The most enjoyment I've had from collecting in a long time was when I recently decided to undertake a new collection. I have seen others here and elsewhere with similar projects so I thought I'd give it a shot myself. I want to get one copy of each Topps Yankee card ever made. Much to my surprise there were only 2,200 cards that match the criteria, I initially thought the number would have been closer to 5,000 considering Topps has made sets for almost 60 years. Here is my webpage with different designs and a checklist from each year: http://oneill21.webs.com/yankeestopps.htm. (This took me so long to make, I just have to show it off!)
Fortunately I was able to start off the new project with a bang. I had made a single trade for a huge lot of 600-700 Yankee cards. My mailers usually have just 1-2 cards inside, so when I opened up this particular package it was awesome, I felt like a kid again. I spent hours looking over the cards, seeing all the pictures, reading stats, and then finally putting the cards away in binders by year and decade.
That was the single largest PC mailday I've probably ever had and seeing all the old Yankees brought back so many great memories. Recalling the forgotten Yankees like Domingo Jean and Gerald Williams was great. I had started collecting in 1991 and then taken a break from around 1993/1994 until 2004 so I had never seen many of these Topps cards before. For me, it was like opening 10 years worth of new Topps product at once. I probably had more fun opening that mailer full of 80s/90s "junk" cards than I can recall having in the past. This is not to say other aspects of the hobby are boring but my collecting habits have been the same for years and having something like this happen was a nice surprise.
There have been posts before of people saying the hobby can get dull and tedious at times so I wanted to share this positive experience. I'm also interested in hearing similar experiences you've had.
"The most enjoyment I've had from collecting in a long time was _________."
Fortunately I was able to start off the new project with a bang. I had made a single trade for a huge lot of 600-700 Yankee cards. My mailers usually have just 1-2 cards inside, so when I opened up this particular package it was awesome, I felt like a kid again. I spent hours looking over the cards, seeing all the pictures, reading stats, and then finally putting the cards away in binders by year and decade.
That was the single largest PC mailday I've probably ever had and seeing all the old Yankees brought back so many great memories. Recalling the forgotten Yankees like Domingo Jean and Gerald Williams was great. I had started collecting in 1991 and then taken a break from around 1993/1994 until 2004 so I had never seen many of these Topps cards before. For me, it was like opening 10 years worth of new Topps product at once. I probably had more fun opening that mailer full of 80s/90s "junk" cards than I can recall having in the past. This is not to say other aspects of the hobby are boring but my collecting habits have been the same for years and having something like this happen was a nice surprise.
There have been posts before of people saying the hobby can get dull and tedious at times so I wanted to share this positive experience. I'm also interested in hearing similar experiences you've had.
"The most enjoyment I've had from collecting in a long time was _________."