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So, one of my favorite things to collect is signed baseballs. I limit my collection only to ROMLBs and normally prefer balls signed in blue ink. I have a dozen balls from Braves players housed in a UV frame on my wall and have noticed that one of the balls has faded significantly over the last...

So, back when I was in college a decade ago...we were suffering through the BCS era. At that time, I sat down and hatched out what I thought would be the ideal college football playoff. I looked at what the NCAA basketball tournament does and why it is so popular. I also looked at the FCS...

So, one of my favorite things to study is space exploration. I have been a huge fan of the space program and even twice applied to the NASA Astronaut Corps. I also collect astronaut and cosmonaut autographs. Outside of a couple card sets...Space exploration has been mostly forgotten. Topps...

I've loved football for as long as I can remember. But, I do know when I became a true die hard fan of the sport. I grew up in Eugene, Oregon and as a result rooted for the Oregon Ducks. As a young child, I wanted to go to Autzen Stadium and watch them play. I remember asking my dad to take...

Yes, I know 1989 Topps football was horrible. Overproduced and an uninspired design. It's all true. But, my childhood is tied to this set so I have a special attachment to it. Some time ago, I decided to put together a 1989 Topps Master Set. It was actually more complicated that one would...

In attempt to spark some life here...I thought I would make an effort to share something interesting from my collection each week. Not necessarily valuable, but something I like that you guys might enjoy too. I'll post one today and will make an effort to post a new one each Monday. Here is...

I'm currently working on a project of one of my childhood favorite players...Kerry Collins. My goal is to assemble a complete set of his 1995 issued rookie cards and the cards that were issued of him in college. I'd like to pick up a larger lot of the base and cheap cards if possible. If...

Well, I made a mistake on eBay and to be honest...I feel bad about it. I wanted to share it because many of us have sold on eBay and had the buyer do bad things. This is the first time I have been on the other side. So, a little backstory first. Recently I picked up an auto of an older...

Red Sox legend and the oldest living Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr died yesterday at the age of 99. Not only was Doerr a baseball legend...he was a legend among sports memorabilia collectors. Doerr was renowned for his kindness to fans. To those of us who collect autographs, Doerr was considered...

So, some of you have seen my posting about my 1989 Topps football autograph project and my ultimate goal of getting all 393 cards signed. Well, I had a major mail day on Friday 10/27. My all-time favorite player is featured on 3 cards in this set and I thought there was no chance I would be...

So, I had several old boxes of football cards from my childhood still at my parent's house. Last weekend, I attended the Oregon football game and took my parents. Due to the late start time I decided to stay with them (they live in Eugene) rather than drive the 100 miles home in the middle of...

I know this is a long shot, but I was hoping someone might be able to help me with a question I have. I have been going back and putting together master sets of cards I loved as a kid. Sets I couldn't complete back then. In the 90s, these sets were spendy but today they are nearly worthless. So...

I know I said I would post all my new card pickups in one thread (to minimize so many new threads)...but I thought this one deserves its own space. I have seen a bunch of people on different sites endeavor to complete signed Topps sets. Frequently, I have seen 1980s Topps baseball sets as the...

One of my all-time favorite sets is 1989 Topps football. I enjoy TTM autographs and I have been thinking for some time of trying to put together a signed 1989 Topps set. There are 393 player cards and I could probably get a complete set in the $20 range. Might be a fun project. My question...

So, I just got home from my week long vacation to a mailbox full of things...including a few card purchases. I thought I would share them. I have recently accepted the fact that I love to collect the sets I collected as a child as well as the sets that I dreamed about as a child (mostly...

So, I have been doing some searching for a "want list" for my Marcus Mariota PC. Just sorta window shopping. As I mentioned in that thread, I'm going to avoid base cards unless I find one that really appeals to me...not a strict rule for the collection but definitely a theme. Having done some...

So, I have quite a few cards for various PCs that I have picked up over the last few years that frankly are in storage and very hard to enjoy. I'd like to put them in some kind of cases so I can view them and enjoy them. Most of the standard thickness cards are in normal toploaders with...

So, I have finally decided to actually start a Marcus Mariota PC. He's my favorite active player (and next to Joe Montana my favorite player of all-time). I'm going to focus on higher quality cards for this PC...autos, GU, SSP, ect. My intention is to try and avoid base cards unless I find...

So, this is interesting. I was doing a little eBay searching when I came across the following listing. I have since reported it so I'm hopeful it will be taken down but if you want to search for him, the seller is mr.0ddball420...

The majority of my collection over the years has been tied to older set building...I would call it "vintage" cards but I think many people wouldn't go that far (to me anything 1989 and older is vintage). Outside of that, I have stayed away from modern cards outside of a couple player PCs...