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Posted By: steve

The internet age and the burst bubble of "new" cards leaves us with no local card shops and no more local card shows. I miss meeting all you folks personally - maybe I should do a National show. What are your ages, what do you specifically collect, where do you live. I just want to get a fix on the market demographics.
1. Am 41 years old
2. Live in Portland, Oregon (very few vintage folks in Pacific NW)
3. Collect only EX 5 or better PRE-war major, 1st tier HOF'ers. No sets, just a way cool mix of nice stuff - just can't get into the 4 grade and lower. Steve.

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Posted By: jP

What are your ages ?

I am 31 yrs.young



what do you specifically collect?

Frank Arellanes cards, T206,T207,T212& M116 (anybody got any available im always looking from these sets, email me if any interest i have some T207's i want to trade)



where do you live?

I live in the San Fernando Valley, los angeles california. tierra de los californianos

my collection: http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m95/obaks/

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Posted By: Turner Engle

1. 15 years old
2. Columbus, Ohio
3. T205's, T206 Rare Backs, anything that looks neat

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Posted By: Jeff Mohler

I am 39 years old.

I live in Lancaster County, PA (Home of the E93 set).

I collect Pinkerton postcards, Colgans, Goudey Wide Pens, Dietsche postcards. I am always looking for trades or purchases!

I am married with three children. I am a real estate attorney (One of the many attorneys here on the board.

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Posted By: JimB

Steve,
I also live in Portland and it sounds like we have very similar collecting interests. Drop me an e-mail if you want to grab a cup of coffee and talk cards some time.
JimB

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Posted By: Chris Mc

Chris McAlister
Riverhead Long Island N.Y.
39 years OLD
I collect:
1930 Rogers Peet (on and off)
39 Playball
48,49 Bowman
47 Sport Exchange minis
76,78 Topps
A few type cards

The only show that's close is the Long Island National @ Hofstra U. In the Spring and fall.
I wish there were a few more shows on Long Island.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I am 39 years old and from Nebraska...as far as I know I am only one of two on the board from Nebraska.

I collect Nebraska related items including prewar cards of players born in Nebraska, Nebraska Indians items, minor league items....and photographs. I also collect old equipment ie bats/gloves/balls et cetera.

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Posted By: Jason Carota

1. 27 years old/Married/Landscaper
2. Tewksbury, MA.
3. T206 in PSA/SGC 3, 2, and 1 (FWIW, I also collect anything Red Sox along with a Manny Ramirez player collection.)

Steve:

If you ever make a trip to the Northeast/New England, let me know. There are plenty of shops and shows around here.

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Posted By: Matt

Sarasota, FL

29 yrs old , 3rd year medical student

Wagners, Cobbs, Youngs and Mattys

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Posted By: Ed McCollum

Ed McCollum

44 years old.

Art Director for nation-wide non-profit provider of services to the developmentally disabled.

Started collecting Topps at age 9, and have complete sets every year since. Vintage is T206s only, with about 170 total, but all 15 of the different backs (not counting Ty Cobb). Wife hates baseball, son doesn't care much for it either, so this is my place of escape.

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Posted By: Dave

31 years old
Atlanta Georgia
T206's are the main interest...although will stray now and then

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Indeed you are Ed. I can't think of any other Nebraskans in here....probably a lurker or two. Next closest to us would probably be Craig in Des Moines and then some of the KC guys.

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Posted By: Scot Reader

1. I am 39 years old
2. Live in Boulder, CO
3. Collect mainly VG-EX 4 or better vintage HOFers (any set) and T206s
Have toyed with starting an M101-4 or -5 collection or T207 collection

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Posted By: Ed McCollum

I lived in Lincoln from 1984 to 2004, so our paths probably crossed in that time. Believe you've mentioned your business on a thread before.
edmccollum@cox.net

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Posted By: MVSNYC

32 years old
NY, NY
Not married (I have a girlfriend)

-T206 (high-grade PSA, rare variations, rare backs, 15 years+)
-T200 Fatima Team Cards (just started collecting this cool set)
-Important WS Tix Stubs (1919, Ruth Called Shot, etc)

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Posted By: Darren

36 years old, Family and Sports Medicine physician in Cut Off, Louisiana. Collect mainly tobacco issues.

