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Mulligans
05-20-2010, 05:54 AM
I'm 45 and I've been collecting for @10 years with the last 3 years much more intense.

yanks12025
05-20-2010, 06:20 AM
19 years old (almost 20), been collecting for 5/6 years.

34swtns
05-20-2010, 06:58 AM
45 yrs. old and got my first Walter Payton Sand-Knit jersey in 1986 and my first gamer was a Bears Bob Avellini jersey purchased from either the Denny's or Kim Stigall in 1990.

eisenreich8
05-20-2010, 07:30 AM
50, and about 10 years!

DaBears54
05-20-2010, 07:34 AM
24 years old and started collecting game issued jerseys about 1 year ago. Just started collecting game used jerseys yesterday! :D

Tyrcha
05-20-2010, 07:36 AM
About to be 31. Been collecting sports cards, off and on, for about 18 years. Just started exclusively collecting GU stuff in the past year.

flota89
05-20-2010, 08:03 AM
I am almost 17. Been collecting for about 1 year, but am pretty addicted now.

5kRunner
05-20-2010, 08:07 AM
33 today.http://www.smileyslord.com/smileys/birthday-cake-smiley.gif (http://www.smileyslord.com)

Been collecting GU about 3 years.

DonTheLegend
05-20-2010, 08:26 AM
36 and have been collecting game used for 15 years.

ive been collecting autos (although not that many in recent years) since 1990

chakes89
05-20-2010, 08:29 AM
21 years old (21 today actually)

7-8 years collecting

Got my first bat when I was 13 or 14

And like a lot of people, I started with cards and transitioned into game used memorabilia

BoneRubbedBat
05-20-2010, 08:48 AM
Wow, lots of May birthdays. I turn 39 tomorrow. 20+ yrs of collecting, over 1000 bats through my collection, and one loving and very understanding wife.

;)

kylehess10
05-20-2010, 08:59 AM
20 years old

Started collecting game used since the beginning of 2006 (15 years old)

OaklandAsFan
05-20-2010, 09:05 AM
I just turned 35 on May 15th and I have been collecting GU since I got my first bat (Bruce Bochte) way back in 1987 after he cracked it during bp and just walked up and handed it to me. I didn't have to many GU items those frist few years but I have been heavily involved in collecting since 2000.

legaleagle92481
05-20-2010, 09:17 AM
Happy birthday to today's birthday boys! I am 29 in a couple of months and I started collecting when I was five. So I have been collecting 24 years.

TriplexXxSports
05-20-2010, 09:38 AM
30 and yesterday - ;)

cigarman44
05-20-2010, 10:11 AM
Ill be 30 in a month and started collecting game used in 2007

tigerdale
05-20-2010, 10:36 AM
47.......bought my first game used bat back in the mid 80's...a john wockenfuss louisville slugger!!

yankees506
05-20-2010, 10:41 AM
20 years old, started collecting at 17. First item: robinson cano signed bat, most recent purchase: arod signed gu bat.... things happen fast :eek: Im glad this is my vice

escaperoyals
05-20-2010, 12:34 PM
I am 42 and started collecting Gameused Jerseys when I was 14. My 1st buys were 3 Kansas City Royals Flannels from the Hartels back in 1984.

JasonBanz
05-20-2010, 01:08 PM
I'm almost 25 and I have been collecting for about a year and a half. It gets worse everyday. I'll hate to see myself when I'm 40! :eek:

STLHAMMER32
05-20-2010, 01:21 PM
24 years old, have been collecting since I was 2 years old... I would open packs of baseball cards with my Grandma and have been hooked on collecting ever since. Baseball cards slowly turned into autographs and game used memorabilia.

mariner_gamers
05-20-2010, 01:31 PM
I'm 38, been collecting cards since 1987, game bats since 1996.

