Great stuff again. The story about Juan Gonzalez really got to me. It broughr back a childhood memory.. I'm a lifelong Giants fan (and yes, I cried Thursday night when Wilmer did not swing) but next to Will Clark, my favorite player was Dale Murphy. We older guys remember he was a perennial MVP candidate throughout the 80s. I really wanted his 1977 Topps rookie card for my birthday. Back then my LCS had 2 of them...1 for $60, the other was $75. My dad was in grad school at Stanford at the time so we had very little money. My birthday came and mom had done the small thing in big box trick and what looked like my dirty old Nike basketball shoes was actually my Dale Murphy RC. I then found out my sister and grandparents all chipped in and got it for me. Best present ever! Sorry for the long story everyone...I just wanted to tell it. Chris' videos always inspire me to tell card stories...
Agreed! The hawk hit the first homer i ever saw live. It was my first Giants game and the Expos were in town. He hit 3 run homer in the top if the 1st.
Loved every one of these stories Chris. A few got to me emotionally. Especially the Juan Gonzalez one. When I was a kid, I would mow lawns to buy cards. My first pack I remember was an 87 Topps Baseball pack. A few years after that I managed to buy a 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr rookie which I still own to this day. I have tons of cards since then but none give me the joy that those first early days of collecting did. My parents couldn't afford much either but they did gift me cards whenever they could afford to. I would've submitted my collection to you for the video but most of it is in climate controlled storage. Thank you for these great stories and hope we can make this a monthly event. I've been a collector since 1987. I keep most everything I buy. I've bought HOFERS, rookies, sets, and sealed wax. Love your content as always!
Good stuff, man. I love this channel. It seems like there's a lot of us "started collecting in the 80s" guys. I bought a ton of 87 topps. Great rookies in that set
Too cool! Being from Texas and a life long Rangers but moving all around the world with a Military family you rarely encounter Ranger fans. Coincidentally Juan Gonzales was also my favorite player growing up with Pudge Rodriguez a close second. Very cool seeing that Jaun collection.
What an awesome video! I love the stories that go along with these personal sets! The Juan Gonzalez story was awesome. Great work putting these together!
That was so interesting i loved the one about Juan Gonzalez. Sometimes we don’t know why we like a certain player. And the fact he realizes why he probably started collecting him as an adult is super interesting
My Dad bought me a Steve Yzerman 84-85 Opc rookie for my birthday when I was about 14. I would sell off my entire collection if I had to but NOT that card since my Dad passed in 2013.
Cool video...i was born in 1966 and I just started a 1966 collection, all SGC graded. My wife loves fantasy football started a Kittle, Cooper Kupp, and CeeDee Lamb collection. She is spending more money than me. She buys all high end stuff. It is all in fun.
Thanks for featuring my collection Chris!!! Everyone else’s collections are great, especially the reasoning behind why they build their collection. ! I saw a few people interested in helping me out. I tried dropping my twitter handle in there, but have suspicion that youtube deleted those comments, which is understandable. Not sure the best way to go about this, but for the time being, if you want to comment below, that might be a good start. Thanks again Chris!
I live about 10 minutes from Ron “Louisiana Lightnin” Guidry. He’s a great guy. He has signed every year in Lafayette, where he went to college, prior to the start of the college baseball season. Would be happy to help if needed. Great collection stories. I love how unique people can get when it comes to their love of baseball!
When I get a notification that Chris has a new video out, it is like someone passing me another Christmas present. I just cannot wait to open it. Simple as that
This is my favorite video! Chris, you did an exceptional job curating and narrating these stories. Your work is a legacy gift to the hobby for which I am grateful.
Thank you so much for including my collection in this video! Your content is always so interesting and smart. I've learned more from you than any other channel and with all the flashy/gimmicky content out there its truly a breath of fresh air.
