began 2007 by trying to tackle the T206 set. By August I had about 70 cards. I then sold all of them and began type collecting. That's where I am now.

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? T216's

What is your favorite E card type? E107's, just because of the lore of this set. First major baseball card of the 20th century. I have 2 and that's probably it for me, but I love this set. As far as a set that I would try to tackle....I would say E94's and E98's.

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. I'm going to say my E107 SGC 20 Jack O'Connor


How many cards are in your collection? Right now 21 (still waiting on 4 to arrive)


Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Type collector right now. If I was to do a set, I would start an E94 set.


Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? Vintage Card Forums. Since I'm type collecting it's the easiest way to pick up the cards I want. After that I'd say Ebay.

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? E107 Jack O'Connor SGC 20

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? A T206 Josh Devore Red Hindu graded PSA 1. But it's at a good home.

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards?
Since 1981

What got you into the hobby?
I got back in when I found the first Beckett annual and saw that a 1972 Carew was worth $25

What is your favorite Tobacco card type?
t205s

What is your favorite E card type?
Red Border Colgans

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic.


How many cards are in your collection?
298 of 1557 cards I am looking for

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both?
I'm working on collecting one card of each major leaguer that appeared on a baseball card as a major leaguer from 1908-45.

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards?
preferably trades, but eBay is about the only place to consistantly get what I need

Which card in your collection is the most valuable?
The card I use as my avatar

What card do you regret getting rid of the most?
my t208 Firesides

Wow Jay!



"298 of 1557 cards I am looking for"



Is the 1557, the number of Major Leaguers from 1908-1945 that appeared on cards? And of those 1557 cards, do you have every one you want picked out (basically on a checklist)? That would have had to take some time.

That's a great goal.

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards?
- 9 years.

What got you into the hobby?
- I transitioned over from collecting pre-war hockey cards in the 90's.

What is your favorite Tobacco card type?
- Many 19th century sets, too tough to pick from them. 20th century, probably T214/T215. My favorite that I own is a t212 Obak Buck Weaver.

What is your favorite E card type?
- I like E107's too. Probably a tie between E107 and E104.

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic.
-My D359 Plank (Larger pic on my website)


How many cards are in your collection?
- Approximately 100 pre-war baseball cards. Used to be more.

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both?
- Type collector, although I am working in a collector grade e96 set.

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards?
-Trades with friends in the hobby.

Which card in your collection is the most valuable?
- My E107 Plank.

What card do you regret getting rid of the most?
- I don't regret selling or trading anything. My biggest regret is not putting my old collection under lock and key before it was stolen in a break-in 3 years ago.

Fisherboy7 wrote:

What card do you regret getting rid of the most?
- I don't regret selling or trading anything. My biggest regret is not putting my old collection under lock and key before it was stolen in a break-in 3 years ago.

That's horrible and I'm sorry to hear that. That's my biggest fear.

Were you able to recover any of the collection? Did you have it insured?

It was my biggest fear too. I was only able to recover 5 lower value cards that happened to show up on ebay after they had passed through several hands. And no, they weren't insured. Anyways, I don't want to derail your thread from its topic (great thread btw), as most here are aware of the ordeal I went through as it was aired publicly on the net 54 forum back when it happened. Thanks though.

I have two different checklists. One that lists every major leaguer that appeared on a card as either a major leaguer or minor leaguer. This list has 2357 players. Most them are in the Old Mill and Zeenut sets. That was my orignal goal, but prices for series 8 Old Mills went out the roof, so I need to set a more realistic goal of players that only appeared on cards as major leaguers. That made it a more managable size with fewer high priced rarities.

When I started on the project, I set getting the rarities and HOFers. Some of the rarities I may never get, like the J=K Candy card of Bedient. There are only 2 known examples and both are owned by guys workign on the set.

The only big name player I have left to acquire is Joe Jackson and I plan on taking care of that this year. Within this quest I am going to put together the Delong set since that has always been one of favorite sets. Foxx is the most expensive card I have left to get in that set. After that, I can start concentrating on buying lots of Diamond Stars, t205s and other groups of cards with easy to gind players and really put a dent in the total.