MUSEOVEN
05-20-2010, 02:20 PM
I Am 31, Been Collecting Cards Since 1988 And Memorabilia Since 1994.-

tmpjets
05-20-2010, 02:24 PM
I am 24, have been collecting cards since I was 7 and auot/game used since 2002. It is like a drug. Go Mariners!

Ollie
05-20-2010, 02:34 PM
I'm 23, 24 in three months. I've been collecting for 5 years.

UGA-1
05-20-2010, 02:36 PM
42 years old and started collecting baseball cards at age 12 up until around 35. Had over 750,000 cards! Started in GU collecting and have sold 95% of them to fund this venture.

MarinersFan34
05-20-2010, 02:39 PM
Age: 32

Collecting Cards: 1986

Collecting Game Used: 2002

legaleagle92481
05-20-2010, 02:41 PM
Wow we are all on the young side (or is it just that those who are much older did not want to respond). It is great though it means that the hobby will be strong for years to come.

sox83cubs84
05-20-2010, 03:03 PM
I was 51 last September, and have been into game used items since 1975.

Dave Miedema

coxfan
05-20-2010, 03:14 PM
I'm on the old side at 61, though still in great health. Now retired, and walk typically 5-10 miles daily. I've been a baseball fan since 1957 ( I remember the Dodgers moving from Brooklyn). But I started game-used collecting only about 5 years ago. I grew up in the small town of Milledgeville, Ga (of recent NFL infamy), but moved to South Carolina as a young adult, and was never near enough to a major-league team to know g-u stuff was available until recently.

Masimen
05-20-2010, 03:36 PM
38 years old. Been collecting since about 96/97, although I got my first game used bat way back in 81 while at a Yankee game, when Aurelio Rodriguez cracked his bat during BP and guy walked up and handed it to me. Still have that bat.

lowell25
05-20-2010, 03:44 PM
34 years old.

Started collecting cards in 86'.

Started collecting gu items 04'.:D

athletics61
05-20-2010, 03:47 PM
I'm on the old side at 61, though still in great health. Now retired, and walk typically 5-10 miles daily. I've been a baseball fan since 1957 ( I remember the Dodgers moving from Brooklyn). But I started game-used collecting only about 5 years ago. I grew up in the small town of Milledgeville, Ga (of recent NFL infamy), but moved to South Carolina as a young adult, and was never near enough to a major-league team to know g-u stuff was available until recently.


Coxfan, good for you! I walk 4-6 miles daily and ride a bike for leisure fun.

I am 48 and have collected cards since 1977. My first game worn jersey was purchased in 1988; it is a green 1985 Athletics Bill Krueger and I still have it.

Don

momen55
05-20-2010, 03:52 PM
40. been collecting stuff for over 25 years, mainly clemente. game used for about 10-11 years. :)

3arod13
05-20-2010, 04:07 PM
50. Been collecting for 36 years. Started out with sports cards (36 years); then autographs (22 years); then game used (13 years). My first game used was a Juan Gonzalez game used bat, batting gloves, and cleats. Was hooked from then on.

Regards, Tony

WadeInBmore
05-20-2010, 04:17 PM
29 YOA. Been collecting GU since 2007 and got back into collecting baseball cards (vintage RCs only) in 2006.

wade

ethanoah
05-20-2010, 04:33 PM
18 - Started collecting around 8 or 9 with cards and got into game used stuff about 5 years ago.

wildcats97champs
05-20-2010, 04:51 PM
I'm 29 Been Collecting Cards Since I Was 15 And Gu Since I Was 18. I Use To Own A Card Store But When The Econ Crashed I Was Forced To Close It Down

Rob L
05-20-2010, 05:47 PM
44 - started with cards at 5, autographs at 35, 19th century baseball equipement at 37, game used at 39.

spartakid
05-20-2010, 06:53 PM
17, been collecting for two years now.

AWA85
05-20-2010, 07:44 PM
I am 24, and have been collecting game used items for about 3 years now. Like many others, it all started with cards and autographs years ago.

