When I first started collecting sports cards, I bought all different types of cards and memorabilia.
A good friend that I went to shows with, gave me some sound advice.
Pick one or two different players, teams or a type of memorabilia to focus on.
That would give me a goal and would be less expensive.
When I began to collect cards and memorabilia, I had just moved to Northern California from my home state of Wisconsin.
So I decided to collect sports cards and memorabilia of the Green Bay Packers and the Milwaukee Braves.
My favorite all time player is Hank Aaron, so I also started collecting his cards and memorabilia.
Being a big fan of Brett Favre and Bart Star, I started collecting their items too.
When I was living in California, I would go to the card shows whenever I had the chance.
At that time, the mid 1980's and early 1990's, most of the card shows would have baseball players signing for a fee, generally around $4.
00 to $10.
00 per signature.
I bought boxes of official baseball's and would take some along for the player's to sign.
I learned very quickly that reading most of their signatures on the baseball's was like trying to read the doctors signature on a prescription.
My solution was to also get the players card's and have them signed too.
As my collection grew, in order to keep the ball and card together, I purchased display stand's with both a cube for the ball and a holder for the card.
I displayed these autographed balls and cards in my office.
I had a hard time finding a decent display for just my sports cards.
I searched the internet and couldn't find anything I liked.
I located a wholesaler through Worldwide Brands, that sold some neat display stands for my sports cards and display stand's for my Riddell football helmet and hockey mask collection.