Ultra Low Budget Vintage Set Collecting

[Wichita]

I have recently gotten back into baseball card collecting after 20 years or so. (The hobby has changed a lot since the early 90s.) The modern cards do not interest me like they did back then, so for me, vintage is the way to go. Over the past few months I have been lurking on Net54 just trying to relearn the hobby.

I registered with several auction houses to get in on the action. Beautiful glossy auction catalogs have been arriving in the mail almost every week it seems. I really enjoy devouring the descriptions and learning about the various sets and cards. But once the auctions were over, I was just tossing the catalogs in the trash. Seems like a waste, but once the auction is over, what good to me is a catalog?

Then it hit me...I could build ultra low budget vintage sets by clipping out the pictures in the catalogs! I decided to work on N172, T206, T205 using this method. Obviously there is absolutely no monetary value in this type of collecting, but it has been a great way to learn more about the sets and to get my "card acquisition fix" without spending a dime.

I know it sounds silly, but I am having lots of fun with it. What do you think?