Please make this a serie, like regular rollers/ high rollers, just show, maybe every 2 weeks some collections, bet it could go on for over a year like that
Chris, this is one of your best posts yet! This is why I collect cards, for the love of the hobby! The stories behind each collection was great to listen to. Each collector had his own favorite way to collect. What a feel good moment for the hobby! We all know how much we can use this, especially after all the greed and dishonesty from the past couple of years. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the stories. This makes me want to do my own version. Cheers, awesome work once again! 🍻🙏 ⚾
Loved every one of these stories thank you Chris! We have a family collection also for Cincinnati Reds. My dad's favorite is Big Red machine and my daughter's favorite is Tucker barnhart. My daughter also likes to steal my penny sleeves and top loaders 😂
I built the entire 2019 Topps Heritage baseball master set. It will definitely be a life long project. I am about 80% complete with the set. I won't be doing any of the golds/flipstocks/superfractor. The set is absolutely massive with so many subsets.
HI Chris. Great video. I have a signed '79 Paul Molitor and would be happy to donate it to the collection. Can you let him know and connect us if he needs it? I got it signed in person at the old Orange County Airport. Through a friend who knew someone in the Brewers organization we found out when they were flying out and my mom took me to the airport to see if I could get some signatures. Molitor was really cool. Cecil Cooper wasn't. He just said no and kept walking. Thanks for keeping the joy in the hobby.
This was great to watch. Thanks to those that shared their collections and special thanks to you, Chris, for putting this together. Looking forward to next week’s installment.
Just a tid bit of information. I'm from St. Pete Fl. There is a man that has a business in downtown that has over 5,000 baseball signatures. Schrader little Cooperstown. He has ever thing you can even imigine. It's worth a trip if your ever in this area. Amazing.
I love hearing stories about actual collecting . so many people are just in it for the money and im just watching in awe as prices continue to inflate .. I hope there is still a spot in the hobby for kids to enjoy cards as we all did when we were younger .. Thank you chris for sharing and i look forward to the next part in this series
Kudos to the collectors featured in this video. It's nice to be reminded how personal these collections can be. And kudos to you, Chris. You continue to create memorable, high-quality content. Posterity will thank you!
Chris, I would be interested in reports about some of the great card finds in history. Especially Alan Rosen bought (I think) over 7,000 1952 Topps which had dozens of all players, including Mantle. I understand that most of the super high grade Mantles came from this find. It was in the late 80s in Massachusetts.
Aloha Chris, thank you for this video, I can’t wait till part two comes out. I had tears in my eyes and was touched by all of the stories with the collections. I can relate to a few of the stories being a Japanese American who has collected cards, off and on for fifty years. I have owned most of the big cards from the 70’s on, being a set collector, but as life goes had to sell off chunks when I became a dad and when my children had a little trouble. It is really great to see the love of the cards, collector first in that order. I am so impressed by the high rollers and the amount cards sell for, but I am moved to hear about the love and stories of collecting. All the best. Ken
Phenomenal!!! I absolutely LOVED this. Got me fired up to go on eBay right now and get a few vintage cards to put in my Dad's stocking this Christmas. A big thank you to you (Chris) and everyone that shared their stories.
I have an awesome autographed baseball collection from standing outside the orioles clubhouse at memorial stadium. Also stood outside the locker room of the away team a lot. An usher told me where they were when I was 14. I met so many Incredible players. Kirby Puckett, Don Mattingly , Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken, Dave Winfield, Chet Lemon, Allen Trammel, Jack Morris, Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey, Rick Dempsey, Gary Roenicke, Scott McGregor, Tippy Martinez, just to name a few. Meanwhile I was able to maintain a "B" average in the 8th and 9th grade and was so tired at school because I usually didn't get home until after midnight. I didn't have many friends then because I had just moved to Baltimore in the 8th grade and I became friends with many of the players or at least they all knew me by my name. However Donattingly got mad at me for getting his autograph 5 times in one night in several different areas of the ball park. He finally said enough kid! He signed the same ball like three times that night. Haha
Very touchy and inspirational stories. Although my story isn't as indicative, but its a short story. My baseball card journey started in the late 80's walking home from school after a big rain storm. Someone threw a opened pack of '89 Topps into the street, near the curb, where the water run-off accumulated. I picked them up, took them home and dried them off, hoping that one day I'll sell them for millions of dollars. LOL However, growing up in Los Angele, baseball cards were my savior from gangs and drugs. To pan a few decades forward, I now have a few fresh packs of '89 Topps. LOL
In the earlier days of the hobby (late-70's) trying to get a whole Topps set autographed was common. You'd see articles in SCD all the time. There was a book with thousands of addresses for active/retired players that was pretty easy to find, I think it was part of the "Sports Americana" family with the big Beckett guides. The writer was Jack Smalling, its still in production. There were also sets like Grand Slam in 1978 which were simple black and white cards of retired players marketed specifically to auto by mail hunters. The players were chosen because they were known to sign TTM. You could even get sets of 200 in SCD where about 150 or so were already signed for about $100. You bought those cards so you didn't have to send your early Topps or pre-war cards and risk them getting lost. Of course back then there were loads of players from the 20's and 30's who were still alive.
