Monday, July 23, 2012

About me....

I am starting this Blog to share my thoughts about the incredibly insane world of Sports Card collecting.  I collected cards as a kid in the 1970s, again in college in the 1980s, and finally began collecting again as an adult in about 2000 as a hobby to take my mind off work.

I am a Business School Professor at a major university, so I can hopefully shed some insights into the terrible economics of the sports card industry and why you will probably never get rich collecting cards.  I also buy and sell cards on eBay and have a number of vintage and modern sets.  I also help my sons collect football cards, so I am in tune with the offerings in the marketplace.  Ultimately, sports cards are also about people, society and the glorious or knuckle-headed events and actions that happen in the real world.  My goal is to point out some of these events and actions with an eye toward the economics, humor and history of it all.

Vince