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Posted By: leon

45 years old
type card collector (1-2 of each pre war set) with a focus on the backs too ...

I live in a suburb of Big D....married with a 10 yr old daughter....

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Posted By: SteveM.

Age 63
Chicagoland
Married

I collect:

Postcards
Zeenuts
19th Century Native Americans
d310 and d311
Buck Weaver
Deacon McGuire
Shauno Collins
Harl Maggert

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Posted By: Mark Evans

I'm 57 and live in Falls Church, VA. Collect mostly 50s and 60s baseball, football and basketball. Interest in vintage largely limited to Jewish sportsmen (ballplayers, boxers, track & field, chess, swimming, bullfighting, etc.).

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Posted By: peter ullman

peter ullman...37 years old...i'm single w/girlfriend in st paul, mn. historically I've been mainly a type collector but I'm changing my focus to cards I like, Hof'ers and yankee cards.

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Posted By: Zach S.

Zach
26 years old

LaMaddalena, Sardinia, Italy (originally from Louisiana)

Mostly T206 but I'm straying into caramel issues more and I'd really like to pick up more cabinets and RPPC. I'm also looking for my first T3 if anybody would like to help.

Forgot to add that I'm big on Rube Waddell items.

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Posted By: Mike Ellis

64 yrs old
Retired (own minor league club)
Missoula, Montana

Collect T206 (missing big three and two others), Pre-War HOF type set, and anything else that I think is cool (that is what always gets me in trouble). Have collected since a kid in late 1940s/early 1950s. However, amost everything I now collect is graded.

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Posted By: JimB

39 years old
Professor of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. I do a few other things on the side.
Collector of early candy and tobacco cards with a focus on HoFs: E93, E94, E98, E103, T206, T205, N28, etc.
Mostly I collect the cards that I find to be visually appealing.
JimB

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Posted By: Shanon

I am 38 yrs. old, married and one daughter. I live in southern Indiana and collect HOF players from 1957 and earlier. Favorite set is the 1914 Cracker Jack and I am just now getting into some caramel issues such as the 1932 US Caramels. I try to buy EX or better but will settle for lower grades in pre-war cards.

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Posted By: Bryan Long

29 years old
live in Gallipolis, Ohio - on the Ohio River River
Marketing Manager for a hospital System

Collects e93 cards right now. I will move on once that set is complete. One at a time for me

.

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Posted By: Zach Rice

My name is Zach Rice. I am 17 years old and live in Columbus, Ohio.

I collect the E106, T210-2, T209-2, and F-Unc Voskamp's sets. I used to collect members of the hall of fame and then started to type card collecting. Going through and collecting both ways made me realize that I was really meant to be a set collector and I enjoy it. I also try to add one rare 19th century item (cabinet, card, etc.) to my collection every year.

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Posted By: Jerry

58Yrs Old
Semi Retired (Do Ebay some)
Married w/ 3 grown children (Yahoo)
Conroe, Tx.



Collect 19th century & Deadball Hofers, any card that catches my fancy and I can afford at the time.

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Posted By: John S

I am 35 and have been collecting since I was five. I am married with a three year old daughter and 10-month old son. We live in the Cleveland area. I got into vintage baseball and football in the early 80's and have never stopped (little bit of a slowdown from about 16 to 22). I have no focus but if pressed would have to say E254's, T205's, and Dietsche's are my favorite baseball issues. I spend about half my time/$ on vintage football items.

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Posted By: Jeff Williams

1. 25 years old
2. San Diego, California
3. Collect E98, E93, N288, N284, and anything Christy Mathewson

Also, I am throwing around the idea of collecting important game tickets. MVSNYC, I would like to talk to you about your collection. Email me at jwilliams81@mac.com

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Posted By: Cat

Age: 44
Reside: Menifee, Calif.
Collect: defies description
Career: Healthcare Admin./Consulting (also a publicly elected officer)

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Posted By: Sean

Howdy!