Man, I appreciate and understand the contributors that had comprehensive Japanese players and Orange refractor collections. I have at least one card for every member of the baseball, football, and basketball HOF. Yes, I cheated - for football, I would buy the Enor HOF set, and many of my cards are reprints. I even got to the point that if I could not find an existing card, I would actual make one. The collection could always be upgraded with rookies or better cards, but I am contented to leave the journey where it is at. At least for now.
Great collections Great Stories not all about flipping or making money just about the hobby you have the best card channel I've learned so much about the hobby keep up the excellent work
Chris, it is just masterful how you put these videos together. Excellent job using the compressed voice sound for reading the letters. Always enjoyable, I plan to send you some emails of my collection
Thank you Chris and everyone for sharing your stories!! I didn't share mine because it isn't all that unique (I imagine many who collect have similar stories). My dad got me into collecting as a kid. Back when I was born through age 2, my dad bought packs of Topps football to set aside for me. He made a concerted effort to put together the 1986 set but fell a few base cards short. When I took up a real interest in 1989/90 in both football and cards, he would buy me packs of 1989 and 1990 Score and Topps. Like many, I got out of collecting for a number of years, but when my wife became pregnant with our first son, I decided I would do the same as my dad and I put together the 2017 Score, Donruss and Optic football sets, as well as the 2018 Topps baseball set to put aside for my son. The bug bit me and while I continue to purchase Topps factory sets and the Donruss football set each year, I've really enjoyed putting together a massive Patrick Mahomes and Luke Kuechly PC, while also building on my collection from the 90s (despite my mom selling my 2 binders of Barry Sanders, Joe Montana, and Derrick Thomas cards...she says she gave them to me, but they definitely were not in the tubs, lol). I've also completed that 1986 and 1984 partial sets my father handed down to me, and purchased the football sets from 1989 and 1990. My current odd-ish ball goal is to put together the 2019 30th Anniversary Score buybacks of the 1989 set, to mash up my first collecting experiences with some of the collecting that got me back into cards. I have about 30% of the 440 card set so far, but the set has been proving harder to collect than I anticipated as I didn't start until last fall, long after people stopped buying and selling many of these on ebay, plus the fact that they were only one per box meaning that some of the prices are a little inflated for commons. (so if anyone has any 1989 30th Anniversary buybacks...let me know, lol).
Chris, this is an awesome video. I recently re-entered the hobby in 2018 and have started my own special collection. I am currently collecting a Topps card from every starting 3B from 1952 through 2021. Dont know how long it will take, but 1952 through 1975 will be challenging from a cost perspective. It is about 30% complete.
Enjoyed this video. I especially liked hearing the guys had to do research, as I have had to do it. That takes a lot of work and patience. I sent you a email for something you could consider for the next video you make like this.
That last vintage collection was awesome. Love vintage i believe theres just a lot more substance to vintage cards Historically and they act like a personal book mark in your life. Hopefully cards of this age will do the same for generations to come but there will never be able to top some of those sets from the 50s
These are great unique collections i truly admire the collectors angles or basis they took to amass these sweet collections great video & topic(s) as always Chris.
