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The Joy of Being a Niche Player Collector
Dec 11th
by Richard McAdam aka RGM81
Player collectors are a fun breed of hobbyist. As a collector of two current NHL players, I can readily attest to this. The endless scouring through eBay for good deals, waiting for months to track down that shockingly hard-to-find numbered-out-of-one-hundred parallel, and numerous searches through fellow collectors’ trade and sales threads at SCF are but three of the symptoms of being a player collector. In addition to these practices, there is one other special ritual that we perform roughly twenty-two times each hockey season: whenever a new product release’s checklist is posted on the manufacturer’s official More >
The Name of the Game
Nov 5th
By Karine Hains aka Pheebs888
Gone are the days where all sports cards collectors only had one goal in mind: completing their sets. Today, the habitual assortment of base cards is (to most people) little more than an afterthought and as a result our collecting habits have changed. Whether we like it or not, most of us are very conscious of the value of each and every single card we pull. While some of us get excited at the idea of trading that super pull for an awesome personal collection card others’ eyes light up at the thought of the profit More >
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