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07-18-2021, 07:56 PM #11
There is a joy that comes with the sorting and completing a set, a team, or even just a focus of cards.
I think a lot of it currently is nostalgia, that has ramped up as I have a young one who has started to get into it just a little recently.
The collection focuses have changed a lot over the years, but it still comes down to certain cards (for many diferent reasons) bringing joy and therefore, seeking them for the collection.
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07-20-2021, 01:49 PM #12
Thank you for the shoutout, @WillyC ! Much appreciated.
As for me, the reason I collect is, like other collectors, based on a variety of things.
I really enjoyed collecting cards as a kid, so the nostalgic component of collecting cards has been with me for a long time. I've also played the game for many years as a goalie and collecting hockey cards connects me to a sport and position I will always enjoy.
Thanks for this fun topic!
I also posted on Hobby Insider in 2017 about why I collect Jhonas Enroth cards. If anyone wants to check it out, here's the link:
http://hobbyinsider.net/forum/showthread.php?t=418025Jhonas Enroth Card Collector & Host of the Hidden Content
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07-20-2021, 08:42 PM #13
I collect for a number of reasons but I imagine at the core it is because it takes me back to being a kid at the rink in the early 90’s. I love the 1989-90 Topps set. This was the first set I remember receiving cards for. I remember that the back of the Gretzky had Indianapolis on it. I remember not realizing Mark Howe or Bryan Trottier played for such a long time. The older players had a smaller font on them. I like that Patrick Roy still had brown pads on in that set. There is a muted quality to the entire set of playing in partially lit arenas especially compared to the Upper Deck release of the next year.
What I found exciting about collecting in the early 1990’s was how hockey cards were sometimes your only way to see a player. We only had a regional tv station for the local team and I do not remember ESPN carrying games until 1995ish. Beckett and the Hockey News were the two other sources of information. There was such an influx of Russian (Fedorov, Mogilny, Bure, Larianov, etc.) talent as well as European players (Sundin, Lidstrom, Selanne, Jagr, Hasek, etc) that it was really exciting to watch. I still love the first three upper deck sets. I loved the Canada Cup subset in the 1991-92 set. The Canada Cup was definitely not on television for US audiences. It was so cool to see these great players wearing jerseys other than the team they played for. This was before the era of 3rd jerseys with the exception of the original six teams in 1991-92 which was also cool to see.
I collect because I find Michel Goulet jersey and Dino Ciccarelli cards interesting, as well as others. I love the idea of owning part of a “relic”. If you go to the hockey hall of fame you see jerseys displayed. This is my own personally curated collection. I have a green piece of a Ron Francis Whalers jersey. I find that super cool. I picked up an ITG Turk Broda game used stick piece. The connection to the history it what gives it importance to me.
I lost a bid on Pierre Turgeon engrained card yesterday and I was bidding because it had a cool picture of him on Buffalo and I really do not remember those years. I do remember the Islanders but nothing specific about him in Buffalo.
Sometimes I search for something because it is difficult and will take me time to amass, if it is possible. I have 44 of 45 of the Upper Deck Black Diamond All Time Greats Championship Rings. I hope to obtain all of them but I am happy with what I have collected. Sometimes I collect to look back and realize I have something I personally think is really cool. I have the 2003-04 Jean Beliveau Upper Deck Trilogy Script card and it is important to me because of the way he carried himself as a hockey ambassador off the ice when I was watching.
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