Good memories I collected mine with my parents going to yard sales in our town there was a lot of older folks lived in our town at that time those were great memories with my parents
Wow. Great video! One of my favorite you've done so far! My guy growing up was Mark McGwire, and at some point I had over 300 different McGwire's. And various others I went after like Cal Ripken, and Chipper Jones. And Di-cut inserts among many very attractive insert series. One of my favorites is the 94 Triple Play Nicknames set. Includes McGwire and Ripken. Some of those sets shared in this video are impressive and really cool. Ending with with Clementes etc. I love the guys set with the autograph ball and card of every #1 pick. And the 84 Topps autograph set. That is impressive, over 700 cards.
love this! ... how they havent sent in that JoeD rookie for grading by now is cra ... that guys 50's colletion is nuts ... a video just you trying to value what you see in the picture would be awsome ... I say at least $150k
Very cool. It’s interesting to hear about the many different kinds of collections. The reason and meaning behind the collection is most touching. Another fantastic video Chris
This could easily become a 50- part series… and should be pretty easy to crank out videos! I know I’m not the only one that likes show n’ tell.
Was thinking the same 👍
Great stuff again. The story about Juan Gonzalez really got to me. It broughr back a childhood memory.. I'm a lifelong Giants fan (and yes, I cried Thursday night when Wilmer did not swing) but next to Will Clark, my favorite player was Dale Murphy. We older guys remember he was a perennial MVP candidate throughout the 80s. I really wanted his 1977 Topps rookie card for my birthday. Back then my LCS had 2 of them...1 for $60, the other was $75. My dad was in grad school at Stanford at the time so we had very little money. My birthday came and mom had done the small thing in big box trick and what looked like my dirty old Nike basketball shoes was actually my Dale Murphy RC. I then found out my sister and grandparents all chipped in and got it for me. Best present ever! Sorry for the long story everyone...I just wanted to tell it. Chris' videos always inspire me to tell card stories...
Dale Murphy was basically the best player in baseball (or top 3) for a good 5 year stretch or so
Funny how we remember certain events in our lives with such good vision. Great story!
This is why I love the hobby. Every collection has a special story. Hope this becomes a regular series for you to put out.
Totally agree. I love to see/hear about what people collect and why.
Thats a great idea... I think I will do it somewhat regularly
@@collectorinvestordealer 👍got my vote
Great video Chris, thanks for letting me share some of my collection. Looking forward to next week's video!
Thank you for sharing!
Andre Dawson's auto is always so clean, legible and elegant. One of the best signatures in the hobby.
Agreed! The hawk hit the first homer i ever saw live. It was my first Giants game and the Expos were in town. He hit 3 run homer in the top if the 1st.
Mr.T's cousin....
Dawson is a very nice man and a gentleman too. HOF player with 400+ HR 300+ SB 2,700+ HITS
Harmon Killebrew had a beautiful signature as well
I have a few Dawson autos and he sure does have a nice and clean signature!
Great stories behind the collections, I love hearing how people got into card collecting!
Would love to see this series regularly. Amazing collections out there. Thank you for the amazing content Chris.
I wish i could hit the "thumbs up" more than once on this comment!
I also collect Clemente, for over 30 years. I have most of his cards minus the two stickers from 1967.
Loved every one of these stories Chris. A few got to me emotionally. Especially the Juan Gonzalez one. When I was a kid, I would mow lawns to buy cards. My first pack I remember was an 87 Topps Baseball pack. A few years after that I managed to buy a 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr rookie which I still own to this day. I have tons of cards since then but none give me the joy that those first early days of collecting did. My parents couldn't afford much either but they did gift me cards whenever they could afford to. I would've submitted my collection to you for the video but most of it is in climate controlled storage. Thank you for these great stories and hope we can make this a monthly event. I've been a collector since 1987. I keep most everything I buy. I've bought HOFERS, rookies, sets, and sealed wax. Love your content as always!
Good stuff, man. I love this channel. It seems like there's a lot of us "started collecting in the 80s" guys. I bought a ton of 87 topps. Great rookies in that set
@@brentwalker5726 Yep Bo Jackson, Bonds, Larkin, etc.
