Gary Miller, on the left, shows off his collections, mostly rookie and autographed cards, to interested buyers on Sunday. Being a sports fan, that is to say, a sports fanatic, has long meant more than watching a game and supporting the hometown team on game day.
For generations — usually older these days — that love of a team, of a player, and the culture outside the game itself first took hold at a corner store purchase of a rectangular cellophane pack and a stick of dry, pink chewing gum. The cards inside could be traded to friends who needed them or kept, maybe sold later for some real money if the rookie did much, or assembled as, player by player, a full roster filled out inside a plastic binder.
In part, kids started collecting other cards — game cards, Pokemon cards, which had a table Sunday — and other kids started playing games online instead of collecting memorabilia in their free time. “I remember three or four shows in towns of 20,000 people, and you just don’t see that anymore,” Marvin said. “But there are a lot of shows and it’s getting up there again, and it’s getting to the point where it’s hard to find a weekend where you’re not competing with another show.”
“So far it’s good,” he said, looking over some vintage football and baseball cards for his collection. Thill has kids, though he didn’t bring them. They never did get into collecting.
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