Manram
05-20-2010, 09:32 PM
13 years old. Been collecting game used for 2 years. Have collected baseball cards since i was 6 years old

Mulligans
05-21-2010, 05:15 AM
ManRam....13 years old! Now thats COOL!

When I was 13, I was delivering papers for 2 Bucks a week!

You are wheeling and dealing on $300 Bats!

You have a very Bright Future Ahead of you!!!!:)

Manram
05-21-2010, 09:25 AM
ManRam....13 years old! Now thats COOL!

When I was 13, I was delivering papers for 2 Bucks a week!

You are wheeling and dealing on $300 Bats!

You have a very Bright Future Ahead of you!!!!:)


Thanks. Although the parents aren't always glad about the $250 or $300 purchases :p :D :eek:

nationals2k9
05-21-2010, 09:31 AM
I'm 29, started almost 2 years ago.

Thankfully the only thing I can get myself to spend any dollars on these days is a nice Manny bat. Hope it stays that way for my own good! ;)

lindseyj
05-21-2010, 09:56 AM
I'm 38. Been collecting cards since I was 8. Owned a shop once, partner and I sold it when we both had to get 'real' jobs as we were both recently married and starting families...

Got my first game used bat when I was 15, Andy Van Slyke Rookie bat from the Cardinals. I was fortunate enough to do some promotional work for Kissimmee Sticks when I was in college and that allowed me to acquire some neat stuff, most of which I sold during that time, because, as I said, I was in college!

Someone on here mentioned that Juan Gonzalez was the first bat they ever got. Brought back some memories as we got to know Juan, Pudge Rodriguez, and some of the other Rangers pretty good as several of them swung Kissimmee Sticks for awhile during 93-94.

Thanks for creating this topic, it's been cool reading all of the posts!

platinum1
05-21-2010, 10:06 AM
13 years old. Been collecting game used for 2 years. Have collected baseball cards since i was 6 years old
13!! WOW I would of never thought it.

platinum1
05-21-2010, 10:08 AM
Well Im 29 and I have been collecting since i attented my first SoxFest about 15 years ago i think. Im so old I cant even remomber LOL.
But back then they where pretty much given stuff away.

zooat2
05-21-2010, 10:35 AM
32, been collecting game used since '05...autographs and cards since I was 12 yrs old...

Jayworld
05-21-2010, 03:07 PM
43, been collecting game-used on and off since 1978, autographs since 1976, and baseball cards since 1974. Padres fan since 1974.

TNTtoys
05-21-2010, 03:25 PM
Three months until the big one...yikes!

HawaiiSportsNut
05-21-2010, 03:31 PM
51 years old, & will be 52 on May 26.
Collecting cards since 1986, & game used since 1993.
Specializing in players with ties to Hawaii, especially Kurt Suzuki.
I am currently retired due to medical reasons.

Dewey2007
05-21-2010, 05:39 PM
41 years old (b-day in October) and been collecting game used for the last 2 1/2 years.

Collected cards and autographs when I was a kid and collected game used items between the ages of 13-15.

lehmsbobby
05-21-2010, 05:46 PM
ill be 17 in august.

Have been interested in game used since Barry Bonds handed me his game used bat out of the dugout in 2000. All of my bats that I had up until I found this site last year were given to me by players at games, but I am now branching out a bit.

geoff
05-21-2010, 06:33 PM
I am 32 Years Old And have been Collecting Game Used-Worn Items since late 2005.I Started Collecting Cards And Autographs ever since I can Remember as A Kid.I do still Collect Autographs but now I get them all myself And I really don't Collect Cards anymore except with my Father who Collects Tobacco Graded Cards.If anyone has Any Graded Cards let me know.


Thanks
Geoff

geof631@yahoo.com

Mulligans
05-21-2010, 07:30 PM
Hey Bobby...Great Bonds story!

Enjoy it while you can...you hit a certain age (like some of us) and you are guaranteed that no player will ever hand you his GU stuff!