@@brentwalker5726 glad there was enough supply of 87T for everyone 😜
@@sw1217 LOL true. But today we have 1 million different paralells today and Fanatics will likely print even more.
I love the picture of Paul’s daughter holding the card at the end. Great tradition to pass on. 😊
This has been really good and interesting to watch. Love the '79 Topps Baseball story!
Love this type segment. The various reasons we collectors are in this hobby are very interesting. As always, the best. Thanks Chris
Too cool! Being from Texas and a life long Rangers but moving all around the world with a Military family you rarely encounter Ranger fans. Coincidentally Juan Gonzales was also my favorite player growing up with Pudge Rodriguez a close second. Very cool seeing that Jaun collection.
What an awesome video! I love the stories that go along with these personal sets! The Juan Gonzalez story was awesome. Great work putting these together!
That was so interesting i loved the one about Juan Gonzalez. Sometimes we don’t know why we like a certain player. And the fact he realizes why he probably started collecting him as an adult is super interesting
Chris really well done as usual, Also what a good idea to spotlight what collecting is all about. Nice work! Really cool to see!
Couldn't agree more!
My Dad bought me a Steve Yzerman 84-85 Opc rookie for my birthday when I was about 14. I would sell off my entire collection if I had to but NOT that card since my Dad passed in 2013.
Cool Beans. Very entertaining. Its great hearing the different things people end up collecting.
Cool video...i was born in 1966 and I just started a 1966 collection, all SGC graded. My wife loves fantasy football started a Kittle, Cooper Kupp, and CeeDee Lamb collection. She is spending more money than me. She buys all high end stuff. It is all in fun.
Supercool stories, would love to see more. Every reason the kid is brought out in adults in this hobby. Love the Murakami card, what a great find!
Thanks for featuring my collection Chris!!! Everyone else’s collections are great, especially the reasoning behind why they build their collection. ! I saw a few people interested in helping me out. I tried dropping my twitter handle in there, but have suspicion that youtube deleted those comments, which is understandable. Not sure the best way to go about this, but for the time being, if you want to comment below, that might be a good start. Thanks again Chris!
Yeah youtube will automatically block that usually. If you email me your handle, Ill post it here.
@@collectorinvestordealer Thanks Chris!!!
Corey's twitter: @CoreyPlagiarist
I live about 10 minutes from Ron “Louisiana Lightnin” Guidry. He’s a great guy. He has signed every year in Lafayette, where he went to college, prior to the start of the college baseball season. Would be happy to help if needed.
Great collection stories. I love how unique people can get when it comes to their love of baseball!
When I get a notification that Chris has a new video out, it is like someone passing me another Christmas present. I just cannot wait to open it. Simple as that
The stories in this video are amazing. More more more please.
This is my favorite video! Chris, you did an exceptional job curating and narrating these stories. Your work is a legacy gift to the hobby for which I am grateful.
Love this video and it'd be great to have an ongoing series of this, amazing personal stories of why people collect! Love IT!
So interesting & an amazing variety of collections. Thank you Chris & please continue with this theme of card collecting by your followers.
Thank you so much for including my collection in this video! Your content is always so interesting and smart. I've learned more from you than any other channel and with all the flashy/gimmicky content out there its truly a breath of fresh air.
Thank you Philip!
RIP Ray Fosse. Gonna miss hearing him calling the A's. 🙏
I will miss Ray also. I have been buying up his 1975 Topps in his A's uniform to give away on opening day.
I love this!! Make it a regular series and I would not miss an episode.
Please make this a serie, like regular rollers/ high rollers, just show, maybe every 2 weeks some collections, bet it could go on for over a year like that
Gj Chris . Please write the prince of Dubai and demand a viewing of his personal collection . Tell him your card royality
Chris, this is one of your best posts yet! This is why I collect cards, for the love of the hobby! The stories behind each collection was great to listen to. Each collector had his own favorite way to collect. What a feel good moment for the hobby! We all know how much we can use this, especially after all the greed and dishonesty from the past couple of years.
