Card Collecting

[lbgreen33]

Anyone on the forum collect NBA cards? I always liked sports memorabilia since I was a kid. Funny thing is I had a job that I wasn't able to get any autographs!! I could buy stuff online, but stayed away from it for the most part.
Now, I am mostly retired and I started collecting again. I find it fun and relaxing. I have some nice Celtics stuff, mostly Panini Rookie cards of various styles. Topps Chrome Rookies like Paul Pierce Chrome refractor. anyway, just checking to see if there are any other collectors in the group.  I think because I couldn't do it for so long, now it is like I am free!

[Goldstar88]

Anyone on the forum collect NBA cards? I always liked sports memorabilia since I was a kid. Funny thing is I had a job that I wasn't able to get any autographs!! I could buy stuff online, but stayed away from it for the most part.
Now, I am mostly retired and I started collecting again. I find it fun and relaxing. I have some nice Celtics stuff, mostly Panini Rookie cards of various styles. Topps Chrome Rookies like Paul Pierce Chrome refractor. anyway, just checking to see if there are any other collectors in the group.  I think because I couldn't do it for so long, now it is like I am free!

I started a few years ago. Nothing crazy, but I have some decent Tatum Rookie cards. For newer cards, I like Panini. The Topps NBA the last few years don?t look good, IMO. Which players are you collecting?

[lbgreen33]

Anyone on the forum collect NBA cards? I always liked sports memorabilia since I was a kid. Funny thing is I had a job that I wasn't able to get any autographs!! I could buy stuff online, but stayed away from it for the most part.
Now, I am mostly retired and I started collecting again. I find it fun and relaxing. I have some nice Celtics stuff, mostly Panini Rookie cards of various styles. Topps Chrome Rookies like Paul Pierce Chrome refractor. anyway, just checking to see if there are any other collectors in the group.  I think because I couldn't do it for so long, now it is like I am free!

I started a few years ago. Nothing crazy, but I have some decent Tatum Rookie cards. For newer cards, I like Panini. The Topps NBA the last few years don?t look good, IMO. Which players are you collecting?

I really like to collect the rookie cards. Panini is what it hot now, I think Topps will be strong with Cooper Flagg, they got the licensing.  I have Tatum rookie, a few Pierce rookies, a few Jaylen Brown rookies and a bunch of Panini rookie cards in a bunch the varieties. Victor Wembanyama, a bunch of Cooper Flagg stuff. I try to stick with PSA 10 and try to get the best deals. I do have a bunch of raw cards too, that I plan to send to PSA to get graded. I actually use CHATgpt to help me grade cards. Works pretty well if you are shopping online.

[greg683x]

I don?t really collect cards anymore.  But what I am doing is collecting autographs on my favorite set of cards from the 90s.  1996 upper deck SPX

I got signatures on all but two cards on the baseball set. Kirby Puckett and Barry bonds are all I have left.

I just recently started doing it for the basketball and football sets

[Goldstar88]

Anyone on the forum collect NBA cards? I always liked sports memorabilia since I was a kid. Funny thing is I had a job that I wasn't able to get any autographs!! I could buy stuff online, but stayed away from it for the most part.
Now, I am mostly retired and I started collecting again. I find it fun and relaxing. I have some nice Celtics stuff, mostly Panini Rookie cards of various styles. Topps Chrome Rookies like Paul Pierce Chrome refractor. anyway, just checking to see if there are any other collectors in the group.  I think because I couldn't do it for so long, now it is like I am free!

I started a few years ago. Nothing crazy, but I have some decent Tatum Rookie cards. For newer cards, I like Panini. The Topps NBA the last few years don?t look good, IMO. Which players are you collecting?

I really like to collect the rookie cards. Panini is what it hot now, I think Topps will be strong with Cooper Flagg, they got the licensing.  I have Tatum rookie, a few Pierce rookies, a few Jaylen Brown rookies and a bunch of Panini rookie cards in a bunch the varieties. Victor Wembanyama, a bunch of Cooper Flagg stuff. I try to stick with PSA 10 and try to get the best deals. I do have a bunch of raw cards too, that I plan to send to PSA to get graded. I actually use CHATgpt to help me grade cards. Works pretty well if you are shopping online.

[dang], I didn?t realize Topps obtained the licensing. Hopefully they put a bit more effort into their card designs. Some of these from the last few years are horrendous. For example:




And






Vs Panini:

[86MaxwellSmart]

A few years ago I bought and old collection with Thousands of cards for $5,000 then I turned around and sold them for $9,000...I did keep a couple of the Bird Fleers though...the 80-81 second year cards because I thought they looked cool...Still have them.

[freshinthehouse]

I collected when i was young (90-95) and then got back in during covid.  Mostly vintage stuff.  Nabbed a 86 Fleer Jordan RC with a BSG grade of 7.  I got every rookie card from the 8 man playoff rotation for the 86 Celtics.  I did win a pretty cool jersey card of Lou Gehrig.  I got a 1957 Bob Pettit rc.  I wanted to either get Russell's 61 Fleer Card, but it was always just out of my price range. 