Then you have kids and you just HOPE that they can wiggle there way in there to get something good for Dad to get his hands on!!!!:):):)

karamaxjoe
05-21-2010, 08:14 PM
45 years old and have been collecting Sox jerseys since the strike year in 94 when I found a flannel in my father-in-laws attic.

halofan
05-21-2010, 09:32 PM
I'm 33, began with cards as a teenager, game used stuff for about 2 years

xpress34
05-21-2010, 11:23 PM
46 and I've been collecting 'something' for as long as I can remember... comic books as a kid, then coins, then 1st Day Covers...

In High School I go back into comic books and started really getting into baseball cards... in college I sold all of my Silver Age Marvel Comics to pay for tuition (a year too early I might add - right before the boom) but still collected cards and autos and got introduced into GU items when I purchased a 1972 Texas Rangers flannel for $25... man I wish I still had that jersey!!!

From there I added bats and hats and have flipped my collection many times over the years due to expenses, ex-wife, etc...

I have been solidly back into since about 2000 and have a great wife who understands my collecting bug and backs me on it... ironically, my kid (16 now) can't stand baseball, but just got into comics in the last few years, so I am rebuilding my Silver Age Marvel Comics collection as well!!!

I'm enjoying reading everyone's stories!

All the best -

Chris

dcrules01
05-22-2010, 07:00 AM
39 been collecting for 4 years :D

bigtruck260
05-22-2010, 10:13 AM
I am 35 and have collected stuff since I was 9.
I bought my first game used bat at the Union Station clubhouse store back in the early 2000's.

ryant7
05-22-2010, 11:31 AM
Ill be 25 in July and i have been collecting Game used Stuff since i was 15. I can remember going to old cardinal stadium in Louisville to watch the Bats play i averaged a cracked bat a night. The collection grew tremendously Opening season i think i had an average of something like 2 and a half bats a game. The next season they hired me as a batboy and i stayed there for 2 years. Greatest 2 summers ever. I still collect and still have lots of contacts with the Bats.

Yankwood
05-22-2010, 05:21 PM
I'm 54 and practically inactive at this point. Lots of reasons for that but I still look around. I started collecting bats in the early to mid 80s and dabbled at jerseys for awhile but mostly stuck to bats and Rochester Red Wings items.

solarlottry
05-22-2010, 11:45 PM
My name is Paul Martin and i am 43 and have been collecting for 17 years. I had a fairly extensive 49ers collection but sold most of it about 12 years ago. Since then i have bought a few shirts here and there but nothing big until i had the chance to buy 4 home 49ers shirts from last season with the pink captains patch. Now i am back in and looking for the shirts i sold! i actually have been able to re-acquire one of my old shirts and was thrilled. I bought a Stubblefield game used in the 1993 NFC championship game from GF about 18 months ago and had owned that shirt way back in 1995!!!!

Always looking for any 49ers GU shirts!

gdgyankees
05-25-2010, 09:05 PM
15 and ive been collecting since i was around 6 or 7.

spartanservitto
05-25-2010, 09:10 PM
25, since I was 12.

-Tony

casmith12
05-25-2010, 09:12 PM
I am 17 and I have been collecting g/u for 5 years

sandiegosportsfan
05-25-2010, 10:51 PM
I am 34 and have been collecting since I was about 18.

RRexpressfan94
05-26-2010, 04:53 PM
im 15 and ive been collecting for 3 years

beaglegypsy003
05-27-2010, 08:23 PM
I'm 56 and have been collecting for 19 years. Started with basketball and Hawaii players of all sports. I've since sold all of my baseball uniforms and now only collect football jerseys of ex-University of Hawaii players.

Schmoozer
05-27-2010, 11:15 PM
I'm 54 and practically inactive at this point. Lots of reasons for that but I still look around. I started collecting bats in the early to mid 80s and dabbled at jerseys for awhile but mostly stuck to bats and Rochester Red Wings items.

Yankwood....the Rochester Red Wings??