Jay

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards?----2 years

What got you into the hobby?----The look of the vintage cards

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? T204 square Frame Ramly

What is your favorite E card type? E107

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? T204 Square Frame Ramly Bill Dineen...its my Avatar

How many cards are in your collection? 5

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Type

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? Where the best deals are


Which card in your collection is the most valuable? E98 Matty/T204 Square Dineen

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? T204 Ed Cicolte

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? 3 years

What got you into the hobby? Graduated from 1952 Topps

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? hmmm....N173 although havent owned one

What is your favorite E card type? E94 then E98

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. (Would be this Wagner below)




How many cards are in your collection? Down to about 35

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Set collector...currently anyway

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? ebay

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? Unfortunately the Wagner I overspent on

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? Would have to be this Plow Boy

How long have you been collecting cards? 3-4 years

What got you into the hobby? A love of baseball and history

What is your favorite T card type? Probably T206's for their beauty and endless selection

What is your favorite E card type? E103

Whats your absolute favorite card in your collection? Gotta be my e90-1 jax and in a close 2nd my N321 hess California league card. (I would post a picture but dont know how)

How many cards are in your collection? About 100 give or take a few

Are you a type collector or set collector? I am a little of both. I collect cards of Matty, Cobb, Jackson, and wagner with a little Ruth and Mantle thrown into the mix. I also collect some sets. Currently collecting Sport kings, T206, and T207's. I used to collect E103's but sold most off to get other cards.

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? My favorite place is Robert Edwards Auction, but, ebay the most accessable place is ebay

Which card in your collection is most valuable? Either my 52' Mickey Mantle or my E90-1 Jackson

What card do you regret getting rid of? My first pre war card, a T206 Green portrait Cobby that I traded away for a bunch of common T206's. Stoopid rookie mistake, I thought that I needed a jump start for the T206 set. Idiot! I would pay double to get that card back. I still have a scan of it and posted it on the BST on the Net 54' to no availe. Oh well, I will always be on the look out for that card

Great topic!

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? 30 years

What got you into the hobby? Buying old Hobby price guides and seeing old cards pictured in them

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? Tie - Uzit and Red Hindu

What is your favorite E card type? Croft's Cocoa

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. Posted below (also my Avatar)

How many cards are in your collection? 300-400

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Both - but only subsets (like Hindu SL'ers from T206)

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? Private deals

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? Posted below (also my Avatar)

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? Three way tie - PSA 7 Mullin (With Bat) Uzit, PSA 7 Konetchy (Glove Low) Red Hindu and SGC 30 D304 Marten's Bakery Ty Cobb

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? Off and on 20+ years, took time with girls, and cars when I should have been messing with cards.

What got you into the hobby? My dad's cards and a sizable find and purchase when I was 15 or so.

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? Several T206, T210, T212 & N300 come to mind.

What is your favorite E card type? E107 and Crofts are up there not far behind are E93.

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. It would be easier to tell you what body part I would rather have cut off.

But here's a pic of say two of my top 20 favs. (for now )



How many cards are in your collection? Just a little over 1800+ cards.

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Both, mostly types as of late and a few sets that I've been working on for years.

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? Ebay today, but in the past auctions and flea markets.

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? Hard to say but I would guess with the grade hunters and T206 set collectors, and with high grade raritys in short supply. Today at the right auction this card could go high but you never know.



What card do you regret getting rid of the most? Answering as a pure collector any card I've ever sold....

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? On and off since I was about 15

What got you into the hobby? got bored with collecting modern cards, and loved the look of the older ones

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? Old Judges - I know, not t-cards, but they are tobacco cards!

What is your favorite E card type? Star Player Candy

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. more than just one!







How many cards are in your collection? about 200 right now

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? used to be just a HOF/type collector, but I have moved into sets recently, and am going after the W575-2 set (20/40) and the Star Player Candy set (46/73)

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? i like going to shows - you pay more, but its just more fun IMO. also like trading with other collectors.

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? SPC Ruth, N173 Anson, Yum Yum Welch are all probably my most valuable, and in the same range. Ruth might be the highest...

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? several - W600 Mordecai Brown, M116 Wagner, Mothers Bread Plank - ugh...

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? Since around 1999

What got you into the hobby? The love of baseball cards and baseball history

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? T3

What is your favorite E card type? E104

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. Not a Card, but a Fan For A Fan Baker. (see avitar)

How many cards are in your collection? Just a handful (recently sold most of collection because I am hoping to start collecting cards of certain players that I like)

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? A little of Both

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? On the BST

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? T207 Red Cross

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? About 2 years

What got you into the hobby? Collecting old Minneapolis stuff...and came across a T206!

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? T212 now...amazing colors on those cards.

What is your favorite E card type? E99 or E100

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection?


How many cards are in your collection? I think around 12 - 15 counting a few postcards.

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Minnesota Type

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? BST or eBay

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? E106 Wagner

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? Since about 89 or 90.

What got you into the hobby? I have collected baseball cards since the early 70s when I was about 7 or 8. The Topps packs with the gum in them. Pre war started when I got my first Cobb in 89 or 90. A T206 bat on ex for $100. This card now is in a 5 holder and I still have it.

