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 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.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 

Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies

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