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In our stumbling around the Internet, I found numerous blogs devoted to baseball cards, sports cards, or the trading card industry, but whether due to a lack of actual sites, or just my giving up too easily, I never found a site devoted solely to football cards. So, I set out to start one.
I readily admit that I haven't been life long collector's--I have a bunch of cards from the early 80's, which I'm guessing must have been more or less my brother's, since I was only 4 when that particular set came out, but I have most of them now. We then ended up stopping until 1986, when I managed to put together a nearly complete Topps set--the only card I am missing is somehow a Dave Duerson card, which I did have, but it had a large crease in it. For whatever reason, I still haven't bothered to get one, either--possibly as the set is realistically only in marginal shape anyway. And before anyone asks, yes, I did have a handful of Jerry Rice rookies--but I managed to trade them all away for next to nothing before I was smart enough to realize any better--I believe for the two I traded away, I got $20, a copy of Total Recall on VHS (a long story as to how that came about, which I will inevitably bore you with at some point), and rookie cards of Christian Okoye and Eric Dickerson. Fortunately, I do still have one copy for my set, and I have a few Steve Youngs that I managed to keep as well.
After that, it was pretty much random packs (or the occasional random cheap box, which I was convinced would someday pay for my retirement), until 1999, when I a) had a little bit of discretionary income, and b) realized that Target sold cards. I bought a few boxes, and started to get back into the hobby to a degree, even if I was cluelessly focusing mostly on retail boxes.
Then, in 2000, while interning at a company farther away from home than I had ever lived, two things happened--1) I lived with a roommate that I discovered had collected sports cards fairly heavily into his teens, and 2) I discovered eBay. Both of us spent the majority of our paychecks that year paying for our re-entry into the hobby.
In recent years, I've started to get a little more serious about my collection, buying more and more hobby boxes, and being willing to buy higher end sets. I still do check out what Target is carrying from time to time, and will still pick up the occasional blaster box or mixed bag "sucker box" for fun, but I spend more time online at eBay, and at a local card shop that has started to grow out of the ashes of the local chain that dominated the local scene for years with relatively crappy service and selection, until a series of unfortunate events drove them out of business.
And, with the "encouragement" of a spouse who thinks I spend too much time and money on my hobby, I may even start to sell some cards at shows in the coming year, and investigate what other opportunities are out there for me in the industry--like this blog, possibly some other Web stuff, as well as possibly even finding my way to some involvement in a local shop, since it has been somewhat of a dream of mine since childhood.
But, in the meantime, I invite you to check out this blog, follow along and comment with the postings, send me your feedback & opinions, and hopefully enjoy the hobby as much as I do!
***UPDATE***
Holy crap, what a long About Us page! Maybe I'll try to edit that down at some point. And in all that text, apparently I forgot to put my email address on there. So, if you want to get in touch with me, email me at tony(at)thefootballcardblog.com (not a link--just coded it to make it more noticable).
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Sports Collectors Daily 30January2008
We’ve added you to our Blog City section. Best of luck with the blog!
Blake 5March2008
Thanks for putting a link up to TwinsCards.com. You’ve actually linked to our blog, but hey…a link is a link. Although I have very little involvement, several of the people who were helpful in creating my site also have put together VikingsCards.com, http://www.vikingscards.com. Check it out.
I’ll be including your site in my links during the next update. Keep up the great work.
Andrew Chrisman 28March2008
Wow!!!! What a great site. I really enjoyed reading your stuff on football cards. I have my own sports card blog. Its called Sports Card Info. Along with basic hobby knowledge it helps people identify fake sports cards. the address is: http://www.sportscardinfo.blogspot.com
Maybe you could add a link to your site. Thanks.
Daryl 14April2008
This is a cool blog. I live in the Twin Cities area and have recently got back into collecting football cards. Are there any card stores where you can get hobby boxes of football cards?? I am getting most my stuff on ebay but it would be nice to have a card shop to go to as well.
Gellman 6May2008
Cool site man, would love to trade links with you.
http://www.sportscardsuncensored.com
Keep up the good work!
Fred Goodwin 22May2008
The Sports Card Info blog has moved:
Old blog link:
http://sportscardinfo.blogspot.com/
New blog link:
http://sportscardinfo.wordpress.com/
I’m not the author, but I would appreciate it if you could update your link so others can find it.
Fred Goodwin
San Antonio, TX
Jason Clark 30May2008
Hey gang nice site with tons of info.. If you guys are interested in doing a link exchange with my site please let me know. I tried looking for an email address to ask for the linke exchange but couldnt find one.
Jason Clark
Gamedaysportscards.com