Baseball Memorabilia and Sports Collectibles

When you think of baseball memorabilia andWhen it comes to NASCAR, you might want to
sports collectibles, do you think of baseball cardsnot only look into the cars, but Plush Bears
or do you think of the signed jerseys, thedesigned after the driver, year books and
throwback jerseys, jackets, hats, helmets, theautobiographies, key chains and lighters, plates,
pictures, and hero posters? Well, there are manyglasses, clocks and more for your home. You will
ways to show your support by collecting items ofeven find out that baseball memorabilia and sports
your favorite team or player.collectibles have spread into the Christmas
People collect for other sports as well, such asdecorations with entire villages and decorations for
baseball, NASCAR, basketball, football, golf. Somethe tree to the roof of your sports fan's home.
items that are found to be fun to collect are dieHowever, there are other great sports stars as
cast models, Bobble Heads, Hero Posters and thewell, including sports greats like Ben
newest items are The Fat Heads items. TheseRoethlisberger, Shaquille O'Neil, and Nomar
are life-like, life-sized replicas of sports heroes thatGarciaparra. Moreover, let us not forget the
can be safely stuck to your wall. With all of theever-resounding Michael Jordan. When throwback
things you can collect, it is no wonder that somejerseys were mentioned, you may or may not
are confused as to where to start or how tohave realized how much these have influenced
start collecting sports memorabilia and sportssports memorabilia, but in 1980, when the NBA,
collectibles. Collecting any sports memorabilia orMLB, and NFL began selling both new and the
sports collectibles is a very personal hobby thatones used in games, it pushed the collectors to
has value based more on the individuals likes andwanting even more.
passions as much as the success of the individualThe die cast scene has changed as well. Fire
player or team.trucks were a hot item at one time, but they
For those of us who want to buy that specialhave revolved back to the older muscle cars and
someone something unique related to theirthe newer hotrod collectibles. Then we have the
favorite NASCAR driver, basketball, baseball,over all baseball memorabilia and sports collectors
football or golf player, team, or sport, what dowho grab anything from a picture of Tiger Woods
you look for? If they are into baseballto Los Angeles Lakers for basketball, or the
memorabilia, you might want to consider the StIndianapolis Colts, the NFL Super Bowl Champions.
Louis Cardinals. They not only won the WorldEven the seven-time champion of the Tour de
Series in 2006 but they also have some of the allFrance, Lance Armstrong, has a strong following
time greats like Alber Pujols, Scott Rolen, andfor memorabilia and sports collectibles.
Yadier Molina. On the other hand, maybe they areWhen it comes to the value of the items you
into NASCAR. Then you have Dale Earnhardt Jr.,collect, remember that the more famous the
Tony Stewart, and the reigning champion Jimmystar, the more expensive the baseball memorabilia
Johnson. Maybe your sports fanatic is a woman.and sports collectible items will be. If the item can
Well, she may like Danica Patrick who has takenbe verified as authentic in some way, that really
Indy Racing Leagues by storm. We cannot forgetadds to the value. Make sure you keep any items
the late and great Dale Earnhardt Sr. whoserelated to your sports collectible or sports
collectibles have not only doubled but tripled sincememorabilia. These would include the original box,
his death and seem to be growing in value evenany correspondence or signatures, receipts, etc.
more each year. As with many great painters likeThese will all help to make the item more valuable
Picasso, Earnhardt fans refuse to allow his dreamand collectible.
and legacy to die.