O/T ..Do You Collect Cards From 2000 to Present?

Eggoman · #1 01-06-2022, 09:57 AM

NOPE! I would struggle to even identify most cards after 1992...

...AND I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT!

Jim65 · #2 01-06-2022, 10:00 AM

I collect Topps Heritage Mets.

parkerj33 · #3 01-06-2022, 10:02 AM

Yes, Topps Heritage...Full Master runs including refractors and all HOF autos.

yanksfan09 · #4 01-06-2022, 10:14 AM

I voted yes but wouldn�t say I actively collect it. I buy occasional packs to open with kids and buy the occasional key rookies of modern players I like but on a very limited basis. 99% of hobby $ goes to vintage/pre war.

jchcollins · #5 01-06-2022, 10:24 AM

I occasionally add some modern Cubs for a diversion, but 95% of what I do is vintage. I also like the Topps Archives type things, and "cards that never were" creations. They don't scratch the itch like real vintage cards, but can be a nice and super cheap alternative when you are bored and sick of spending real money.

Prince Hal · #6 01-06-2022, 10:36 AM

I really enjoy the Heritage product. Current players on vintage board and designs!

Natswin2019 · #7 01-06-2022, 10:45 AM

I'd say the vast majority of my collection is Post 2000 as I started collecting when i was like 9/10/11 or so when my uncle gave me a lot of cards and my parents started buying me packs. Since I re started collecting in 2020, Ive bought a hobby box or 2 of each series(1,2 and update) of flagship and then a couple of blasters of Topps gypsy queen.

I don't have any fancy modern cards but like to buy them just to stay connected to the players I get to watch every day. I plan to keep in this way, opening a few boxes of flagship and Topps gypsy queen to have something cheap and fun to open and then spend most of my money of vinatge.

darwinbulldog · #8 01-06-2022, 10:54 AM

A little. I'd guess it's no more than 5% of my collection.

bigfanNY · #9 01-06-2022, 10:57 AM

Like a couple others have posted I do have a small Mike Trout collection. I collect 500HR items and some are post 2000. But most of my real money purchases are pre world war 2 cards and Memorabilia. As a sports fan I have Colts 76ers and Devils items and some are post 2000 as well. But Baseball my collecting passion is pre 1910.

CollectingAmericasPastime · #10 01-06-2022, 11:18 AM

The Hall of Fame project requires modern Hall of Famers' RCs. I also have a huge Jim Thome PC, and collect Cleveland Indians occasionally.

BobbyStrawberry · #11 01-06-2022, 11:27 AM

I collect several current players, including the great YORDAN

Bigdaddy · #12 01-06-2022, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

I voted yes but wouldn�t say I actively collect it. I buy occasional packs to open with kids and buy the occasional key rookies of modern players I like but on a very limited basis. 99% of hobby $ goes to vintage/pre war.

+1

ValKehl · #13 01-06-2022, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eggoman

NOPE! I would struggle to even identify most cards after 1992...

...AND I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT!

+1

mrreality68 · #14 01-06-2022, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ValKehl

+1

+2

I stay in my comfort zone which is pre WW2 cards

Exhibitman · #15 01-06-2022, 09:53 PM

You're missing a hell of a game if you don't dabble in modern. The modern sets (some) offer beautiful artwork and designs and great pictures of great players.
I am by no means a fan of modern cards but I'd not consider my collection to be complete without a nice Ichiro or Kershaw card, or other HOFers from the era. i try to get them signed:

I too will pick up RCs of guys I think have chance at the HOF. I picked up a couple of Buster Posey RCs last year because his numbers are better than several HOF catchers and they sell for very little.

I'll even pick up some of the modern art cards if I like the way they look:

Peter_Spaeth · #16 01-06-2022, 09:57 PM

Some post 2000.

Tere1071 · #17 01-06-2022, 10:55 PM

When I returned to collecting after a 20-year hiatus in 2012 I began collecting Topps Heritage, Allen & Ginter, 2007-2009 Goudey, UD 2003 Play Ball, and some other miscellaneous Topps sets. In late 2009 I rediscovered vintage cards and now virtually all of my post-2000 cards are gone. I still have a few Heritage cards and the UD Play Ball sets for sale. I am keeping the Heritage card sets given out at the National Convention and the Heritage 3 card panels, however, because I like them.

Phil aka Tere1071

Working on a 1970 Topps Baseball set
Would like to add the 1969 Topps Stamps, 1970 Posters and Scratch-offs, 1971 Coins, 1973, and 1974 Topps Baseball card sets to the collection
Upgrade my 1953 Bowman Color, 1971, 72, and 75 sets.

Eggoman · #18 01-07-2022, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

You're missing a hell of a game if you don't dabble in modern. The modern sets (some) offer beautiful artwork and designs and great pictures of great players.

My OLDER brother is 63 and he STILL collects Modern, but NOT vintage. I DO appreciate some of the Modern stuff, but I HATE the contrived rarities and scarcities, etc.

I'm happy to stay in my pre-War lane...

Just saying...

JimC · #19 01-07-2022, 08:45 PM

Yes for me, but for post-80s I just collect cards of players I like, not type cards, sets, etc. I don't tend to spend very much on modern either.

egri · #20 01-07-2022, 09:21 PM

I started out in modern because it was the players I was watching. As my interests changed, I ended up getting rid of most of the modern stuff. I have a small minor league set from 2007 that I'm working on getting signed, and a handful of other TTM autographs that I obtained around 2006-2010, but on the whole very little post-2000. If I expand it to include the junk wax era, then there are a few more TTM autographs, but still a very small percentage of my collection overall.

FrankWakefield · #21 01-07-2022, 10:21 PM

Collect them, I'd deny that if accused. I occasionally buy a signed card of a player I like, or a group of cards of the Cardinals or of a team that's having a great year... I don't get them striving toward completion or monetary gain, I'll get a new card if I like it. Usually paying more than it's worth as I get it on eBay.

pitchernut · #22 01-09-2022, 06:05 PM

Only because I collect RC's of no-no pitchers. But I'm about done with it....

BearBailey · #23 01-09-2022, 06:43 PM

I am shocked it is not much higher than around 50/50 for Yes. I would think most collectors would either still collect topps factory sets, update sets, their team, a favorite player or local minor league team sets.

mark evans · #24 01-09-2022, 09:21 PM

Off the top of my head, very few. But, I certainly respect others who feel differently.

toledo_mudhen · #25 01-10-2022, 05:28 AM

a couple Ohtani, Trout and Suzuki - and somehow I have become interested in Detroit's Miguel Cabrera - Other than that I'm pretty much Mid 50s and T206

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