simple question? why do you collect;?

[Browncow75]

Hey guys,
Just returning after a year and a half away from the hobby. Finally have a collecting goal and focus, Old Judge Script series cards. I Just find them to be an interesting and challenging subset to this giant set. What do you collect and Why?

[atx840]

for the ladies

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by atx840

for the ladies

This^

You wouldn't believe the tail that this hobby has yielded....

[Browncow75]

Obviously I Need to find better shows, the ones I go to are sausage-fests lol.

[deadballfreaK]

Because I'm an idiot? Seriously I sold a few nice cards and raised some money for things my wife wanted. Bragged about it too much in order to impress her. I guess she was impressed. I'm getting questions now like "When you gonna sell some more?". "Why don't you sell all of them?".

"Well, Dear. I will eventually, but the card market is down like the economy. Better hold off a while."

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

Because I'm an idiot? Seriously I sold a few nice cards and raised some money for things my wife wanted. Bragged about it too much in order to impress her. I guess she was impressed. I'm getting questions now like "When you gonna sell some more?". "Why don't you sell all of them?".

"Well, Dear. I will eventually, but the card market is down like the economy. Better hold off a while."

Lol....and it starts.....I travel that same path as well.....you are not alone

[Leon]

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

Not for the chicks???

[drc]

I've collected things since I was a little kid, and I can't tell you why. I think you have to have an interest in the items-- and many people don't have that. I was the only one in my family who collected anything.

I was interested in art and history and old cars and old movies as a kid, that might have something to do with it.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it...

+1. Great answers everyone!

Guy, you "cried when my beloved Expos moved to Washington in 2004," whereas I cried tears of joy because after more than 30 years without MLB, we finally had a team again! I grew up watching the Senators of old Griffith stadium, only to see 2 teams leave Washington for greener pastures in Minnesota and Texas. I'm truly sorry Montreal lost its team - I know very well how it feels!
Val

[T205 GB]

Originally Posted by Leon

Why do I collect? I enjoy baseball. I enjoy collecting and collected cards as a kid. I like almost everything about it. And it keeps me out of bars at night (except at the National).

+10

[auggiedoggy]

Owning a piece of our history. It can be sport or non-sport. Cards, photos, postcards or whatever. That's the draw for me.

[the 'stache]

I have had an unbridled passion for the game since I was a child, and baseball card collecting allows me to connect with the history of the game I love. Unfortunately, I never got to see Roberto Clemente, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Walter Johnson or Babe Ruth play. But if I want to, I can own a card made when they were playing. The cards themselves are history.