If you have basketball cards, baseball cards and or vintage cards —feel free to DM me. In particular I collect Michael Jordan, Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds, but happy to see what anyone has.
If you have basketball cards, baseball cards and or vintage cards —feel free to DM me. In particular I collect Michael Jordan, Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds, but happy to see what anyone has.
Curious how big the local hobby community is here — whether you collect sports cards, Pokémon, vintage, modern, rip packs, set up at shows, or just got back into collecting.
I’d also love to know where everyone finds out about local card shows, trade nights and collector meetups around Austin. It feels like there are a lot of smaller events happening that are easy to miss.
Would there be interest in more local meetups or an easier way to keep track of everything happening around the Houston area?
What do you collect? Drop it below 👇
Hey all, full disclosure up front, I built Beekn App. Not trying to sneak anything past you, genuinely want feedback from people who actually collect.
I kept missing cards I was hunting because I wasn’t fast enough refreshing eBay/ other marketplaces, or didn’t know a listing existed until it was gone. So I built Beekn, a free tool that watches listings across eBay and independent shops and alerts you the second something matches what you’re looking for (player, price, grade).
While building it I also noticed this hobby’s community is scattered everywhere, Reddit threads, Facebook groups split by set or era, group texts, livestreams. So there’s a light community layer too, bounties for cards you’re hunting, counterfeit flags, show coordination.
It’s live and free at Beekn.App, works right in the browser, no download.
Would genuinely love feedback: what would make this actually useful to how you collect? What’s missing? Happy to answer anything.
Can also learn more about the layer I’m trying to build across the hobby stack.
I have several sealed bags of the blue base and grey Platinum from 1988 Best San Bernardino Spirit (Ken Griffey jr) minor league. They are in the card database for reference, but only see individuals graded like my BGS 9.5. No sealed team sets graded.
Saw this card on eBay and I’m a big collector for all things Ken Griffey Jr. I never rip packs so probably the only 1/1 I’ll ever acquire.
These were exclusive cards distributed by fleer and to promote Tony’s Pizza back in 1992. They look the same as the 1992 fleer set, but actually are a short print variation.
These 1988 Best Cards “Spirit Official” sealed bags with Ken Griffey as the main star are hard to find. Im holding this long term since his pre- MLB player cards are getting really hard to find.
Sharing because the group might appreciate it. Jordan’s first national pro cover, signed early-career, newsstand variant (rarer than the subscriber version). CGC 6.0, CGC×JSA Auto 8, PSA/DNA stacked.
Only three signed newsstand examples documented across all pop reports since newsstand variants were short print run and made to read on-the-go. These are unicorns for MJ rookie era memorabilia fans.
It’s currently Live in Fanatics’ May Premier Auction right now (Lot 79F1) if anyone wants to check this awesome piece out.
Anyone else collect starting line up sealed packs ? I love the MJ series and don’t want to crack them to take the cards out.
Anyone else collect star baseball cards where they were not distributed widely. Very limited print runs.