Hi everyone,
Just thought i'd drop in and say g'day to fellow card collectors.
I'm into footy cards mostly and non-sport promo cards.
I used to be into nba stuff back in the early 90's as everyone was, but once the speculators left in droves, it really hit home that 99.9% of people that were into them aswell weren't in it for the hobby of card collecting, but purely for the $$.
by 1996 you couldn't give away nba cards, no one really cared about dikembe matumbo and the likes
it was about then that I asked myself, what on earth am I doing with cards from a sport i'm not really into, and pictures of 7ft 4in afro/american blokes looking up, holding a basketball.
fortunately for me I offloaded my inserts ect just as the market was turning so I didn't lose out as much as some did.
But I still have some common sets I like, in particular I think my favorite nba set is (i can't remember exactly off hand) think it's called "ted williams" by donruss, not sure but when I find them again i'll let you know
anyways, the reason I liked that set was the variations within it, there were lots.
anyways, before i start rambling on too much about the good ol' days I might have a browse around the site, catch up on what's been going on this past 3 years and hopefully i'll have some bits to add to this forum.
Cheers!
Ben
Just thought i'd drop in and say g'day to fellow card collectors.
I'm into footy cards mostly and non-sport promo cards.
I used to be into nba stuff back in the early 90's as everyone was, but once the speculators left in droves, it really hit home that 99.9% of people that were into them aswell weren't in it for the hobby of card collecting, but purely for the $$.
by 1996 you couldn't give away nba cards, no one really cared about dikembe matumbo and the likes
it was about then that I asked myself, what on earth am I doing with cards from a sport i'm not really into, and pictures of 7ft 4in afro/american blokes looking up, holding a basketball. fortunately for me I offloaded my inserts ect just as the market was turning so I didn't lose out as much as some did.
But I still have some common sets I like, in particular I think my favorite nba set is (i can't remember exactly off hand) think it's called "ted williams" by donruss, not sure but when I find them again i'll let you know
anyways, the reason I liked that set was the variations within it, there were lots.anyways, before i start rambling on too much about the good ol' days I might have a browse around the site, catch up on what's been going on this past 3 years and hopefully i'll have some bits to add to this forum.
Cheers!
Ben
welcome to the site mate but I'm gonna call ya FootyBen hope thats ok 
