My collecting started in the 1950's and has grown through many ups and downs. I became discouraged in 1980 when all the card manufacturing companies started creating numerous sets and subsets with so many variations. The New York Yankees have been my collecting interest. As a young boy, it was my goal to collect every card issued for a Yankee player. Much like my stamp collection that I inherited from my grandfather, I knew that some items would be out of my price range yet never was there a time when the volume of the collection became a question.
When I attempted to pick up my sports card collection in the 1990's, I was struck by the people who were speculators in the sports card buying side of the collecting. Those who stop in a card shop, purchased a hobby box manufacturer's brand, opened the packages, removed only the cards listing in the Beckett monthly pricing magazine as value cards, and left the remaining cards on the counter.
Recently, returning to all the sports cards I have accumulated over the years, I discovered a yearning to reduce my collecting to an enjoyable level and try to do something with all the other cards. Searching the internet lead me to Trading Card Database. I signed into the program and was very pleasantly surprised by the database. I am a new user of the database and still learning.
My collecting interests are as follows:
Baseball: New York Yankees - Topps base set {all years}
Football: Jacksonville Jaguars - Cards of all manufacturing brands {1995 thru present}
I will consider trades for cards of either team.
Thank you for viewing my profile and hope we can create a trade!!!
