Switching from Sport to Non-Sport. Input please!

If you can find a non-sport product you like then why not be able to do both.

I collect all sports and non-sports.

I fell in love with americana It was a blast.. and then Celebrity Cuts was even funner.. but I got bored with americana 2

I love Heroes and Lost on TV so i collected and busted them when I could, I still have all the original star wars cards and empire strikes back!

Favorite shows..I buy the cards!

Ill never quit collecting sports cards. I may cut down on basketball from time to time but Hockey and Football still cause impulse buying!

Baseball Ive relegated to the back for now Only collecting products that have old time legends in them. I have way over-killed all of the last 10 years of current players!

I even made cutbacks in football and Hockey over the last year buying high end football for the most part and ITG stuff from Hockey. Yes I still pre-ordered OPC and will definitely pre-order at least one case of the CUP!

My suggestion...

Pick your spots!
 
Burner said:
How's interest in non-sports cards? Is it as popular as hockey or the other sports?
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Some would say it's MUCH more popular for a few reasons:

- Only North Americans (yes, this is a generalistic statement) buy Football & Baseball cards. Some Euros & Asians buy Basketball & Hockey.

- There are still card collectors in most developed nations, and places like Australia, Germany & Great Britain focus a lot on non-sports since there are few soccer sets.

- Non-sports transcends borders due to the worldwide appeal of many movies, tv shows or action comics. I've had Bond cards come in from many different countries. Can't say the same for hockey stuff I've received.
 
Due to the saturation of the market with GU and auto's I think the card companies are chasing their customers away. When these cards were first introduced there was nothing cooler then pulling them, now they are blah. I think with movie, tv series, comic related and other oddball sets are something new and refreshing for collectors.
 
And while your at it, if you haven't already done so get your mitts on a copy of the Feb issue of Hobby Insider (I assume it's still available electronically). Triple B/Ryan wrote an article in it about non-sports that is definitely worth the read.
 
weasel-king said:
And while your at it, if you haven't already done so get your mitts on a copy of the Feb issue of Hobby Insider (I assume it's still available electronically). Triple B/Ryan wrote an article in it about non-sports that is definitely worth the read.
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Yep, they'll stay live for awhile.
 
cfind said:
Did you keep any of your sport stuff, or did you just clean the slate?
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I sold about 90% of my sports stuff and pumped that money into non sports. I'll post a collection thread at some point and you will see how I have done. I bought SOME low end stuff but the majority was an investment in high dollar cards.
 
Awesome thread guys. I have been thinking about non-sports for a long time now and I think this has put me over the edge. I will need to try a case of something soon. Time to start researching...

Josh
 
I am thinking about the non sports angle too. I have my favorite players to collect but the rest is starting to look and feel mundane.

Today I broke 2 boxes of Star trek movie cards and it was a blast. A few weeks ago I did some movie poster cards.

From my research online and through a few people, these cards seem to hold their value a lot longer than sports do. Its not fun to spend 250 on a box of UD black and get 30 in return.

I am already starting to think about getting more star trek boxes and seeing what else is out there to collect non sport wise.

My overall collection is starting to dwindle as I have sold most of it off, but i still have quite a bit of it left. I find its better to buy bulk lots, keep the players you want and trade/sell of the rest.

Time will tell but I don't think I will avoid sports altogether. Baseball prospecting is still a passion of mine.

Cheers
 
99goals said:
From my research online and through a few people, these cards seem to hold their value a lot longer than sports do. Its not fun to spend 250 on a box of UD black and get 30 in return.
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Most of that is due to the signers... take Bond for example. George Lazenby has signed three cards - two full bleeds and one anniversary style. Roger Moore has one extra full bleed. John Cleese? One full bleed, one anniversary style. That's IT.

In hockey, you know for a fact that this year Gretzky, Howe & Messier will be in SPA, SPGU, The Cup, SPx, etc... there are hundreds of autographed cards of each of these guys... compare that again to Cleese. Two.

Harrison Ford has apparently 10 or 15 autographed cards out there - 5 to 10 in each of Star Wars 30th Anniversary and Indiana Jones sets, plus the triple with Lucas & Spielberg. I believe his is the most limited, or at least one of the most limited, autograph in non-sports.

Value is in the scarcity of the cards. And since non-sports guys tend to be completionists, when a scarce card comes up for sale, demand is high.
 