Did you see Eddie Murray play there when you were a young lad? Were you a fan in the early 70's?

jbcindc
05-28-2010, 12:21 AM
Creeping up on 43 with the last 20 spent managing my San Diego Chargers collection addiction.

skinsfan0521
06-06-2010, 12:23 PM
I'm 26, been collecting cards since I was probably 5 or so. Then, autographs at like 10 and game used since 2004

shaunharr
06-07-2010, 02:14 PM
15, going on 16.
Been collecting baseball cards since I was 7.
Been collecting autographs since I was 10.
Been collecting IP autographs since I was 13.
Got my first GU pair of batting gloves when I was 10, but didn't start actually collecting GU since I was 14.

Shaun

godwulf
06-07-2010, 02:36 PM
56, and I've been collecting GU (mostly bats and jerseys) for 12 years.

Fnazxc0114
06-07-2010, 06:50 PM
31 been collecting since about a month after i found this site.

gingi79
06-07-2010, 08:05 PM
30 and I've been actively collecting since 2004.

I remember in 1993 reading an ad in Tuff Stuff (for you card collectors) that dealers were selling game used stuff. Once guy had my idol Pavel Bure's shirt for $2500. I had a Bure rookie card that was worth $25 and I thought that cost a lot of money! I couldn't imagine someone playing more money than it would cost for good condition Mickey Mantle card for a jersey but I knew I wanted it!

2 years ago,my wife bought me a Bure. I'd like to think it was the same jersey and that it was just my time to own it after 15 years.

bigtime59
06-07-2010, 10:08 PM
51 in November. Bought my first game used jersey at the Orioles 1997 Fan Fest.

hadaboss
06-08-2010, 12:33 AM
I will be 50 in Sept.Been collecting for GU for 19 yrs.

dirtyla2000
06-08-2010, 01:03 AM
43 yrs old and have been collecting cards and then gamers since I was 8 !!!!!!

AutographAddiction
09-12-2010, 07:42 PM
I'm 16 years old and I've been collecting game-used for about 4 years.


I collected cards since I was 7 or 8, heavily between the ages of 10-14.

I have been "addicted" to getting IP Autographs since I was about 9 or 10.

And when I was about 11 or 12, I got my first game-used pair of gloves and sweatbands from UNC football players. It then turned into an every game thing for me to get 5-10 pair of gloves and sweatbands.

Then at a local Minor League baseball game I began getting bats and balls.

Then, finally, at about the age of 13 or so I got my first NBA items. I believe my first was a Gerald Wallace sleeve. Since then i have gotten many NBA items, and of course, UNC football items.

And when I was 15, I got my first GU jersey from Dwight Howard at a game.
I sold that in order to have some money in order to start a collection.

I am now buying items of my favorite players and teams, but mostly buying tickets to games where I can get Gu items in-person because that is my all-time favorite "hobby" now.

Receiving Game-Used items in-person is truly addicting.

I can't watch a game, see a S.I. magazine, or see a sports commercial without wanting the jersey from the player I see and quickly scheming a plan to get it.

I can't wait to go to many Carolina Panthers, UNC Tarheels, Atlanta Braves, and Charlotte Bobcats games this year in order to add some items to my collection.

Let me know if you have any Game-Used items from current and former UNC, Braves, Panthers, or Bobcats players...

Or any other cheaper Game-Used items that are good deals.

Happy Collecting!

tsharp94@gmail.com

UGA016
09-15-2010, 06:47 PM
Well i am 31 been collecting since a little boy. GU items since I was 25. Only UGA GU stuff. Have been able to make some good relationships inside and out of the Athletic DEPT. at Georgia. GOOO DAWGGSS!

AutographAddiction
09-15-2010, 08:11 PM
Well i am 31 been collecting since a little boy. GU items since I was 25. Only UGA GU stuff. Have been able to make some good relationships inside and out of the Athletic DEPT. at Georgia. GOOO DAWGGSS!

shoot me an email, please?

tsharp94@gmail.com