How to Collect Sports Cards


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A "must read" for all sports card collectors! Whether your sports card collection contains a vast array of valuable rookie cards and autographs featuring superstars like Mickey Mantle, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. Or your collecting habits are focused more on the sports cards that showcase your favorite team or players. How To Collect Sports Cards For Fun and Profit is loaded with all kinds of information that will enhance your sports card collecting whether you do it as a hobby or a business. Sponsored by 3starhockey.com. Sports historian Paul White has collected sports cards for almost fifty years. In the last twenty five years he has earned a reputation as a highly-respected sports card vendor. This book provides everything that you need to know about the great hobby of sports card collecting. For instance, you will learn how to store your sports card collection safely (White even tells you the proper temperature and humidity levels for your collection!) In the pages of this book you will learn about grading your sports cards. There are collecting tips about interesting and unique subset ideas. As well there is information about the many different types of sports cards including baseball cards, football cards, golf cards, hockey cards and more. Buying and trading sports cards can be a lot of fun and the author provides you with lots of ways to make you trip to sports card shows even better! White is a sports historian (this is his fifth sports book), so you can expect to find stories about the history of sports cards. For instance, do you know which football player is featured on the rarest of all football cards? This book also features some great pictures of sports cards from various sports and trading card companies from across the decades. How To Collect Sports Cards For Fun and Profit will not only educate you about the great hobby of sports card collecting but you will also find it thoroughly entertaining.




Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies


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Become a part of the growing sports card trading community Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies will teach you how to start or resume collecting, how to trade, sell, grade, and protect your cards. This is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read breakdown of the sports card hobby and its many nuances. You’ll learn the basics and get up to speed on the recent influx of new brands, companies, investors, influencers, and technologies that have completely reshaped the community. The popularity of sports cards as an alternative investment is at an all-time high, and this Dummies guide helps you budget and make smart trades. The anatomy of a sports card, spotting card damage, grading scales, buying safely, using trusted marketplaces, building your collection, pricing and selling your cards, avoiding scams—it’s all in here. Become a savvy card collector, the easy way. Learn the ins and outs of trading sports cards as a collector and an investor Determine the value of your cards and discover where to find rare deals Stay safe while buying and selling from local dealers, with online marketplaces, and at in-person events Become a part of the collector community Beginners of all ages who want to start (or resume) collecting sports cards can find all the must-know info in the pages of Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies.




Sports Card Collector 101


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Are you on the hunt for an exciting new hobby that is also a potential investment in your future?Perhaps you used to collect cards in your childhood, and with a sense of nostalgia you are looking for new cards that you can collect as an adult. Maybe you already have an idea of what is involved in sports card collection, but you want to know which cards you should be collecting, why you should be collecting them, and where to find them. Or you might be completely new to collecting sports cards, and you want to make sure you have all of the information you need to make a knowledgeable and positive start to your collection. Lucky for you, Sports Card Collector 101 is jam-packed full of all of the content you could possibly desire to kick-start your collection on the right foot. With useful tips and tricks for hitting the ground running, you will start your collection the right way! As with collecting any types of cards, it is essential that you understand which cards carry the most value, and which ones are the rarest to find. This will influence how you go about making trades with your friends, and the care and attention that you will give to each of your cards. You may already be aware of the potential that card collection has for profits in the future. This book will show you how to make sure your cards remain at the highest value possible, giving you the best chance of your investment paying off. Inside Sports Card Collector 101, discover: The world of sports card collecting The top selling cards of all time for each major sport The different sports card brands available to you The various types of sports card collections The importance of grading cards How to buy and sell sports cards Where to buy and sell sports cards Sports card terminology And much, much more! This book is your bible for collecting sports cards. There is no time like the present! Grab a copy of Sports Card Collector 101 and start your collection today!




A Kid's Guide to Collecting Baseball Cards


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Explains to kids how to start, build, and care for a baseball card collection.




Little Big Leaguers


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This fascinating book features inspirational, heartwarming, funny and always upbeat stories about 45 major leaguers in their formative playing years from Little League through high school. Each story is accompanied by a photograph of each player as he appeared then and as he appears today.




Got 'Em, Got 'Em, Need 'Em


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For over a hundred years, kids of all ages have enjoyed the thrill of collecting sports cards. Whether it was souvenirs from their parents’ cigarette packs, pieces that came in bubble gum packages, or the modern dazzlers, the simple formula of pictures and text on cardboard have been a part of North American society for over a century. Now, take a look back at one of the most popular hobbies in history with Got ’Em, Got ’Em, Need ’Em. Covering baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and golf, this unique book offers a look at the greatest sports cards ever produced, including the players and personalities involved. Relive the days gone by with some of the industry’s most well-known experts as we count down the best from the business. Plus, as a special bonus, take a look at the best innovations, the worst blunders, and a special tribute to the hobby’s boom era in the 1990s.




A House of Cards


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Collecting Baseball Cards


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Provides standards for grading the condition of cards, descriptions of rare cards, tips for cyber-collecting, and hints for hobby shows.




The Baseball Card


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A young boy learns about the unbeatable Babe Ruth during his first trip to a baseball stadium.




Topps Baseball Cards


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A collection of baseball cards organized by year with player statistics and information on teams. Includes quizzes on the sport and the cards.