...another cool thing about non sports (for me, anyway) is the surprise I get when I see a signed card of someone I had no idea had previously existed. Last Expo I picked up a Ben Kingsley autographed card from Thunderbirds...BEN KINGSLEY! Right now I'm looking for autographed cards of the Monkees (they had their own set in the 90s with autos of all four offered) and I may go after some Star Trek autos.

With hockey, I'm sorry to say that I know what's around the corner. There are no surprises and to me, it's generally lost that "wow" factor. Not in non sports. There are cards I KNOW I haven't even heard of that will blow my mind.

This is the only part of the hobby that is bigger than everything else without being entirely mainstream.
 
While this is very true , this loss of "wow" factor from sport cards, there are still certain sets that get the "wow" in me riled up.. for example the pure elegance of the Champs base cards or the patches in Ultimate hockey or the redeedmed prehistoric bones from Champs.

Non sport bustage , especially rittenhouse products , are purely 21 packs of BLEAH and 3 packs of whoohoo (maybe). Just open any of their harry potter stuff and you will be less than underwhelmed! While non-sport may seem as new and bright as a new girlfriend, once youve accessed pandora's box multiple times you will find it is no different than opening SPa hockey . Take my word on that!
 
Of course that will happen, but there's not too many Ultimate-like priced non-sports things out there.

I still get that "wow" factor when I come across autos I never knew existed. The Outer Limits and Twilight Zone are great examples of sets with a wide range of people appearing in it.

In fact, I'm working on a database of autos...
 
Steve, it depends if you're a true fan or not. Opening two cases of Bond for me was thrilling... the cards are awesome, and brought me back to each movie once again. I am a Bond fanatic, so these appealed to me. Wolverine, not so much... which is why I opened only one box.

Artbox did Harry Potter, by the way.

B.
 
I've become pretty interested in these sets as well. I like the idea of getting different people's auto's. I like watching the devils and saying I have stuff from elias, brodeur, parise etc...


.... I think I'll get the same thing from say listening to BEP if I pick up a will.i.am auto from wolverine.

can anyone tell me more about that card? or should I start a seperate thread on it?
 
My statement above maybe didnt truly reflect my passsion for non-sports, cause I am truly passionate!

It was more or less just stating that over time , eventually, everything loses some of its luster!

Artbox did all the harry Potter.. ?? LOL!!
 
Personally, I'm breaking more non-sports stuff than hockey and I really am enjoying it. Though I wish in a box of Rittenhouse whatever (Star Trek, Wolverine, Bond, etc) and Topps whatever (Star Wars, Indy, and LotR) there were less dead packs, but that being said, the hits are pretty solid.

Also, it're really important to note that once a product comes out you don't have all that much time to get your hands on the really tough cards. If you don't get your hands on an SP'd auto or relic from Rittenhouse right after it's release, you can pretty well kiss that card goodbye. There's alot less people in non-sports who keep fluctuating collections. Once they get a card, they keep it indefinitly.
 
oasis said:
My statement above maybe didnt truly reflect my passsion for non-sports, cause I am truly passionate!

It was more or less just stating that over time , eventually, everything loses some of its luster!

Artbox did all the harry Potter.. ?? LOL!!
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Understood, but forgive the rest of us for our awe at what's out there because we're all pretty much a bunch of newbs to the non sports side of things. I'm sure if I had been collecting non sports for 20 years, I'd be bored of everything. Lucky for me, I'm not in that position. I say "WOW!" more often with stuff from Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and any of those other all encompassing sets than I am to see another AO, Crosby, Brodeur or Gretzky autograph.

I just grabbed a Will.i.am auto from Wolverine for $30 and I can't wait to get it. I'm a huge Black Eyed Peas fan and to land his auto is pretty cool for me.
 
what do you know about that will.i.am card. I just found out about it yesterday and I want one.
BEP has alot of sentimintal value to me.

The first time I spoke to my now finace it was my telling her to shut up because she didn't believe me when I said it was timberlake in 'where is the love"
The first time we hooked up it was while we where dancing to "hey mama" which is now our song more or less.

I think that's a card we could both enjoy, I want to pick one up.
 
Dont forget Im on record somewhere here (maybe it is gone now ) That Americana was the MOST fun I "EVER had" Opening a Box.!

And you can quote me on that!! LOL!

Celebrity Cuts was even better..
 

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