[lbgreen33]

Anyone on the forum collect NBA cards? I always liked sports memorabilia since I was a kid. Funny thing is I had a job that I wasn't able to get any autographs!! I could buy stuff online, but stayed away from it for the most part.
Now, I am mostly retired and I started collecting again. I find it fun and relaxing. I have some nice Celtics stuff, mostly Panini Rookie cards of various styles. Topps Chrome Rookies like Paul Pierce Chrome refractor. anyway, just checking to see if there are any other collectors in the group.  I think because I couldn't do it for so long, now it is like I am free!

I started a few years ago. Nothing crazy, but I have some decent Tatum Rookie cards. For newer cards, I like Panini. The Topps NBA the last few years don?t look good, IMO. Which players are you collecting?

I really like to collect the rookie cards. Panini is what it hot now, I think Topps will be strong with Cooper Flagg, they got the licensing.  I have Tatum rookie, a few Pierce rookies, a few Jaylen Brown rookies and a bunch of Panini rookie cards in a bunch the varieties. Victor Wembanyama, a bunch of Cooper Flagg stuff. I try to stick with PSA 10 and try to get the best deals. I do have a bunch of raw cards too, that I plan to send to PSA to get graded. I actually use CHATgpt to help me grade cards. Works pretty well if you are shopping online.

[dang], I didn?t realize Topps obtained the licensing. Hopefully they put a bit more effort into their card designs. Some of these from the last few years are horrendous. For example:




And






Vs Panini:

I totally agree! Panini was the best, we will see. The first Cooper Flagg draft rookie is underwhelming also.

[lbgreen33]

A few years ago I bought and old collection with Thousands of cards for $5,000 then I turned around and sold them for $9,000...I did keep a couple of the Bird Fleers though...the 80-81 second year cards because I thought they looked cool...Still have them.

Nice, Bird is fun to collect. I think Panini really got me back into NBA cards, from what I have heard NBA licensing rights are switching over to Topps on October 1, 2025.  Panini can still make cards but they won't have the official NBA branding.
I would imagine Topps will be all in and make some really nice cards like Panini did.

[Roy H.]

I mostly collect autographs.  I've got a decent sized collections.

My favorites are a card signed by Jordan/Bird/Magic, one by the Big Three, and one of Russell/KG.

I've probably got close to 100 Pierce autos.  Only a handful of Tatum.

[Goldstar88]

I mostly collect autographs.  I've got a decent sized collections.

My favorites are a card signed by Jordan/Bird/Magic, one by the Big Three, and one of Russell/KG.

I've probably got close to 100 Pierce autos.  Only a handful of Tatum.

[dang], Roy! Any Tatum auto?s or SPs?

[lbgreen33]

I mostly collect autographs.  I've got a decent sized collections.

My favorites are a card signed by Jordan/Bird/Magic, one by the Big Three, and one of Russell/KG.

I've probably got close to 100 Pierce autos.  Only a handful of Tatum.

Nice collection Roy!! I have an NBA Wilson basketball signed by Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish  I am just staring to collect autographs now. I enjoy tying to predict who will be a good NBA player and grab a nice rookie card.

[freshinthehouse]

One  thing with the proliferation of autos in modern cards, its never been cheaper or easier to get autos of all sorts of players. I have a buddy that is trying to get an auto of all of the guys on the NBA 75 list.  He has something like 55-57 of them already. 

[greg683x]

One  thing with the proliferation of autos in modern cards, its never been cheaper or easier to get autos of all sorts of players. I have a buddy that is trying to get an auto of all of the guys on the NBA 75 list.  He has something like 55-57 of them already.

Interesting.  I?d say it?s the somewhat the opposite.  It?s definitely easier to get autographs now but most definitely wouldn?t say cheaper.  I?ve just about completed a set of 60 signed cards from the 90s and some of these guys cost an arm and leg.  Non hall of famers too.

Not to mention fanatics has rookies who haven?t even played a game at the professional level yet charging $200 to sign a card


There?s a signing for John Stockton coming up, it costs $400 for him to sign a basketball card.  Absolutely bananas

[Goldstar88]

One  thing with the proliferation of autos in modern cards, its never been cheaper or easier to get autos of all sorts of players. I have a buddy that is trying to get an auto of all of the guys on the NBA 75 list.  He has something like 55-57 of them already.

Interesting.  I?d say it?s the somewhat the opposite.  It?s definitely easier to get autographs now but most definitely wouldn?t say cheaper.  I?ve just about completed a set of 60 signed cards from the 90s and some of these guys cost an arm and leg.  Non hall of famers too.

Not to mention fanatics has rookies who haven?t even played a game at the professional level yet charging $200 to sign a card


There?s a signing for John Stockton coming up, it costs $400 for him to sign a basketball card.  Absolutely bananas

Yeah, I was looking at Tatum auto cards the other day and the cheapest I saw on EBay was around $300.