How long have you spent on one PC?
 

Just thought this would be an interesting topic.

I've been collecting Steven Jackson since 2004, so this will be 13 years for me. I'm set to hit 300 autos of his this year (currently have 279 in hand).

How about you? I started in 1989 but didn't focus on one player until 2004.

I started collecting Green Bay Packers stuff back in 1988, so overall main collection started 29 years ago.

As to a player collection, I started collecting Favre in '91, can't remember the reason now because he wasn't a Pack player to start with, but I still have every card I've pulled of his from that time frame. So, I've been collecting his stuff for 26 years. Only have 1 auto, but have around 1800 different cards of his.

I started collecting MJD in 2008 so almost 10 years. It is still fun but I only buy very rare stuff at this point.

Going on four years with my Terrance Williams PC

Collecting Leaf Certified Materials (Now Panini Certified) since 2001. Looking at my PC, I can remember paying $35 for a Quincy Morgan Emerald Patch /5 and thinking I got a deal. Or finding a dealer willing to sell base jerseys /150 for just 2 for $10 and thinking I was robbing him.

Looking back, I sure wasted a lot of money!

[QUOTE=Grid;12045513]Collecting Leaf Certified Materials (Now Panini Certified) since 2001. Looking at my PC, I can remember paying $35 for a Quincy Morgan Emerald Patch /5 and thinking I got a deal. Or finding a dealer willing to sell base jerseys /150 for just 2 for $10 and thinking I was robbing him.

Looking back, I sure wasted a lot of money![/QUOTE]

I hear ya. I spent $850 on a lot of 45 of Jackson's autos that probably wouldn't sell for $10 each now. BV on my collection is over $30k, but I'd be lucky to get $5k for it today.

[QUOTE=onyxdragon5977;12045590]I hear ya. I spent $850 on a lot of 45 of Jackson's autos that probably wouldn't sell for $10 each now. BV on my collection is over $30k, but I'd be lucky to get $5k for it today.[/QUOTE]

The only thing that makes me fell better, is that I'm nostalgic AF. And a bunch of cards I picked up along the way have never been seen again. And I can look at them now and remember when I got most of them. The good old days, when ANY jersey card was a major hit!

I started collecting around 1980, but aside from several sets that I hand collated, I've since been concentrating on my 2010 set, so 7 years of intense collecting for me, really.

I started in 1978 when my Mom bought me a pack of '78 Topps baseball......was instantly hooked.

I started PC of Jim Everett in 1987 as I was a Rams fan at the time. I'm so close to completing the run on Everett stuff, but it'll likely never happen as I'm missing mostly plates or oddball rarities that never surface.

My first Steve Largent was in 1987, so 30 years, but only recent have I ramped up my Largent collection.

Graded Rookie Cards since 2005

[QUOTE=ThoseBackPages;12045914]Graded Rookie Cards since 2005[/QUOTE]

+1

And rookie cards in general since the early 90's.

My twin brother & I started collecting baseball cards in 1978. I was a George Brett fan and then when Ricky Henderson came out and we were living out there that became his guy.
We moved back to Green Bay/Upper Michigan after a couple years and he now collects Packers and my little league team took a trip to the Silverdome where we got to see a Preseason game Dolphins/Lions & we got to meet Billy Sims. I have hated the Dolphins since & that is when I became a Lions fan.

Biggest player collection is Anthony "A-Train" Thomas since 2001. I haven't picked much up lately though.

Started seriously collecting in the mid-2000s when I was a kid, and my first PC player was Courtney Roby in 2005 and still collect him, but only buy the rarer stuff (which doesn't happen very often), so 12 years.

Also, if anyone knows where to find a 2005 SPx Roby Holoview RC #/10, PLMK!! Whitest of white whales for me.

I have been collecting Walter Payton cards since my daddy bought me my first pack of football cards back in 1984.

Got my first Dolphins cards in 1980 and have been collecting Marino since 84 topps #123 ... Guess that makes 33 years ... Have been collecting Carlton Fisk since 79 so that's 38 years ... Yup I'm old

[QUOTE=nfcsaints;12045647]I started in 1978 when my Mom bought me a pack of '78 Topps baseball......was instantly hooked.

I started PC of Jim Everett in 1987 as I was a Rams fan at the time. I'm so close to completing the run on Everett stuff, but it'll likely never happen as I'm missing mostly plates or oddball rarities that never surface.[/QUOTE]

Same here except it was my Dad.

I have been collecting only Barry Sanders since 2002. But I used to collect the other Lions before then, and watched everything go down the drain.:doh:

I have been collecting the players from Nebraska for over 35 years now. I have 7640 diff cards now. Have located a few older odd cards that I'm working on a deal so the number keeps going up.

Been collecting since i was 6, so 24 years off and on again.

Decided to focus on the Young pc in 98,, took a break from 2003-2007 went on a stint from 2008-2010, then started back up again late 2015 to where i am now.

Charlie Frye since 2005. Not sure why I still buy them but after 12 years I figure why stop now.

My Tim Duncan/San Antonio Spurs collection. Spent 15 years on it, then sold some of it.

"Bro, I've been collecting Dak & Zeke since forever. They're the coolest." - errbody.

I've been collecting Aaron Rodgers since 2007.
Switched to ONLY Packers around 2012. It's been fun & rewarding.

I think it's extremely cool to see how many years all of us have collected.

I remember Sportflics, Edge, Pinnacle Mint...there were so many innovative designs back then...

[QUOTE=crpalmi;12046803]Charlie Frye since 2005. Not sure why I still buy them but after 12 years I figure why stop now.[/QUOTE]


Yaaaaaaay, another fellow 2005 draftee collector. Imagine there's not too many of us left out there (excluding the big names).

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