Non-Sport cards & collectibles are just as prized as baseball cards and sports collectibles. The only difference is the number of collectors, with baseball cards being #1, football cards have taken over the #2 spot, with non-sports cards at #3 now. Rounding out the top five are basketball and hockey. But I will say this about hockey card collectors- they have to be the most avid, intense, and die-hard collectors out there. They're a tough breed!
The vintage non-sport cards- Star Wars, Star Trek, Elvis, and anything from the 60's & 70's is a big part of the boom now, thanks to the "Baby Boomers." The same group of Americans that has fueled sportscard collecting and pop-culture collecting. You can tell that non-sports cards are getting hot because more & more of those cards are being professionally graded, just like the old Mickey Mantles & Johnny Unitas' are.
When I was a kid in 1962, the Topps cards of that year didn't thrill me too much, except for their great subset of Babe Ruth. It just so happened that in'62 Topps came out with a non-sport set of cards that I couldn't get enough of- Civil War News. I became very interested in U.S. History because of those cards, a great learning experience. Sadly, for me, I didn't save those Civil War cards, and now they're worth almost as much as the old baseball cards. Oh well...
Have fun out there!
The vintage non-sport cards- Star Wars, Star Trek, Elvis, and anything from the 60's & 70's is a big part of the boom now, thanks to the "Baby Boomers." The same group of Americans that has fueled sportscard collecting and pop-culture collecting. You can tell that non-sports cards are getting hot because more & more of those cards are being professionally graded, just like the old Mickey Mantles & Johnny Unitas' are.
When I was a kid in 1962, the Topps cards of that year didn't thrill me too much, except for their great subset of Babe Ruth. It just so happened that in'62 Topps came out with a non-sport set of cards that I couldn't get enough of- Civil War News. I became very interested in U.S. History because of those cards, a great learning experience. Sadly, for me, I didn't save those Civil War cards, and now they're worth almost as much as the old baseball cards. Oh well...
Have fun out there!