1. 29 years old (not young) edited to add - Married no kids with disposable income.
2. Minneapolis, MN
3. Minneapolis Millers stuff and the T206 minor league set
4. Personal assistant

Sean BH

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Posted By: Joe Jones

1. 25
2. Northern Michigan
3. I collect Pins!!

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Posted By: SteveM.

you failed to mention that girlfriend. Is she history?

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Posted By: Eric Brehm

I'm Eric Brehm
* born in 1957 in San Diego, California
* live near Boulder, Colorado with wife and 3 teen-aged children
* have collected three different times: 1966-1971, 1984-1986, 2006-present
* mainly interested in T206 Hall of Famers and 1933 Goudey set

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Posted By: Mike

Mike Campbell

53 years old ( It looks worse in print)

Retired Commercial banker with US Bank Corp. (Was with Wells Fargo before that.)

Now President of my own investment company

married to my high school sweetheart. No kidding, she is the best !!!!

Two great kids, who are finished with college. And have moved out. YEAH!!!

Live in Suburb of Minneapolis

I started collecting when I was 5. I still have thousands of my cards from late 50's and early 60's. stopped in about 6th grade or so. Puberty set in I guess.
Started again in about 1988.

I have a little bit of everything. 204's,205's, 206's, 207's. Some Ruth, some Gehrig, some Hack W. But by far my focus is collecting "anything having anything to do with Jimmie Foxx". My goal is to get every card of his, including variations. I figure I am half way there. Some very tuff issues. I have the only 1931 W502 that PSA has graded. Many others like that. I have a sterling silver award he was given. letters. etc. etc.

Thanks to all the forum members who have contributed to my collection efforts. I'd be interested in gathering with any fellow collectors from Minnesota. Beers are on Me!!

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Posted By: Mark Holt

55, married and live in Williamsburg, VA

Collect HOFers and working on a r327 set in Ex.

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Posted By: Martin Neal

52 and living in Charlottesville, Virginia

I am trying to do the T205 and T206 sets. It's a lifelong deal. I also collect anything prewar that I don't already have an example of. What kind of collector does that make me?

I have 5 wonderful kids, three girls and two boys. Two are in college now and in two years I will have four in at the same time.

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Posted By: steve

Jeez - I thought I would get a lot of the 50+ year old crowd - good to see vintage is strong with younger folks who must read up on baseball history. Also thought a lot would be from east coast, not so, but pacific NW crowd is weak. JimB - fellow Portland, Oregonian, I'm outa Canby (503)544-4408

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

1. Frank H. Wakefield II

Born 52 years ago, and I vacillate as to whether that is old or young.

2. Franklin, KY

3. District Court judge, starting 14th year, before that an attorney.

4. I collect old stuff, odd stuff, almost always ungraded stuff. Love books and the history of the game, love knowing who the guys were and what they did.

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Posted By: Adam J. Baxter

1. 32, as of yesterday
2. Onset, Massachusetts
3. Zeenuts, T210 Old Mills, and pretty much anything else pre-1950 that catches my eye.

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Posted By: paulstratton

1. 36 years old
2. Live on the outskirts of Phoenix.
3. Anything old pretty much(except women). Trying to "focus" my collection, but it probably will never happen.

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Posted By: DMcD

David McDonald
1. 57 years old (immaturity clashing with senility - it's a bitch), retired Land Surveyor, married to Jeannette, a wonderful, beautiful, cheerful woman who thinks T3s cost "around ten dollars" , no kids. I have been a Giants fan since 1883.
2. Resident of Honolulu, Hawaii since 1992 (have lived in five states and three provinces of Canada).
3. Started by collecting fifties Topps sets (favorites are '53 and '57), worked backward in time to '41 Playball, DStars and 1933 and '34 Goudey and Sport Kings, thence D304s. Collect any Matty, Joe Wood and HR Baker cards I can and also any card that I like the look of. Am currently working on a T3 set and then I am going to swear off set collecting just like I did after the D304s.



