How many times a day do you look at your collection?

rdixon1208 · #1 04-03-2012, 01:30 PM

I scan my cards and put them on my website when I get them, so I can look at the images whenever I want. As for the actual cards...I look at them around once a month or so. I don't display my cards in my house either because I worry about burglary. I do display variuos autographs on 8 x 10's, footballs, boxing gloves, etc. in my little cave in the house, but the thieves can have those. As for my wife...she doesn't get too annoyed with me collecting. She just thinks I'm a nerd. She knows it could be worse though. Her twin sister married one of those comic book freaks! Those guys are over the top!

Cardboard Junkie · #2 04-03-2012, 01:46 PM

[QUOTE=rdixon comic book freaks! Those guys are over the top!

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Guilty as charged.....I throw myself on the lenience of the court. My name is David and I am a Card and Comic freak! I keep my cards in two separate vaults in two different locations. I look at them about once a week. My comics are just beat "reading copies" as I handle and read them everyday all day when I can.

dave ps If I had to choose my cards or comics...it would be like "Sophies Choice" just couldn't do it! Any other Card Comic Nuts out there??

Orioles1954 · #3 04-03-2012, 01:46 PM

Honestly, I never look at my collection.

g_vezina_c55 · #4 04-03-2012, 01:56 PM

a couple time a week, with my 4 month son, i have not enough time to put in my collection... but when my son sleep in his bed, i go to my office and look at my collection. The big piece are in bank deposit box.

rjackson44 · #5 04-03-2012, 01:58 PM

all in a safety deposit box and safe.when i get cards in the mail i keep them out for a few days and put them away ,,

vintagetoppsguy · #6 04-03-2012, 02:10 PM

My cards are kept in my gun safe. I look at them about about 2-3X a week. Everything is kept in boxes with other like cards (Ex. a box of E cards, a box of T cards, a couple of boxes of Post War along with boxes of various sets). Whenever I get a new card, it goes into it's respecitve box, but I always pull the others out of the box and look at those as well. I usually get 2-3 packages a week, so I look at my cards 2-3X a week.

bn2cardz · #7 04-03-2012, 02:13 PM

I have some of my favorites on display, but I am with you Cardboard Junkie with the comics. I also collect Movie Posters and Kid's meal premiums as well as anything batman related.

I don't consistently pull anything out to look at them. The ones on display in my living room get looked at and rearranged often. Yet anything in storage boxes in the basement just get pulled out at random and looked through. A couple of weeks ago my wife and I went through my movie posters.

The only collection that my wife thought I was crazy for having was my kids meal toys, until I pulled them out and she went through them. Afterwards she said something like "those were really fun to go through, I remember a lot of those from when I was a child. We should keep those and give them to our kids". She is a huge batman collector so she just doubled that collection when we got married.

When I do pull out the cards it takes me forever because I read through the backs (making old judge and t206s very quick to go through, lol). There isn't anything on the back of the cards I couldn't read online, but it is interesting to see what they felt was important to put on the card that year.

A lot of boxed cards get looked through because my daughter will find a box pull it out and start removing the cards. So then I sit down with her and look at them, or if I am not there I just find myself cleaning them up when I get home.

My now 18month old daughter kept pulling out a '55 bowman Aaron card about 4months ago. Every time I would take it back she would take it again. I finally asked if she wanted it and she shook her head yes. So now it is hers and is on display in her room (the only baseball card in there).

Piratedogcardshows · #8 04-03-2012, 02:20 PM

I keep my cards in a few boxes in my house.I have a security system so I dont really worry about being robbed.I look at them about once a week.However,i look at my online registry almost daily.

kmac32 · #9 04-03-2012, 03:32 PM

See collection 3 to 4 times daily. Displayed in wall cabinets with locks. Security system for home.

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