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? T206s

What is your favorite E card type? E106s because of the Baltimore players in it.

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. This changes all the time-today it is an OJ Sommers

How many cards are in your collection? This is tough. My system crashed and all my cards are at my dads and I haven't totaled in awhile. About 700-T206 and about 100 types.

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Both-close on T206 and started a E95 and also have many types.

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? The Philly show

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? not really sure -I will never sell!!

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? everyone that I ever got rid of but the most would probably be a Willis Broad Leaf 460


A card I want and don't have- a Virginia Extra with a Baltimore player

Wonka--Smoking O'Hara!!

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? 25 years

What got you into the hobby? I found my cards from the 50s and realized that I had the entire 500 club except for Ott and Foxx and Ruth' And the possibility of obtaining a Babe Ruth baseball card was initially compelling. But before I could do that, I found that there was an OJ player with the same last name as mine. And I was off. Next I got my impression of the best and worst hitters: Hornsby and Bergen. Then other record holders .... eventually organized by year of accomplishment, where feasible.

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? OJ

What is your favorite E card type? CJ

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic. It is a key, and hard to find. But not contemporary, solely the best I could do (so far).




How many cards are in your collection? Pre-war = 200, all baseball = 300, all cards = 1000.

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? neither, as explained above.

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? ebay - gives me time to minimize my impulsiveness.

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? Ruth, w517

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? I've gotten rid of very few cards. I have sold, traded or given away lots of my 50s stuff tho. I have no regrets.

i will try to be as objective as possible but some of these cards are like your children and it's hard to choose a best or favorite and it always hurt when you have to sell/give them up for adoption...



How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? pre-war 2001

What got you into the hobby? reading about the history of baseball in middle school

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? old judges

What is your favorite E card type? e104s

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? don't really have one.

How many cards are in your collection? around 50

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? mostly type

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? ebay

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? e90-1 jax...and many more

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? approx. 4 years

What got you into the hobby? buying a box of topps t206 cards back in late 2003, early 2004

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? T227

What is your favorite E card type? E93

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic.



How many cards are in your collection? Approx. 100

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Neither

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? Ebay/auctions

What card do you regret getting rid of the most?

How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? 25 years

What got you into the hobby? Always collected cards as a kid & really got interested after seeing my first price guide in 1980 and going to a big show shortly after.

What is your favorite Tobacco card type? T202, Have completed the set halfass working on one of every card front and back

What is your favorite E card type? E95

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic.



How many cards are in your collection? damn good question, I think around 1000.

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both? Both, can't afford it all

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? Ebay

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? E107 Criger, I have very few cards of value over $1000, I tend to sell them off so I can purchase more cards.

What card do you regret getting rid of the most?

Hello Guys
Just found your site and am very impressed with the design and overall nature of the site. Seems like a friendly atmosphere to discuss our great Hobby of collecting Vintage Baseball cards. . I don't have the knowledge that most of you have but if you don't mind I will chime in occasionally when I feel I have something pertinant to add to the conversation. I Love this Hobby, like I'm sure all of you do and look forward to many pleasant hours enjoying this site.
Now to my collecting history
How long have you been collecting pre-war baseball cards? Naturally collected as a Kid 1954-62, Then 1987-1996, 9-10yr hiatis, 2005-Present

What got you into the hobby? Stumbled into a Card Shop in 1987 and the rest is history

What is your favorite Tobacco card type?Don't really have a favorite, per se, I Like most all of them. If I had to answer I would say T206 & T3

What is your favorite E card type? Ditto for E cards, Like most all Deadball Issues

What is your absolute favorite card in your collection? Post a pic


How many cards are in your collection? Only about 45 Cards at this time

Are you a type collector or a set collector, or both?
Strictly Deadball Hofers, Have a few 19th century Hofers but my budget won't allow me to pursue them anymore

Where is your favorite place to pick up cards? Ebay, BST Classifieds, Shows

Which card in your collection is the most valuable? N173 Kelly or Keefe

What card do you regret getting rid of the most? No Question, N173 Dogshead Stovey

Thanks
Jerry

Welcome, Jerry! Happy to see you've found your way here. That's a beauty of a photo on your N173 Keefe

Welcome to the board Jerry. Great to have you!

Hi Jerry, I second the big welcome. Never be afraid to ask questions or chime in here. Anyone that has a Keefe like that has a nice collection and to own a Dogs Head, I would probably have to sell 20% of my collection to own one.

Once again, welcome aboard and enjoy,

Lee