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[williams31]

i used to collect baseball cards because i used to be in love with baseball and it was a fun thing to do as a kid...now im looking to start getting into collecting football cards....but theres a couple of things i wanted to know before i started collecting...

what are some good brands to buy, and since im just starting off should i just start buyin a couple packs at a time or should i go out and get sets

also whats the best way to store your cards...like to keep them in a book or in hard plastic?

any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks

[CFL_FAN]

more room in the books get the plastic pages and put theminside them, if your starting off new you want to get a box of topps 50th anaversery 2005 card get a big box of them , and topps total 2005, make sure that on the other brands you want to buy them single, hope i helped!

[williams31]

more room in the books get the plastic pages and put theminside them, if your starting off new you want to get a box of topps 50th anaversery 2005 card get a big box of them , and topps total 2005, make sure that on the other brands you want to buy them single, hope i helped!

yup...thanks for respodning....anybody else?

[twisty71]

I'm not big on the books,after a while the weight takes a toll on the corners i think,I use the card shoe boxes and top loaders/screwdowns.I don't buy but 3-4 boxes a year,I stick to buying singles,seems I get more of the people I want that way,or get better stuff buying singles than pulling them from packs/boxes.

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[williams31]

i bought my first couple of packs today and i got a redemption card to send in for a justin fargas auto...but i cant find any shops around me....the phonebook doesnt help too much either....anybody know any places in ocean county, nj

[poncho73]

i bought my first couple of packs today and i got a redemption card to send in for a justin fargas auto...but i cant find any shops around me....the phonebook doesnt help too much either....anybody know any places in ocean county, nj

Forgive the ignorance....what are these redemption cards? According to a couple of post that I read, I think that they are free-bees that have a clock on them. If the time expires, you miss out. Am I correct in my assumption?

[kr580]

Forgive the ignorance....what are these redemption cards? According to a couple of post that I read, I think that they are free-bees that have a clock on them. If the time expires, you miss out. Am I correct in my assumption?

Redemptions are cards companies put into packs when a certain card isn't ready to be manufactured. You then fill out the card, send it in and the company will send you the card when it is ready.

Alot of times it's due to players not signing or taking a long time to return the signed pieces. Companies sometimes send cards or stickers to the player to have them autographed but the player doesn't want to for some reason and thats when redemptions come in.

[poncho73]

Ah...ok thanks. Is there something that I should do as I start off? Some cards that I should look for? That is pretty wide open, let me say this: I have been collecting Topps so far. Is there something that makes one card or set under a name brand more valuable than others?
Here is a question that may sound silly to some, but I collected comics as a kid and premieres were huge: Detective comics introduces Batman, that sorta thing. Is it possible that a card other than say a rookie card would be more valuable than the rookie card? Since I'm watching the game, I will use that as an example: Dunn's rookie vs Dunn's Atlanta cards.
Thanks for the info.