Looking forward to hearing the rest of the stories. This makes me want to do my own version.
Cheers, awesome work once again! 🍻🙏 ⚾
Thank you Chuck, I appreciate it
Loved every one of these stories thank you Chris! We have a family collection also for Cincinnati Reds. My dad's favorite is Big Red machine and my daughter's favorite is Tucker barnhart. My daughter also likes to steal my penny sleeves and top loaders 😂
Ha! Love it :)
I built the entire 2019 Topps Heritage baseball master set. It will definitely be a life long project. I am about 80% complete with the set. I won't be doing any of the golds/flipstocks/superfractor. The set is absolutely massive with so many subsets.
Great collections! Love baseball cards! Super stories! Thanks!
This was possibly my favorite episode on this channel. Excellent stories. Thanks everyone:)
You should be the new unsolved mysteries host .
I have an extensive collection of Steve Avery cards. He was my favorite pitcher growing up.
Great collections stories and video thanks everyone for sharing i loved the Juan Gonzalez story
Wow. That orange refractor set is amazing
HI Chris. Great video. I have a signed '79 Paul Molitor and would be happy to donate it to the collection. Can you let him know and connect us if he needs it? I got it signed in person at the old Orange County Airport. Through a friend who knew someone in the Brewers organization we found out when they were flying out and my mom took me to the airport to see if I could get some signatures. Molitor was really cool. Cecil Cooper wasn't. He just said no and kept walking. Thanks for keeping the joy in the hobby.
Thanks for that offer! I will email him and let him know.
You picked some great stories, I wasnt disappointed in any of your choices. Hopefully we get a part 2.
So many great stories, thank you all
Love this video! Great idea & so cool to see these collections while hearing about the stories. Thanks Chris!!
This was great to watch. Thanks to those that shared their collections and special thanks to you, Chris, for putting this together. Looking forward to next week’s installment.
Just a tid bit of information. I'm from St. Pete Fl. There is a man that has a business in downtown that has over 5,000 baseball signatures. Schrader little Cooperstown. He has ever thing you can even imigine. It's worth a trip if your ever in this area. Amazing.
This was wonderful. Please do more!
This is just an awesome video. Can’t wait for part 2! Thank you Chris. May the force be with you.
Love the collections, please continue this format!
I love hearing stories about actual collecting . so many people are just in it for the money and im just watching in awe as prices continue to inflate .. I hope there is still a spot in the hobby for kids to enjoy cards as we all did when we were younger .. Thank you chris for sharing and i look forward to the next part in this series
Kudos to the collectors featured in this video. It's nice to be reminded how personal these collections can be. And kudos to you, Chris. You continue to create memorable, high-quality content. Posterity will thank you!
I really enjoyed listening to these stories
Terrific video! I love to hear about people's collections
Chris, I would be interested in reports about some of the great card finds in history. Especially Alan Rosen bought (I think) over 7,000 1952 Topps which had dozens of all players, including Mantle. I understand that most of the super high grade Mantles came from this find. It was in the late 80s in Massachusetts.
Great idea for a video, Ill look into that
Aloha Chris, thank you for this video, I can’t wait till part two comes out. I had tears in my eyes and was touched by all of the stories with the collections. I can relate to a few of the stories being a Japanese American who has collected cards, off and on for fifty years. I have owned most of the big cards from the 70’s on, being a set collector, but as life goes had to sell off chunks when I became a dad and when my children had a little trouble. It is really great to see the love of the cards, collector first in that order. I am so impressed by the high rollers and the amount cards sell for, but I am moved to hear about the love and stories of collecting. All the best. Ken
Hello Ken, thank you for the comment. Love to hear that sort of thing.
I absolutely love your videos and the stories you share through our great hobby. Keep up the great work, it’s much appreciated!
Way to keep things fresh and interesting!
that autograph goal is EPIC ... most impressive
Excellent stuff, very enjoyable video. Thank's for sharing!
