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Monday, March 28, 2011

Poll: What's Your Monthly Sports Memorabilia Budget?

Sports memorabilia can be many things to many people, but there is one thing sports memorabilia is for all collectors. Whether you collect trading cards, posters, autographs, magazines or kicks, sports memorabilia is expensive. However, value and expense can mean different things to different people. I define expensive as anything that cost money. So I try to keep my memorabilia budget as low as possible while still adding quality items to my collection. Since I collect every type of trading card, sneaker, magazine and poster under the sun, creating a budget is difficult and most certainly necessary.

I pride myself on searching patiently for good deals, but a good deal to me might not be a good deal to another collector. It all depends on a collectors sports memorabilia budget. My budget is approximately $85 a month. I might spend well under that in a giving month, but never over that amount. An easy way to calculate what you spend on sports memorabilia per month is to divide the 60 day Buying Total Amount on your eBay page as many collectors us eBay as their primary source when adding to their collections. You can also add hobby shop and retail store purchases to that total.

To get a better idea of what fellow collectors are spending on sports memorabilia on a monthly basis I encourage readers to participate in the poll below. This will help all readers to get a better idea of what their fellow collectors are spending on the hobby. Thanks and… "Enjoy Every Rip of the Pack".

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8 comments:

  1. Eric LMarch 28, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    You forgot to add the "What's a Budget" option, hahaha.

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  2. Charles @ HoopographyMarch 28, 2011 at 11:01 PM

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  3. Charles @ HoopographyMarch 28, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    @Eric, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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  4. FujiMarch 28, 2011 at 11:57 PM

    It varies... but I try to keep it under $125 a month. Although... I splurge and bust a case about once a year.

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  5. DodgerbobbleMarch 29, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    I've tried to keep my monthly budget under $100, but it's getting harder and harder. Now, I have to include gasoline in my budget. I traveled 280 total miles this weekend chasing autographs. In March, I've spent about $200 in gas driving around for autographs.

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  6. Charles @ HoopographyMarch 29, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    @Fuji, I would love to bust a case or two during the course of the year, but that would certainly blow my budget up. However, I am working on it. I just hope the case I want doesn't get sold before I raise the funds.

    @dodgerbobble, that's some dedication with all that driving. You go to some cool signings tho.

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  7. DodgerbobbleMarch 29, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    Charles- I probably would save a lot of money just buying these autographs on Ebay, but I love getting them in person. It's very addictive.

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  8. Charles @ HoopographyMarch 29, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    @dodgerbobble, I really like auto'd cards, photo's and sports apparel, but I appreciate shaking someone's hand and saying a few words more. So I get the appeal.

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