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03-08-2016, 07:04 PM
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If somebody at works asks me what I'm doing over the weekend and I tell them I am going to a card show they inevitably say something like this:
"A car show? I didn't know you were into cars. You don't even drive to work." After which I say "No, no I'm going to a card show...c-a-r-d." Then, in a tone that implies they really don't understand or want to understand what I mean, they usually say "Oh, okay. Well have fun" 
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03-09-2016, 05:19 AM
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Most of my friends just look a little surprised or befuddled. They don't really know what to think and usually wait for me to expand a little bit. In general most think it's ok, I guess.
 (most of my friends nowadays are hobby friends anyway)
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03-09-2016, 07:26 AM
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I am actually secretive about it. Not that I am ashamed, I just don't go out of my way to bring it up. The only person I ever talk to about my collection is family, here, or one friend who is also the curator of the STL Cardinals Museum.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/bn2cardz/albums
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03-09-2016, 12:06 PM
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"So, what have others told you when they found out about your obsession?" A family friend for over half a generation told me I was very interesting when describing the book I was writing on postwar regional / food issues. As I tell people in a nutshell what my book is about, they seem genuinely intrigued. Not that I will hit them up to buy it; never, they're not card collectors. Just yesterday, however, a non-collecting colleague at work who's a rabid Notre Dame and Chicago Bears FB and Cubs BB fan, told me he wants to buy a copy. I was honored. Then again, for many years I've been a speaker off and on, and know how to tell a good sea story. You have to be wise in picking your opportunities to convey to someone about your passion, and guard against boring them. I will always remember my favorite incident in the Jerry Lewis classic, THE BELLBOY. In the scene, there's a cameo appearance by Milton Berle. He's signing autographs. A most anxious father inquires advice of Mr. Berle. I quote the dad from memory, of course. "Oh Mr. Berle. I have a daughter. She loves to sing. She sings like a boid. Every time the neighbors come over, she sings for them. She sings all the time. Oh Mr. Berle. What should we do?" Berle answers the father with one word, "MOVE". I don't want to be the anxious, doting dope of a dad from THE BELLBOY.  Fail to see the correlation? A self-absorbed parent can go on and on, nauseating everyone about their child. A collector can go on and on about their obsession, eventually nauseating all, 'cept themselves. Moral: Become the very best tour guide you can possibly be of your own collection. Just keep an ear open to a whisper inside you warning you're being set up, and your collection scoped out. ---Brian Powell Last edited by brian1961; 03-24-2016 at 11:38 AM.
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03-09-2016, 12:40 PM
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Successful transactions with peter spaeth, don's cards, vwtdi, wolf441, 111gecko, Clydewally, Jim, SPMIDD, MattyC, jmb, botn, E107collector, begsu1013, and a few others.
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03-12-2016, 06:34 PM
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I couch it a bit in the historical side of collecting. My non-collecting friends are more understanding when I explain to them that most of the guys in my set were World War II/Korean War veterans, and many of them saw combat.
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Signed 1953 Topps set: 264/274 (96.35 %)
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03-17-2016, 03:16 PM
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People seem to realise the inherent value to things people collect, thanks to news stories, click-bait stories (you'll never guess how much this thing from your childhood sold for) and reality TV shows. So when people learn that I collect or do x thing, it is not at all surprising.
Probably the only group I can think of is "opposite" collectors. Even in sports cards this division exists, the type that does something different in your hobby than you. Think graded vs pages collectors. Or in cards in general, the sports vs game card collectors. I've met some people who are huge into Magic cards that have expressed literal difficulty in trying to figure out sports card collectors. Its a weird thing.
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03-18-2016, 07:06 PM
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 Nothing gets a woman hotter than a super refractor 1/1! As for me, there will be no hiding the fact that I'm a collector the next time I get back to dating. If the cards out on my desk, or the myriad of books I have out on the coffee table don't give it away, the McFarlane figures in my bedroom will.
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Building these sets: T206, 1953 Bowman Color, 1975 Topps. Great transactions with: piedmont150, Cardboard Junkie, z28jd, t206blogcom, tinkertoeverstochance, trobba, Texxxx, marcdelpercio, t206hound, zachs, tolstoi, IronHorse 2130, AndyG09, BBT206, jtschantz, lug-nut, leaflover, Abravefan11, mpemulis, btcarfagno, BlueSky, and Frankbmd.
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03-30-2016, 08:56 AM
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My one exception is an old guy at work that is a sports freak (but not a collector) and loves talking about the old days. I try to bring in one "card of the week" to show him.
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158 successful b/s/t transactions My collection: https://www.instagram.com/collectingbrooklyn/
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