Phenomenal!!! I absolutely LOVED this. Got me fired up to go on eBay right now and get a few vintage cards to put in my Dad's stocking this Christmas. A big thank you to you (Chris) and everyone that shared their stories.
I have an awesome autographed baseball collection from standing outside the orioles clubhouse at memorial stadium. Also stood outside the locker room of the away team a lot. An usher told me where they were when I was 14. I met so many Incredible players. Kirby Puckett, Don Mattingly , Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken, Dave Winfield, Chet Lemon, Allen Trammel, Jack Morris, Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey, Rick Dempsey, Gary Roenicke, Scott McGregor, Tippy Martinez, just to name a few. Meanwhile I was able to maintain a "B" average in the 8th and 9th grade and was so tired at school because I usually didn't get home until after midnight. I didn't have many friends then because I had just moved to Baltimore in the 8th grade and I became friends with many of the players or at least they all knew me by my name. However Donattingly got mad at me for getting his autograph 5 times in one night in several different areas of the ball park. He finally said enough kid! He signed the same ball like three times that night. Haha
Chris. This might've been your best video. Some of those stories were very stirring. I am looking forward to Part II in a week.
Love this . Do more of these.
Lefty O'doul was largely responsible for bringing baseball to Japan...He was one of the original MLB Ambassadors.
all really fantastic stories. thanks again for a great video
Watching the Juan portion is great to hear. I'm chasing the Roger Clemens master list and up to 2600 different
Very touchy and inspirational stories. Although my story isn't as indicative, but its a short story. My baseball card journey started in the late 80's walking home from school after a big rain storm. Someone threw a opened pack of '89 Topps into the street, near the curb, where the water run-off accumulated. I picked them up, took them home and dried them off, hoping that one day I'll sell them for millions of dollars. LOL However, growing up in Los Angele, baseball cards were my savior from gangs and drugs. To pan a few decades forward, I now have a few fresh packs of '89 Topps. LOL
Ha! Very cool... I definitely thought my 1989 Topps cards would make me rich one day :)
In the earlier days of the hobby (late-70's) trying to get a whole Topps set autographed was common. You'd see articles in SCD all the time. There was a book with thousands of addresses for active/retired players that was pretty easy to find, I think it was part of the "Sports Americana" family with the big Beckett guides. The writer was Jack Smalling, its still in production. There were also sets like Grand Slam in 1978 which were simple black and white cards of retired players marketed specifically to auto by mail hunters. The players were chosen because they were known to sign TTM. You could even get sets of 200 in SCD where about 150 or so were already signed for about $100. You bought those cards so you didn't have to send your early Topps or pre-war cards and risk them getting lost. Of course back then there were loads of players from the 20's and 30's who were still alive.
I was not aware of that... great info!
Absolutely enjoyed watching this one too!thanks 👌😀
Man, I appreciate and understand the contributors that had comprehensive Japanese players and Orange refractor collections. I have at least one card for every member of the baseball, football, and basketball HOF. Yes, I cheated - for football, I would buy the Enor HOF set, and many of my cards are reprints. I even got to the point that if I could not find an existing card, I would actual make one. The collection could always be upgraded with rookies or better cards, but I am contented to leave the journey where it is at. At least for now.
Love it! Thank you for sharing.
Great collections Great Stories not all about flipping or making money just about the hobby you have the best card channel I've learned so much about the hobby keep up the excellent work
This was really a great vid to share. Great idea and thanks for sharing!
Chris, it is just masterful how you put these videos together. Excellent job using the compressed voice sound for reading the letters. Always enjoyable, I plan to send you some emails of my collection
Good Job on this Chris! So tired of the same ole buy 'em and flip 'em stories. These collections are the feel good, lifeblood of the hobby, love it!
This 1979 Topps set is the bomb!
Thank you Chris and everyone for sharing your stories!!
I didn't share mine because it isn't all that unique (I imagine many who collect have similar stories).
My dad got me into collecting as a kid. Back when I was born through age 2, my dad bought packs of Topps football to set aside for me. He made a concerted effort to put together the 1986 set but fell a few base cards short. When I took up a real interest in 1989/90 in both football and cards, he would buy me packs of 1989 and 1990 Score and Topps.
