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Hockey Hobby Confessions - atolentino1 - 04-08-2009 07:56 AM
<p>Everybody has a secret or two (or two hundred) stowed away somewhere. Luckily, most of us don’t need walk-in closets for our skeletons, but there are bound to be a few climate-controlled spaces hiding hush-hush hobby evidence. </p>
<p>Whether you paid an embarrassingly exorbitant price for an average card or you’ve illegally scaled an electrified fence to get an autograph from your favorite athlete, this is your chance to share your secret. </p>
<p>Depending on how revealing you’d like to be and how much of a “talkin’ to” you’re willing to endure, you might want to keep your responses anonymous on the <a href =http://www.blogbeckett.wordpress.com" target="_blank">blog</a>. However, if you’re willing to fess up to your collecting confession, feel free to shout it from the mountaintops here, there and everywhere.</p>
<p>We don’t have much experience in Hollywood style grilling and we frankly aren’t fond of rub burns, but here are a few questions to get the ball rolling: </p>
<p><B>-What big items have you bought that were funded by selling your cards? How much did you sell? Have you tried to collect those cards again?</p>
<p>-What is the most amount of money you have ever thrown down on a single card? What was the card? Do you still have it?</p>
<p>-How often do you bid on online sports card auctions while working?<br />
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-What is the most money you've ever spent on a single <a href =http://www.beckettmarketplace.com" target="_blank">Beckett Marketplace</a> purchase?<br />
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-What is the most you’ve ever spent on your card hobby in one month?</p>
<p>-What is the craziest thing you’ve done to get a player’s autograph?</B></p>
<p>Since this is an open forum, feel free to chime in with secrets and inquiries of your own.</p>
<p><strong>-Andrew Tolentino</strong></p>
Hockey Hobby Confessions - irbefan4life - 04-08-2009 08:44 AM
The most amount of money I have ever thrown down on a single card was $125.00 for an Arturs Irbe 2002-03 BTP Emblems #/10. I still have it.<br />
<p>Since I go to university, I do not have too much toss away income, so the most I've spent in a month was $450.00 on cards.</p>
As for my evil hockey hobby confession:<br />
The less valuable cards I collect are placed in binders in ultrapro nine-pocket sleeves. I turn them into 18 pocket sleeves by putting the cards back-to-back, so instead of fifty 3 inch binders, I only have 25. The cards are still in great shape, with no wear or tear on either side. Some people claim it is dangerous for the card, but I find no evidence of it. <br />
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Hockey Hobby Confessions - phildo37 - 04-08-2009 08:47 AM
<p>Hmm.. why do my answers keep dissappearing.. this thread sucks... (good topic though)</p>
<p>- I sold a set of 95-96 Coll. Choice Platinums to buy a N64... regretted it ever since. I did put that set back together... it took a while, though</p>
<p>- I've spent around $100 on lots of cards: 96-97 BD Run for the Cups, 11-12 C55 Art Ross, 02-03 ITG Zetterberg RCs, 60-61 Topps Bobby Hull... and yes, I still have every single one<br />
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Hockey Hobby Confessions - hederman - 04-08-2009 08:57 AM
The most I've spent on a single card was $800 on a OPC Premier Gretzky/Howe/Orr Auto. Stupid buy that I couldn't afford, so I flipped it in less than a week for $750. A $50 loss for nothing.<br />
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Most I've spent on a card I still own (and will probably always own), $120 for this:<br />
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Most I've spent in a month: $1,100 (the month with the Trio auto)<br />
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Like IrbeFan I used to double up my pages. That was before I moved on to boxes. Even worse though was as a kid I used to flip my cards into a hat. Now some my older stuff has worn corners or is just bent. <br />
Oh...and I used to throw doubles or old junky stuff (ProSet et al.) on the fire (Not much, just enough to get the fire going).
