I'm a Boston Sports collector. (Ok, New England) That's my main collecting focus. I try to acquire as many cards of the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Patriots as I can. And even the Revolution from time to time. I will actively seek these cards out. I will buy packs that contain a big Boston rookie. I will collect their cards from packs. I will seek out lots to buy of their cards. Trade for them. Almost exclusively at the expense of every other card in my collection. Five Derek Jeters to trade for five Pedros? Done. A low numbered Ohtani hit? Where can I sell it the fastest?
But, I do know that there are other teams out there. And I know they have decent players. So I have started to hang on to key rookies from other teams as well. Now, these aren't usually cards I seek out. But, if I'm opening packs and happen to get one, I might save the best version I find of these players cards. Or, if I have a COMC order ready to ship with a few bucks left in my account, I may grab one to fill out the order.But that's really it.
It's just a way to have a well rounded collection. So that if a friend ever says, "Say, you collect cards...do you have a XXX rookie?" I can say that yes, I do. Just increasing the overall appeal of my collection.
For instance, what if they ask...
Do you have a roookie of that superstar De La Criz guy I keep hearing about? Why yes. When I bought my All-Star game foil set, he was in it.
Do you have a card of the future Hall-of-Famer who took out Pedroia? Why yes, A spent a couple bucks on it to fill out a COMC order.
And so on.
In fact, here's a video I made of some of the "active baseball stars" in my rookie box. There's another one on the way, as well as videos for other sports and ones including retired stars and Hall of Famers. They're fun to look through. Hopefully you'll think these additions make for a "well rounded" collection.
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