Like many, I got out of collecting for a number of years, but when my wife became pregnant with our first son, I decided I would do the same as my dad and I put together the 2017 Score, Donruss and Optic football sets, as well as the 2018 Topps baseball set to put aside for my son. The bug bit me and while I continue to purchase Topps factory sets and the Donruss football set each year, I've really enjoyed putting together a massive Patrick Mahomes and Luke Kuechly PC, while also building on my collection from the 90s (despite my mom selling my 2 binders of Barry Sanders, Joe Montana, and Derrick Thomas cards...she says she gave them to me, but they definitely were not in the tubs, lol). I've also completed that 1986 and 1984 partial sets my father handed down to me, and purchased the football sets from 1989 and 1990.
My current odd-ish ball goal is to put together the 2019 30th Anniversary Score buybacks of the 1989 set, to mash up my first collecting experiences with some of the collecting that got me back into cards. I have about 30% of the 440 card set so far, but the set has been proving harder to collect than I anticipated as I didn't start until last fall, long after people stopped buying and selling many of these on ebay, plus the fact that they were only one per box meaning that some of the prices are a little inflated for commons. (so if anyone has any 1989 30th Anniversary buybacks...let me know, lol).
Thank you for sharing!
Chris, this is an awesome video. I recently re-entered the hobby in 2018 and have started my own special collection. I am currently collecting a Topps card from every starting 3B from 1952 through 2021. Dont know how long it will take, but 1952 through 1975 will be challenging from a cost perspective. It is about 30% complete.
Oh, wow! Cool project! Keep me posted as to how it is going
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This was a wonderful idea for your channel Chris. I'm looking forward to future videos like this. Thanks.
Loved hearing the stories behind the collection!
Enjoyed this video. I especially liked hearing the guys had to do research, as I have had to do it. That takes a lot of work and patience. I sent you a email for something you could consider for the next video you make like this.
Got the email! Definitely a good one for a future video!
Great stories. This is what the hobby should be all about.
Hammerin Hank was my guy.. great idea for a video.. keep it up👍
Great stories on collecting many very touching and all nice collections.
Help this man with his orange refractor set
That set is insane.
That last vintage collection was awesome. Love vintage i believe theres just a lot more substance to vintage cards Historically and they act like a personal book mark in your life. Hopefully cards of this age will do the same for generations to come but there will never be able to top some of those sets from the 50s
These are great unique collections i truly admire the collectors angles or basis they took to amass these sweet collections great video & topic(s) as always Chris.
Good memories I collected mine with my parents going to yard sales in our town there was a lot of older folks lived in our town at that time those were great memories with my parents
Wow. Great video! One of my favorite you've done so far! My guy growing up was Mark McGwire, and at some point I had over 300 different McGwire's. And various others I went after like Cal Ripken, and Chipper Jones. And Di-cut inserts among many very attractive insert series. One of my favorites is the 94 Triple Play Nicknames set. Includes McGwire and Ripken. Some of those sets shared in this video are impressive and really cool. Ending with with Clementes etc. I love the guys set with the autograph ball and card of every #1 pick. And the 84 Topps autograph set. That is impressive, over 700 cards.
Impressive collections.
love this! ... how they havent sent in that JoeD rookie for grading by now is cra ... that guys 50's colletion is nuts ... a video just you trying to value what you see in the picture would be awsome ... I say at least $150k
This is a cool series Chris! Love all the emails and pictures you received.
Thank you for sharing.
Very cool. It’s interesting to hear about the many different kinds of collections. The reason and meaning behind the collection is most touching. Another fantastic video Chris
Excellent segment! The nostalgia that baseball cards bring is hard to match.
I loved this video…. Thank you…
this was awesome. keep more of these coming
Really cool to bring these stories to life, Chris! Some really unique collections there.
Awesome idea
Phenomenal video! More please!
If there are so many interesting collections, could you make it a (semi-)regular series?
I might do that...