Tina Delgado is Alive !

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Posted By: Dave

Hello to everyone on the board that's newer than I am...!

Age 39

currently reside in Waynesville, Ohio ( antique capitol of the midwest) . Started collecting tobacco crads with my brother when we were in high school. Love baseball history, and sports antiques. Also restore Pontiac Fiero Gt's and build kit cars out of them.

I collect 19th century Old Judge cards, T206 cards, T212 cards,E90-1, and anything pre-1940 that I think looks cool. I also collect anything Pittsburgh baseball related from 1880 to 1930....

hope to see some of you guys in Cleveland this summer

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Posted By: Kenny Dixon

I am 47 married with 3 sons.

Live in Hamilton Missouri.

Collect Zach Wheat items.

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

Dave Hornish-45 years on Planet Earth. Long Island born and bred. Married with two kids, 13 (son) and 11 (daughter). I brought this up in a long lost thread but I work in NYC as an average (loss) adjuster and spend my work days dealing with damages to ocean going ships and some tugs and barges.

Re-entered the hobby in January 1981 thanks to the first issue of Baseball Cards Magazine. Started off with 81 Fleers, 51 Red Backs and 52 Topps Dodgers (Boys of Summer is possibly my favorite book of all time). For three years I did 95% of the research for Current Card Prices magazine. Bought a lot of contemporary Topps/Fleer/Donruss in the 80's (cornered the market on Wade Boggs rookies) and in 1989 I became a weekend warrior with a buddy of mine. Did that for three years and had some fun and made a few bucks. We split the inventory and that became the foundation of my 67-80 Topps sets. Finished those off and started on the Topps inserts and test issues. Joined OBC about 16 years ago in the middle of all this.

I've always been interested in researching the cards and sets and have some articles up on oldbaseball.com. I had a grand total of maybe 5 tobacco cards in my collection until recently but had been toying with going pre-war for a while an and am now collecting Brooklyn Superbas/Robins/Dodgers team sets in a bunch of issues. I might piece together a T card type run and possibly E type cards as well. Really enjoying this board. Other big obsession is music; punk, or otherwise but mostly what might be called "Americana" these days. Need to win Mega Millions to put a proper collection togetther........Big time Mets fan.

Dave

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Posted By: Rick McQuillan

Rick McQuillan

56 years old

Boscobel, Wisconsin

T206, T205, 33 Goudey's, CJ's, and Green Bay Packers

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Posted By: Cat

Steve:

No, the girlfiend still exists, but I don't let her get near my snipe program.

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Posted By: Larrie Dean

Larrie Dean, 64
Midlothian, Virginia
Collector since 1950
Collector/Dealer (part time) since 1963
Collect "raw" T206s, T207s, T209s and T210s; also high quality 1950-69
Can be found at Chantilly, Raleigh and small Virginia shows

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Posted By: Bob

57 years old and live in Arkansas. Folks used to swear I was a dead ringer for Chevy Chase when I was younger, now I think I look more like Shrek.
Married for 36 years next month. 2 daughters, one married with 2 kids, the other, the free spirit, just got her Master's degree and is experiencing the "real" life of work.
Chief Public Defender, at least for a little while longer. Semi-retirement is beckoning.
Prewar cards period. Caramels, caramels and more caramels, although I have started collecting sets now from the 30's and upgrading my tobacco sets.
"My name is Bob and I am a set collector." Sounds like an AA chant...

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Posted By: craig lankford

yep as dan stated i'm the guy in des moines.

happy late b-day adam.

i'm 34 this friday.

married, 3 boys, 9, 4, 3 and another boy due in july.

happily/luckily working within my fathers buisness, phew. also a college student, again.

i collect anything related to baseball in iowa, mainly des moines pre PCL, have been concentrating on oj's for a while now and need only 4 old homestead franks, really havin fun with this one.

dan s. my aol email acct. crapped out on me and lost your contact info. still wanting to chat with you about the thurlby and the pramesa.

hello again all
craig