What I collect – What I’m looking for
I collect cards as a hobby, but I can’t ignore that they can also be seen as an investment, however risky or fleeting it may be. I am a sports fan and I do collect cards of my favorite players, but if I stumble across a valuable card of a player of little value to me (say, an autograph of Reggie Bush) then I have no problem flipping that card for a little money. It will just go into buying more cards and hoping I get a valuable card of someone I enjoy as a fan (say, an autograph of LeBron James).
So what I’m looking for is actually pretty obvious — I look for cards that are worth more than the pack they came in. If I don’t get any of those, I hope to get a card of someone I actually care about (see here). In the end, I’m just looking for a little rush opening a new pack and a little something-something from the pack to tide me over to the next pack.
Along with that, I really get a rush finding a numbered card in a pack. There’s a little part of my brain that receives pleasure whenever I see that little metallic stamp of XXXX/YYYY. Can’t get enough of those. Throw that little numbering on an autograph or memorabilia card and I’m pretty much a puppy with two peters. I’m not totally down with all the terminology or slang, but I pretend that I am. I love parallels and anything else numbered. If I can’t get anything from the first two groups (valuable cards, players I collect), a numbered parallel is always good to me.
So, to recap:
Valuable/rare cards > cards of players I like > numbered cards > kicks in the nads (AKA a pack full of junk).
That about sums it up!
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