Geoff Wilson, Ben Burrows, Tyler Nethercott

Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Become a part of the growing sports card trading community

Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies will teach you how to start or resume collecting, how to trade, sell, grade, and protect your cards. This is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read breakdown of the sports card hobby and its many nuances. You'll learn the basics and get up to speed on the recent influx of new brands, companies, investors, influencers, and technologies that have completely reshaped the community. The popularity of sports cards as an alternative investment is at an all-time high, and this Dummies guide helps you budget and make smart trades. The anatomy of a sports card, spotting card damage, grading scales, buying safely, using trusted marketplaces, building your collection, pricing and selling your cards, avoiding scams-it's all in here. Become a savvy card collector, the easy way.

• Learn the ins and outs of trading sports cards as a collector and an investor
• Determine the value of your cards and discover where to find rare deals
• Stay safe while buying and selling from local dealers, with online marketplaces, and at in-person events
• Become a part of the collector community

Beginners of all ages who want to start (or resume) collecting sports cards can find all the must-know info in the pages of Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 459
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394225064
• Artikelnr.: 70175738

Autorenporträt

Geoff Wilson is the founder of Sports Card Investor, the leading content network and data platform for trading card enthusiasts. Ben Burrows is a journalist and the former content director for Sports Card Investor. Tyler Nethercott is the VP of product development for Sports Card Investor.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

How This Book Is Organized 2

Part 1: Getting the Scoop on Sports Cards 2

Part 2: Checking Out the Many Traits of Sports Cards 2

Part 3: The Basics of Buying and Collecting 3

Part 4: Flipping, Investing, and Turning a Profit 3

Part 5: The Part of Tens 3

Glossary 3

Foolish Assumptions 4

Conventions Used in This Book 4

Icons Used in This Book 4

Beyond the Book 5

Where to Go from Here 5

Part 1: Getting the Scoop on Sports Cards 7

Chapter 1: Sizing Up the Sports Card Craze 9

The Psychology of Collecting 10

Why we collect sports cards 10

A new (not really) kind of investment 12

Getting Lost in the Cardboard (It's a Good Thing.) 13

Rediscovering your old collection 13

Tips for finding cards you will (or won't) love 16

Chapter 2: The Evolution of Sports Cards through the Decades 19

Where It All Began 20

Exploring the 1800s and the first cards 20

Pre-War and Vintage 22

Colors, stats, and a sweet new hobby 23

American Caramel and Cracker Jack 23

1933 Goudey Big League Gum 24

The early Bowman, Leaf, Fleer, and Donruss entries 25

1952 Topps and the modern sports card 27

O-Pee-Chee and Panini make their debuts 28

The Modern Era 30

The sets that defined the era 30

Great music, junk wax 33

A near-death experience 34

The great rebound 35

We won't get fooled again 36

The Ultra-Modern Era 36

More than a sandwich 37

The big boom 38

Record-high market 38

Death by parallel and the Junk Slab Era 39

Violence, theft, and the retail controversy 41

Where the hobby goes from here 41

Part 2: Checking Out the Many Traits of Sports Cards 43

Chapter 3: The Anatomy of a Sports Card 45

What Makes a Sports Card? 45

Major card designs through the years 46

Making a first impression 51

What's on the back? 54

Art cards and custom cards 54

Exploring the Printing Process and Product Configuration 55

The materials that make sports cards 55

Set size, hits, chases, and what makes a product 56

Understanding the Packout Process and Distribution 58

From the printing press to sealed packs and boxes 58

The journey from manufacturer to storefronts 60

Chapter 4: Understanding Product Checklists: Base Cards, Parallels, Inserts, and More 63

Learning How to Read (the Checklist) 64

Checklists 65

Product information sheets 67

Spotting a Base Card and the Rainbow of Parallels 68

Identifying base cards 68

Spotting the many variations 69

Inserts and Design Madness 74

What makes an insert 74

Embracing the design madness 75

Chasing Autographs and (Maybe) Game-Used Memorabilia 78

Understanding authenticity 79

Signed, sealed, and delivered 80

Getting closer to the game (or your local retailer) 82

Chapter 5: Different Sports and Their Nuances 89

Basketball cards 90

Built on superstars and flash 90

Iconic basketball players 91

The transition to Panini 93

WNBA rises in popularity 94

Baseball cards 96

The richest history 96

Iconic baseball players 97

Football cards 100

Quarterback or bust 100

Iconic f