Hockey Hobby Confessions - raxor2 - 04-08-2009 09:27 PM
<p>What big items have you bought that were funded by selling your cards? How much did you sell? Have you tried to collect those cards again? Sold my entire collection a while ago for enough money to buy a complete set of goalie equipment</p>
<p>-What is the most amount of money you have ever thrown down on a single card? What was the card? Do you still have it? $300 a brodeur ITG Triple silver memorobilia with a jersey/stick/gear. yeh i got it.</p>
<p>-How often do you bid on online sports card auctions while working? about twice a month<br />
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-What is the most money you've ever spent on a single purchase? 0<br />
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-What is the most you’ve ever spent on your card hobby in one month? $1200</p>
<p>-What is the craziest thing you’ve done to get a player’s autograph? Told Avery I'd kick his RAINBOW to get a auto for my boss's birthday (rangers fan)</p>
Hockey Hobby Confessions - Marty Flame - 04-09-2009 01:08 AM
<p><b>Wow That's a good one. Here I go :<br />
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-What big items have you bought that were funded by selling your cards? How much did you sell? Have you tried to collect those cards again?I've exchanged a Crosby SPx 07-08 WM Spectrum /25 Howe Trilogy 07-08 HS Patches /4 for 615$ US I bought my kids (2 out 3) some new bikes And I got the cards back by trading a lot of cards (Malkin Kane Toews Backstrom) for those 2 cards. <br />
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-What is the most amount of money you have ever thrown down on a single card? What was the card? Do you still have it?</p>
Maurice Richard Parkhurst 52-53 (Not mint but hey 140$ Of Course, I have it !!!<br />
<p >-How often do you bid on online sports card auctions while working?<br />
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Too often ...<br />
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-What is the most money you've ever spent on a single <a href="http://www.beckettmarketplace.com%22/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #068cf3">Beckett Marketplace</span></a> purchase?<br />
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Can't remember Probably my age.<br />
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-What is the most you’ve ever spent on your card hobby in one month?</p>
Too much <br />
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<p>-What is the craziest thing you’ve done to get a player’s autograph?<br />
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I had an MVP 06-07 Base set card of PM Bouchard and, it didn't look like his So I met him at a golf Charity 2 years ago and, He signed the same card on the back with is goos signature He made a small kid (and his dad) happy, Hell of a good guy.<br />
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That's it No more questions ?<br />
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Beckettly yours,</p>
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I've exchanged a Crosby SPx 07-08 WM Spectrum /25 Howe Trilogy 07-08 HS Patches /4 for 615$ US I bought my kids (2 out 3) some new bikes And I got the cards back by trading a lot of cards (Malkin Kane Toews Backstrom) for those 2 cards. Maurice Richard Parkhurst 52-53 (Not mint but hey 140$ Of Course, I have it !!!Too much
Hockey Hobby Confessions - pretzel mask - 04-09-2009 01:28 AM
raxor2 Wrote:What big items have you bought that were funded by selling your cards? How much did you sell? Have you tried to collect those cards again? Sold my entire collection a while ago for enough money to buy a complete set of goalie equipment<br />
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I almost did the same, but when my wife said, "why don't you just go buy new pads already" I didn't give her a chance for her to change her tune.<br />
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Most I've ever spent on a single card: $50 for a 2006-07 March Schwarz The Cup RC<br />
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How often do I bid on cards at work: regularly (I'm at work right now too)<br />
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Most spent in one month: probably around $300.
Hockey Hobby Confessions - justin nealey - 04-09-2009 03:09 AM
Most on 1 card was an evgeni malkin 07-08 the cup limited logos #rd/25 $140.00<br />
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Most In a month. $2000.00 I love breaking boxes of The Cup 05-06<br />
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I havn't really made any money off of cards I usually break even with cards to spare so No expensive things bought from selling cards
Hockey Hobby Confessions - justin nealey - 04-09-2009 03:28 AM
And yes I still have the Malkin card<br
Hockey Hobby Confessions - leafan101 - 04-09-2009 06:33 AM
I sneeked into a hotel so I could hang out with the Pittsburgh Penguins (crosby, malkin, ect.)<br />
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The most I have paid for a card: $20- Frolov Spectrum auto /10 SPx and I still have it (great deal)<br />
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In a month? (shrug) probably about $100<br