Card Collecting

Card collecting has been around for many, many years, even though no one can agree on when. Some say the first baseball card was in the 1930s , while others go further back to the 1800s. Yet more will say all the way back to Greece and its gladiators. As I said many years. Instead of going over some time line , let us go over different types of collectable cards and why we collect them.

Sports cards come in as the top collected cards by the 2011 survey and it came as no big surprise. Being born in Dayton, Ohio in the 70s you can understand that I am a Pete Rose fan and my prize card from my collection is 1976 Topps National League Championship card. It has Pete rounding third and has the words under the picture say, Reds sweep Phillies 3 in a row. Sounds cool right? I had it professionally graded and they gave it a 8.5 grade and placed it in an protective case. If you do not know how the grade system works, 8.5 is not real good. With that being said, if I could only choose one card that I could get autographed , this would be this one. Even with a low grade the autograph would bring the value up a great deal. If they ever induct him into the hall of fame, it would send it even higher. A card purchased with cents now worth some serious cash and it would not be for sale. You may ask why and the answer would be simple. Because it is a 1976 Topps N.L Championship card with Pete Rose rounding third as they sweep the Phillies. This is how true collector feels about his or her cards.