How did you get started in this hobby?

[BrewCrew06]

No idea how I got started. My first memory of cards is just having them around. I think it's because my cousins collected them so my mom got me into collecting them. I collected from when I was really little until about the time I started college. Now I'm into it again because of the fact that the GU/Auto cards are amazing and I just love sports so much.

[Bonderman FANatic]

i will take pictures of his first game for sure and his first pack of cards. my son was born in june of last year at only 24 weeks of gestation, yes that is almost 4 months premature. He was in the hospital in the NICU for 5 months before i could bring him home, heck i did not even get to hold him till he was two months old. he had lung surgery, eye surgery, 14 blood transfusions, several illnesses and infections that i will not write out cause they are mostly to complicated to pronounce anyways. So yes anything my son does i take pictures and just can't wait to see him playing ball :)

PS yes he is totally healthy now and has no lasting effects of his prematurity other than a little touch of asthma (which should clear up) and he is taking a little longer to get his fine motor skills tuned up although he is crawling and talking a bit now :)

jabatech God Bless that little guy of yours. Sounds to me like he had a very rough start in life. May his upcoming years be brighter and filled with happiness.

[pistol44]

When I was four or so I was a huge bulls fan and had a ton of bulls cards my mom boughtme but after a while they got put in a boxin the closet. Then one day trying to see my christmas presents in the closet I found the box and have been hooked for like 2 years. Now Im taking a break but ill be back.

[baller4life]

I Was Like Went To The Flea Market I Say This Thing (I Didnt Know It Was A Card)It Was A Sammy Sosa Rookie Cards Got It For A Dollor.Should My Friend That Use To Live Upstairs Of Me So We Got Hooked.LOL We Would Trade Every Day...Thats How I Started I Traded That Sammy Sosa Rc To The Kid Upstairs Of Me For Like 7 Cards Of Micheal Jordan.Thanks

Timothy

[Microwaveable]

Me and my friends would walk up to the gas station and get slushies and always stop in teh card shop and buy a pack or two. Thats how i started.

[RockiesFan33]

My first pack was from 1992 Ultra basketball. I opened the pack at Bankston's SC in Waco, TX. The pack contained 3 Shaq RCs and I sold them for $20 per back the shop. A few months later, I ended up working there to feed my new addiciton/ hobby.

[rayny1]

How did you get started in this hobby?

$0.15 is all it took. I wasn`t very happy when Topps raised the cost of a pack to $0.25.

[tomkatt]

Back in 1981 a friend of my dad's brought over a small paper bag stuffed with cards. He handed them to me, and the bag ripped pouring 1981 Topps baseball cards all over the floor. They were the coolest thing I had ever seen (I was 8 -lol), and I spent hours looking thru those cards and reading the fronts and backs. I was hooked instantly.

[darthtampon]

I was kind of born into it. The town I grew up in Williamsport, PA was the home of little league baseball. I started playing tball and wanted to have momentos of all my favorite players so I started buying cards. I originally collected juan gonzales and pudge (rangers fan) but somehow managed to end up on nolan ryan. I went to cooperstown to see him inducted and have been collecting him ever since.

[Gkeenan]

These are great stories...keep them coming!

G